The Cannabist Company to lay off 86 workers at Vineland cultivation facility
SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGNew Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce DevelopmentView the filing ↗
What we know
Location: Vineland, NJ.
Department affected: cultivation facility.
Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the NJ state workforce agency.
Summary
The Cannabist Company Holdings Inc. (formerly Columbia Care) has notified New Jersey officials that it plans to lay off 86 employees at its Vineland cultivation facility as part of a restructuring tied to bankruptcy proceedings and asset sales. The company filed restructuring proceedings in Canada under the CCAA and is seeking recognition through Chapter 15 in the U.S., and has been selling state assets while pursuing strategic transactions. The layoffs are part of broader retrenchment amid operational and financial challenges facing the company and the wider cannabis industry, with other sales of assets in multiple states already underway. The company signed a memorandum of understanding to sell its New Jersey operations and has disclosed the workforce reduction will occur by October as it restructures.
The Cannabist Company disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the NJ state workforce agency.
LayoffTalk has tracked 3 layoff events at The Cannabist Company since September 2026, including 136 jobs documented in official WARN filings.
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