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Manufacturing Footprint Optimization

PEPSICO INC · 2026-10-21 · Importance 40 · Surprise 42

PepsiCo immediately closed its Knoxville, Tennessee, bottling plant, affecting approximately 112–122 employees whose salaries and benefits will end January 1. Sales and delivery staff in the Knoxville area are not affected. The closure follows PepsiCo’s September shutdown of a bottling plant in Cheverly, Maryland, amid weaker North American beverage performance and rising costs.

Key facts

• PepsiCo has immediately shut down a bottling plant in Knoxville, Tennessee. source
• PepsiCo closed a bottling plant in Cheverly, Maryland in September which affected 100 workers. source