Crown Royal Bottler Closing Down Ontario Plant, Moving Operations To U.s - Beritaja

Spirits shaper Diageo says it will cease operations astatine its bottling installation successful Amherstburg, Ont., early adjacent year, arsenic it shifts immoderate of the bottling measurement to the U.S.

The institution says its facility, which bottles Crown Royal products, will adjacent successful February successful a move to amended its North American proviso chain.

The institution did not disclose really galore labor will beryllium affected.

Diageo says it will still support a “significant” footprint successful Canada — including its office and storage operations successful the Greater Toronto Area, and bottling and distillation accommodation successful Manitoba and Quebec.

Marsha McIntosh, Diageo’s president of North America supply, says it was a difficult but important determination to amended the ratio and resiliency of the company’s proviso concatenation network.

McIntosh says its Crown Royal products will proceed to beryllium mashed, distilled and aged astatine its Canadian facilities.