PepsiCo will shutter its manufacturing plant in Liberty, N.Y., putting nearly 300 people out of work in Sullivan County.

PepsiCo will shutter its manufacturing plant in Liberty, N.Y., putting nearly 300 people out of work in Sullivan County. The plant makes PopCorners snacks.

The upcoming closure of PepsiCo’s longtime manufacturing facility in Liberty has sent impacted employees scrambling to find jobs, with the help of local officials who fear that the departure of a major local employer will deal a heavy blow to the town of 10,

PepsiCo Foods USA, the parent company of Pepsi and Frito Lay, is laying off 288 workers and shutting down a major plant, located in New York. According to Spectrum Local News, PepsiCo has released the following statement about the plant closure and subsequent layoffs.

All 287 workers at the PopCorners manufacturing factory in Liberty, New York, will be let go by June 6, according to a WARN notice filed with the state.