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What Saddle Creek Logistics Services layoffs have meant for employees

Where a cause for a Saddle Creek layoff was given, it came from a customer. The company handles other businesses' warehouse work, and Del Monte, a client at one Atlanta building, had decided not to renew, Saddle Creek told Georgia in its Atlanta filing. PepsiCo let its contract at two Georgia sites lapse the same way in 2023, according to a 2023 Georgia filing, and the New Caney, Texas cut followed a customer's decision to take its operation in-house, FreightWaves reported. Even Del Monte's account, which went back to 2007, came down to the client's decision, so for the people at that Atlanta building the choice behind their layoff notices was made at another company. If you know which client your building serves, that client's plans for its warehousing are worth following alongside anything Saddle Creek announces.

The work doesn't always leave the building when Saddle Creek does. At Newnan, the customer planned to keep operating the facility and manage everything directly, and it was recruiting Saddle Creek's associates, the company's Newnan filing said. ID Logistics, which took on PepsiCo's new contract, was recruiting Saddle Creek associates too, the 2023 filing said. In both cases the operation was set to continue under a different company. If the business taking over your building is recruiting, applying while you're still on Saddle Creek's payroll is one option, since at Newnan the customer was already recruiting when Saddle Creek filed, ahead of the January separations, with the role, pay, schedule and start date of any such job left to be settled between you and that employer.

Not every notice emptied a building. Bartlett was to close permanently, Tennessee's WARN memo records, so no Saddle Creek operation would remain at that address for its 88 workers. The Commerce Road layoffs in Richmond were to leave that 460,000-square-foot warehouse open, Richmond BizSense reported, and the company's 43,000-square-foot site in Chester wasn't part of the cut. In Richmond, at least, the notice covered one building and left the other alone, so working for Saddle Creek nearby didn't put the Chester staff on the list.

Plant City, the newest notice, is also the least explained. Saddle Creek didn't respond when Business Observer asked why it was making the cuts, how many people, if any, would stay at the site and what benefits the affected employees would receive. The company's Plant City letter does show who's affected, mostly forklift operators, much as FreightWaves described the New Caney cut, while the Newnan filing covered every warehouse job from entry-level hourly to salaried. The notices that record union status, among them the Plant City letter, Illinois's June report, Tennessee's memo and the Georgia filings, list no represented workers. If you're on the Plant City list, the October 15 date and the position list are what the letter puts in writing, and keeping a copy gives you a dated record if questions about your separation come up later.

Tennessee's memo says a rapid response team run out of the Greater Memphis Chamber was told to work with Saddle Creek and the Bartlett staff on services, and Saddle Creek sent its Plant City letter to Florida's Rapid Response Coordinator. If you get a Saddle Creek notice, the state office it went to is one place to find out what services exist for your site. For benefits, if you worked at Plant City, our page on Florida unemployment benefits covers claims in that state, and our other state pages cover Georgia, Texas and the rest of the states Saddle Creek has notified.

A sourced history of Saddle Creek Logistics Services layoffs

• August 2026, Plant City, Florida staff reduction

  The County Line Road site's list of 178 affected positions included 128 forklift operators, plus team leads, yard drivers and supervisors, none with bumping rights or a union, Saddle Creek's Florida letter said.

• June 2026, Edwardsville, Illinois layoff notice

  A notice received June 11 set 78 permanent layoffs at 12 Gateway Commerce Center Dr., the first expected August 13, for workers Illinois's June report lists as non-union with no bumping rights.

• April 2026, New Caney, Texas customer takes work in-house

  Saddle Creek filed a 168-job Texas notice on April 15, our WARN tracker shows, and FreightWaves reported cuts set for June 11 after a customer opted to bring the operation in-house.

• January 2026, Duncan, South Carolina permanent layoff

  A January 2 notice set 130 permanent layoffs at 21 Inland Pkwy in Duncan, Spartanburg County, with March 5 as the layoff date in South Carolina's WARN report.

• January 2026, Newnan, Georgia customer takes over its site

  The customer chose to run its Newnan facility itself and was recruiting Saddle Creek associates, Saddle Creek's Newnan filing said, in a notice covering all 128 employees at 590 Coweta Industrial Pkwy with separations expected from January 10.

• May 2025, Bartlett, Tennessee site closing

  Saddle Creek Corporation planned to close 7777 N Brother Blvd. permanently on July 31, 2025, affecting 88 workers outside any collective bargaining agreement, Tennessee's WARN memo records.

• May 2025, Richmond, Virginia Commerce Road layoff

  Saddle Creek planned to lay off 54 at its 4701 Commerce Road warehouse from July 1, five salaried and 49 hourly, with the location to stay open, Richmond BizSense reported from a May 9 letter.

• April 2025, Del Monte lets its Atlanta contract lapse

  Del Monte, Saddle Creek's customer at 4475 South Fulton Parkway since 2007, chose not to renew, and 73 of the 79 employees there got notice April 2, with separations to begin June 1, according to Saddle Creek's Atlanta filing.

• November 2023, PepsiCo contract nonrenewal at two Georgia sites

  PepsiCo chose not to renew at Lithia Springs, 164 jobs, or Fulton Industrial Blvd. in Atlanta, 61, with separations expected from November 6, and new provider ID Logistics was recruiting Saddle Creek associates, a 2023 Georgia filing said.

What to do if you're laid off from Saddle Creek Logistics Services

• File for unemployment in the state where you worked. Benefits run from your filing date, and severance usually doesn't block you. Saddle Creek Logistics Services's biggest hubs: Georgia, Florida, Texas, Alabama. Somewhere else? Every state is here.
• Apply for financial and hardship assistance. Unemployment supplements income, but food benefits, health coverage and utility help are often available as well. Here's some of what Saddle Creek Logistics Services's hub states run: Georgia, Florida, Texas, Alabama, and every other state is here.
• Mind the health insurance window. Losing coverage opens a 60-day special enrollment period, and an ACA plan usually beats unsubsidized COBRA. Compare your options before the employer coverage lapses, and read how the COBRA clocks run if you are weighing it seriously.
• Get your real runway number. Severance plus savings divided by reality. The calculator takes five minutes.
• Know which clocks are already running. Severance review windows, COBRA election, visa grace periods, and 401(k) rollovers all run on federal deadlines that started at termination. All five deadlines are here.