The Diageo plant in Amherstburg will be closing in the new year, as part of what the company called an effort to “increase efficiency.”
The plant is expected to close in February, the company announced Thursday
CBC News · Posted: Aug 28, 2025 10:51 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
The Diageo plant in Amherstburg will cease operations in February 2026. (CBC News)
The Diageo plant in Amherstburg will be closing in the new year, as part of what the company called an effort to “increase efficiency.”
The facility is one of the Canadian plants that bottles Crown Royal whisky.
It will cease operations in February 2026, the company said.
The company said the whisky will continue to be mashed, distilled and aged in Canada, but the move was an effort to shift “some bottling volume to be closer to its many U.S. Crown Royal consumers.”
“Diageo will maintain its significant footprint across Canada, including at our Canadian headquarters and warehouse operations in the Greater Toronto Area and other bottling and distillation facilities in Gimli, Manitoba and Valleyfield, Quebec,” the statement read.
More to come.
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