J.M. Smucker Co, who owns Folgers, as announced that it will close its plant in Kansas City as of mid-2012. The phase out of the plant will begin early next year, when Folgers will begin laying off approximately 50 of the plant’s 180 workers.
Maribeth Badertscher, a spokeswoman for The J.M. Smuckers Co., said that production will be moved to New Orleans, where Folgers imports its coffee beans.
