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Del Monte Foods Corporation II Inc California Layoffs 2026: What Employees Should Know

Del Monte Foods Corporation II Inc has 4 layoff notices on file with California's Employment Development Department (EDD) under the state's Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, covering 822 jobs in Stanislaus County. That is what the state has published since July 2025, not an all-time total. If you were one of them, here is what the filing says, how much notice the law asks for, and what to look at before you sign anything.

What the filing says

These are the details as Del Monte Foods Corporation II Inc reported them to the state. The EDD publishes every notice, and this page reflects the data as of Aug 6, 2026.

Location	County	Notice given	Jobs end	Workers	Type
Modesto	Stanislaus County	Jan 30, 2026	Apr 7, 2026	765	Closure Permanent
Hughson	Stanislaus County	Jan 30, 2026	Apr 7, 2026	11	Closure Permanent
Modesto	Stanislaus County	Apr 6, 2026	Apr 7, 2026	25	Closure Permanent
Modesto	Stanislaus County	Feb 26, 2026	May 1, 2026	21	Layoff Permanent

How much notice the law requires

California's WARN Act requires 60 days of advance written notice before a covered mass layoff, and its only statutory exception is a physical calamity or an act of war — far narrower than federal law's three. Who is covered and how the thresholds are counted is in our California WARN Act guide.

What this filing shows

The shortest gap in these filings is 1 calendar days between the notice date and the date the jobs end. That is less than the 60 days the statute describes.

In dates: counting 60 days back from the Apr 7, 2026 last day of work lands on Feb 6, 2026, and that notice is dated Apr 6, 2026.

This is a fact drawn from the public filing, not a conclusion that anyone broke the law. The date an employer records is not always the date workers were told, employers of different sizes are covered differently, and exceptions can apply. Whether it means anything in your case is exactly what a free consultation sorts out.

Del Monte Foods Corporation II severance: what to check before you sign

A severance offer is not the notice pay the WARN Act describes, and an employer cannot use one to satisfy the other — and a release may give up more than you expect. What to check before you decide is in our full guide to the California WARN Act.

Two things worth doing this week either way. File for unemployment now — WARN money does not reduce it, and the filings here run through May 1, 2026, so you do not have to wait for your last day. And keep every document, including the notice itself and anything showing when it arrived.

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What your notice was required to include

Timing is only half of what Labor Code section 1401 asks for. The notice itself has to contain specific things, and California added most of this list for notices issued on or after January 1, 2026. Every notice on this page falls after that date. If you kept your copy, read it against the full six-item checklist in our WARN Act guide — everything federal law requires, whether transition help is being coordinated, working contact details for your workforce board and for the employer itself, and CalFresh information.

Source: Labor Code section 1401, as amended by SB 617, effective January 1, 2026. A notice missing something from that list is not automatically a violation with a remedy attached — whether a gap matters depends on the employer, the action, and what else happened.

Questions people are asking

What is the Del Monte Foods Corporation II severance package?

The WARN notice Del Monte Foods Corporation II filed with the state does not list severance terms, and we do not publish any employer's package. A WARN notice reports how many jobs end, where, and when. Severance is a separate contract offered at the employer's discretion. California law does not require it, and an employer cannot use contractual severance to satisfy what the WARN Act requires, so being offered a package does not by itself answer whether notice pay is also owed. If you have an offer in hand, the terms in front of you are the ones that matter, and they are worth reading closely before the deadline on them runs.

Am I owed severance from Del Monte Foods Corporation II Inc?

California law does not require severance on its own, and a severance offer is a separate thing from WARN pay. An employer cannot use contractual severance to satisfy its WARN obligation, so being offered a package does not answer whether notice pay is also owed.

Does taking the severance reduce what I could recover?

It depends on why the money is being paid. Severance the employer was already obligated to provide — under a contract, a policy, a benefit plan, or a union agreement — cannot be set against what the WARN Act requires. A payment that is genuinely voluntary and unconditional, one the employer had no legal obligation to make, can reduce that liability. Wages for work you actually performed during the notice period are not voluntary severance at all. Which category Del Monte Foods Corporation II's offer falls into is a question about the document in front of you, not about the layoff, and it is one of the better reasons to have the paperwork read before the deadline on it runs.

