PepsiCo to close two Frito‑Lay facilities in Florida
The shutdown of these Orlando facilities is scheduled for May 2026.
USA – PepsiCo has announced plans to shutter two Frito-Lay manufacturing and warehouse facilities located in Orlando, Florida, resulting in the layoff of approximately 500 workers.
The closures are part of a broader restructuring effort as the company seeks to optimize its North American Frito-Lay production network amid challenging market conditions.
According to the Florida Department of Commerce’s WARN notice, 454 employees at the Frito-Lay plant on Silver Star Road will be directly affected, along with 46 workers at a nearby PepsiCo office off Princeton Street.
The shutdown of these Orlando facilities is scheduled for May 2026.
In a company statement, PepsiCo Foods U.S. said the decision to close the plants was driven by business needs and expressed a commitment to support affected employees through transition assistance, career counselling, and the provision of continued pay and benefits during the transition period.
The company acknowledged the significance of these sites and their workforce to the Orlando community and emphasized that the decision was difficult to make.
These closures follow other recent shutdowns by PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay division earlier in 2025, including a processing plant in Rancho Cucamonga, California, which ended 50 years of operations, and a snacks plant in New York producing PopCorners, which resulted in about 200 job losses.
Last year, PepsiCo also closed the Frito-Lay factory in Middown, New York, citing economic reasons.
Additionally, in May this year, PepsiCo announced plans to close PopCorners brand, its snacks plant in New York, with more than 200 employees expected to lose their jobs.
The restructuring is a response to a 2% decline in both sales volume and revenue reported in the North American Frito-Lay business in 2025.
The company aims to adapt its production footprint to improve efficiency and better align capacity with market demand.
PepsiCo’s facility closures highlight the company’s ongoing efforts to streamline operations and respond proactively to shifting consumer trends and economic pressures within the competitive snack foods market.
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