A warehouse shift in Tulsa will result in 184 job cuts, even as production lines beside it continue to operate.
TheStreet recently reported that Coca-Cola is closing a Massachusetts bottling plant, while Mars-owned Nature's Bakery is transferring production from a Missouri facility to other locations.
The circumstances differ, but both showed how companies are redrawing their manufacturing and distribution networks while their products remain widely available to shoppers.
Now a similar shift is affecting PepsiCo workers in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
PepsiCo Beverages will discontinue warehouse operations at its facility at 510 W. Skelly Drive, Tulsa, on Nov. 15, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice reviewed by TheStreet.
The closure will impact 184 jobs and is expected to be permanent, affecting nearly all warehouse employees at the facility, on or Nov. 15, 2026.
The rest of the plant will remain open, and beverage production will continue.
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The largest groups affected include 63 warehouse workers and 57 forklift operators.
The layoffs also include 16 checkers, 13 inventory-control specialists, 12 lead workers, supervisors, coordinators, and other supply-chain employees.
"PepsiCo Beverages U.S. is shifting warehouse operations to a new facility in the Tulsa area to best support our customers and consumers; production will continue to operate at the current facility," PepsiCo Beverages US said in a statement to TheStreet.
"We are committed to treating impacted employees with the utmost care, including assistance applying to work with the new logistics provider, pay and benefits continuation based on years of service, transition assistance, and career support," the statement added.
The WARN notice also said PepsiCo is working to place affected employees in other jobs at the Tulsa plant or nearby facilities.
However, PepsiCo did not identify the new warehouse location or the logistics provider that will operate it.
The company also did not disclose how many workers could secure other roles.
The Tulsa restructuring follows other recent changes across PepsiCo's U.S. warehouse and distribution network.
Frito-Lay closed its Rancho Cucamonga, California, warehouse in June, eliminating 248 logistics and distribution jobs.
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