Does it matter that this was filed as a closure at some locations?

It can. California's WARN Act covers a closure, a mass layoff, and a relocation, and the thresholds are not identical. A closure means the site itself is shutting down rather than shedding part of its staff, which can change who is counted and whether the statute applies at all. It also tends to mean there is no role to be recalled to.

Why do co-workers have different last days?

The filings here list 2 separate last days of work. Employers commonly stagger a reduction so some functions run longer than others. Your own notice period is measured against your date, not the earliest one in the filing, so two people at the same employer can be in genuinely different positions.

What if I did not get 60 days of notice?

California's WARN Act requires 60 days of advance written notice before a covered mass layoff, and its only statutory exception is a physical calamity or an act of war. That is far narrower than federal law, which has three exceptions. The shortest gap in these filings is 1 days, which is 59 short of 60. That is arithmetic on two published dates and not a finding that anyone broke the law: the recorded date is not always the date workers were told, and coverage depends on the employer's size and how many people were let go.

Can I still collect unemployment?

Yes. Under Labor Code section 1407, WARN-related payments are not treated as wages for unemployment purposes, so they cannot be used to deny or reduce your benefits in California. You do not have to wait for your last day — the filings here run through May 1, 2026 — and filing early is generally better than filing late.

Does taking a new job hurt my claim?

No. Wages you earn at a new job during the notice period do not reduce what Del Monte Foods Corporation II may owe under WARN. That holds even if you start before May 1, 2026, the last day of work in these filings. You do not need to delay a job search to protect a claim.

How long do I have to act?

Generally three years. The federal WARN Act sets no limitations period of its own, so courts borrow the closest state deadline, which in California is the three-year period for a liability created by statute. The clock starts when you suffer an employment loss, not when the notice went out. Measured from the last day of work in these filings, May 1, 2026, three years runs to about May 1, 2029. If this was a layoff rather than an outright termination, the loss may not count until the layoff has lasted more than six months, which can start the clock later still. Treat all of it as an outer edge rather than a plan. Other claims arising from the same layoff run much shorter, and a severance offer usually carries its own deadline measured in days.

What has been reported

Press coverage of this layoff, summarized and attributed. This is reporting rather than the filing itself, and we did not independently verify it.

Del Monte Foods told workers at its Yosemite Boulevard cannery in Modesto in January 2026 that the plant would close, following the company's July 2025 Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing and an asset sale in which no buyer agreed to continue operating the Modesto facility. CBS Sacramento reported the closure would affect about 600 year-round employees and about 1,200 seasonal workers who depend on the annual harvest.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents the workforce, and CBS Sacramento reported in January that union leaders said workers were still awaiting details on severance and next steps.

The AG Center reported the cannery closed on April 7, 2026. Pacific Coast Producers in Lodi, the nearest remaining cannery, purchased Del Monte's warehoused goods but did not take over plant operations, according to CBS Sacramento.

Details worth knowing

The plant processes peaches, apricots and pears, and county officials said the closure would have ripple effects across the farming community, particularly for crops that must be hand-picked, according to CBS Sacramento.

Sources: CBS Sacramento (opens in a new tab)The AG Center (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers show

The filings name 2 locations: Modesto and Hughson.
They cover 2 separate addresses rather than a single site, so co-workers at different locations may have received different dates.
Some of the notices are filed as closures and some as layoffs, so whether a whole site is shutting down depends on the location.
The jobs do not all end on the same day. The filings list 2 separate last days of work, running from April 7, 2026 to May 1, 2026.
The shortest gap between notice and last day here is 1 days, against a statewide median of 61 days across every notice on file.
Within Stanislaus County, this accounts for 48% of all workers covered by WARN notices on file, across 13 employers.
By headcount it is the 10th-largest of the 601 employer layoffs tracked here.
The 822 workers leaving Del Monte Foods Corporation II Inc re-enter a job market where Stanislaus County unemployment stood at 7% in June 2026, above the 5.2% statewide rate (Bureau of Labor Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
The filings came in waves: 2 notices in January 2026 covering 776 jobs, then one notice in February 2026 covering 21 jobs, then one notice in April 2026 covering 25 jobs.

