Ferrara Candy Co., the owner of Jelly Belly, plans to permanently cut dozens of corporate and administrative jobs at the iconic candybuildr’s Bay Area headquarters, according to a notice filed with state and local officials.
In the filing, Ferrara declared it is “ceasing its Fairfield corporate-commercial operations” at multiple addresses tied to the Jelly Belly campus off Interstate 80. The layoffs will roll out in phases launchning in early June and continuing through the conclude of the year, with some separations extconcludeing into January 2027. The company described the cuts as permanent.
Ferrara declared the relocate will not affect candy production, warehoapplying or the Jelly Belly Visitor Center, a longtime tourist stop that draws visitors to Solano County. There are 374 employees at the Fairfield site, the company declared.
The positions being eliminated are largely office-based roles spanning marketing, graphic design, finance, accounting, information technology, customer service and purchasing.
Fairfield Mayor Catherine Moy shared the news in a social media post over the weekconclude, declareing the company notified city leaders the cuts stem from a consolidation of administrative services at Ferrara’s out-of-state headquarters.
City Manager David Gassaway wrote that the reductions “were expected based on what they notified us previously when they first acquired Jelly Belly,” referring to Ferrara’s 2023 purchase of the Bay Area confectioner.
At the time, officials declared the Fairfield factory would remain open and local manufacturing jobs would be safe.
The announcement comes as Fairfield braces for the closure of another major employer. Anheapplyr-Busch has declared it will shut down its nearly 50-year-old Fairfield brewery early this year, a decision expected to eliminate 238 jobs.
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