Fairfield Gourmet Foods, the US group behind the David’s Cookies business, is set to close one of the brand's baking facilities in Florida.

The company said in a Federal Worker Adjustment Retraining Act (WARN) notice it “has not yet determined when the facility will be fully closed, but we anticipate terminations to begin 31 July 2024 and production will cease and the facility will be closed no later than 31 December 2024”.

Approximately 137 employees will be affected by the Longwood facility closure, according to the New Jersey-based company.

The 26,000-square-foot facility was acquired in 2010 by Fairfield Gourmet as part of its deal to buy Annie’s Euro American Bakery. The plant produces a range of David's Cookies brand desserts, including its Premier cakes range.

Just Food has contacted Fairfield Gourmet for further details behind the closure.

In 2019, Fairfield Gourmet snapped up local peer Foxtail Foods to “solidify” its position in bakery and pastry products. As a result, the group gained a 120,000-square-foot facility in Fairfield, Ohio.

David’s Cookies has two other production sites in New Jersey: one in Cedar Grove and one in Fairfield.

Other bakers in North America have also announced planned closures of late. Earlier this month, Mexican bakery giant Grupo Bimbo revealed that it was set to end operations at a factory in Nebraska by early July.

The facility in Bellevue produces bread and buns. It employs 172 people.

The week before, Bimbo announced the closure of a facility in Canada, with jobs set to go as a result.

The bakery in Lévis, Quebec, will close its doors in the week starting 1 July. Some 95 employees are impacted by the decision.