Del Monte to Close Mendota Plant

MENDOTA – Del Monte Foods will be announcing on Tuesday plans to close the  Mendota Plant by spring of 2020.  The 431 acre facility on the East side of Mendota has been a part of the community since 1949.  According to multiple sources inside the plant, the company says the permanent layoffs will begin at the end of the current pack season October 21st with a full closure in June of 2020.