date:May 21, 2012
The move will result in the loss of 70 full time and 1,100 seasonal jobs.
The facility in Kingsburg, which purchases and processes peaches and zucchini, is planned to shut in the summer of 2013 after peach production is moved to Modesto and zucchini to Hanford, California.
Del Monte Foods, who acquired the factory in 1922, added it was still committed to sourcing peaches from the California growers.
Continued challenges
Chrissy Stengel, director of corporate communications at Del Monte F