These are counts and comparisons drawn from the published filings, not findings about Del Monte Foods Corporation II.

Free job-search help near the affected sites

America's Job Center of California is the state's no-cost network for laid-off workers: help filing and keeping unemployment benefits, federally funded retraining, and résumé and interview coaching. Your WARN notice may name one; this is the closest to the site in these filings.

Modesto American Job Center of California / EDD Workforce Services Branch (WSB) & Stanislaus County Workforce Development (opens in a new tab)
629 12th Street, Modesto, CA 95354 · 209-576-6118 or 209-558-WORK (9675)
Comprehensive center (full services on site) · about 4 miles from the Modesto site

Locations and hours change — confirm before visiting, or find another center with the EDD's center locator (opens in a new tab). Directory: U.S. Department of Labor, Jul 31, 2026; distances are straight-line from the address in the filing.

Other layoffs filed in Stanislaus County around the same time

13 employers have WARN notices on file in Stanislaus County, covering 1,696 workers. These filed within about a quarter of this one.

Sentinel Transportation, LLC126 workers
First Brands Group, LLC98 workers
Advanced Uniform Dust Control & Linen, LLC93 workers
Westside Equipment Co.2 workers

Listed because they appear in the same county in the same public data. No connection between these employers is implied.

Key points

Each point is explained and sourced above · Verified August 6, 2026

Workers affected · Stanislaus County · published since July 2025
822
CA EDD WARN report
Notices filed · California · published July 2025 to August 2026
4
CA EDD WARN report
Jobs end · As filed
May 1, 2026
CA EDD WARN report
Days between notice and last day · Arithmetic on two published dates
1 calendar days
CA EDD WARN report
Approximate outer claim deadline · 3 years from the last day of work — an outer edge, other claims run shorter
About May 1, 2029
Code Civ. Proc. § 338(a)
Stanislaus County unemployment rate · vs 5.2% statewide, not seasonally adjusted
7% (June 2026)
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
Notice California law describes · California
60 days before a covered mass layoff
Lab. Code § 1401
Available exceptions · California
Physical calamity or act of war only
Lab. Code § 1401

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About this data

Where it comes from. Every figure on this page is reproduced from the WARN report the California Employment Development Department publishes at edd.ca.gov (opens in a new tab), retrieved Aug 6, 2026. Employers file these notices with the state, and the state publishes them as a public record.

We make no representation that it is accurate or complete. We reproduce the state's file as published and do not independently verify it. Notices are amended and withdrawn, employers correct their own filings, layoffs are called off, and the published report can lag or contain errors. Nothing here is a substitute for the EDD's own record, and if the two disagree, the EDD's is the one that counts.

How employers are grouped. The EDD's report lists one row per notice and often names the same employer several ways — with a store or site number, a warehouse code, a per-location name, or a spelling variation. This tracker groups those filings under one employer so a company's notices appear on a single page; every underlying filing still appears as its own row in that page's table. The grouping is ours, not the EDD's, and it never combines differently named companies, even ones related through ownership.

Nothing here says an employer did anything wrong. Filing a WARN notice is what the law asks an employer to do, so appearing in this data reflects compliance with the notice requirement rather than a violation of it. Where we show the number of days between a notice and the last day of work, that is arithmetic on two published dates and not a legal conclusion. The date recorded in a filing is not necessarily the date employees were told, employers of different sizes carry different obligations, and statutory exceptions can apply. Whether any particular layoff complied with the law is a fact-specific question that this page does not answer.

This page is general information about California law, not legal advice, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Del Monte Foods Corporation II Inc, and any company names are used only to identify publicly filed notices.

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