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Given as scheduled: San Diego Beer News reports 58 production staff "will be terminated effective Monday, October 19" with shutdown of non-hospitality operations "set for mid-November", and the EDD WARN report lists effective dates of 10/19/2026 (Stone Brewing Co.) and 11/13/2026 (Sapporo U.S.A.).
The state's WARN rows: Stone Brewing Co., LLC, notice 08/19/2026, effective 10/19/2026, 50 + 6 + 2; Sapporo U.S.A., notice 09/09/2026, effective 11/13/2026, 200 + 6 + 6 - fixing the window's end.[1]
SFist (citing SFGate) on the 58 October layoffs including 11 brewers, more than 200 affected overall, and Firestone Walker hiring 200-plus former Stone staff.
NBC 7 with Sapporo USA's statement on the phased wind-down, layoffs in mid-October and mid-November, and the Firestone Walker/Duvel sale that excluded the Escondido site.[1]
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