{"id":285029,"date":"2026-04-25T05:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T05:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/285029\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T05:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T05:24:11","slug":"blue-diamond-almond-gift-shop-in-sacramento-closes-its-doors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/285029\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Diamond Almond gift shop in Sacramento closes its doors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Diamond Almond gift shop in Sacramento closes its doors<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWITH THOSE LITTLE SPEARS THERE BEHIND ANAHITA JAFARY TASTY TO. IT\u2019S THE END OF AN ERA FOR A SIGNATURE BUSINESS IN SACRAMENTO. TODAY WAS THE FINAL DAY FOR THE BLUE DIAMOND ALMONDS GIFT SHOP. THE 115 YEAR OLD ALMOND COOPERATIVE IS STREAMLINING ITS OPERATIONS WITH A MULTI-PHASE PLAN. KCRA THREE, FIRST REPORTED EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT CERTAIN PARTS OF THE 115 YEAR OLD FACILITY IN SACRAMENTO WILL KEEP OPERATING, BUT THAT GIFT SHOP WILL CLOSE AFTER 42 YEARS. IT WAS SO FUN TO GO THERE ON A FIELD TRIP WHEN YOU\u2019RE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE SPOKE WITH SOME CUSTOMERS WHO CAME OUT TO MAKE ONE LAST PURCHASE. IT\u2019S GOING TO BE A REAL LOSS TO US. WE COME ONCE A YEAR, BUT THAT\u2019S NOT KEEPING THEM OPEN. IT\u2019S MEANT TO COME DOWN. AND SO THIS WAS THIS WAS WHAT FINALLY MADE US MAKE THE TRIP. CAN\u2019T WAIT TO GO IN. BUT I FEEL VERY, VERY SAD ABOUT IT. AND THIS IS A LANDMARK OF SACRAMENTO. SO REALLY DISAPPOINTED. LAST JUNE, BLUE DIAMOND ANNOUNCED PLANS TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS IN TURLOCK AND SALIDA, SAYING THAT THE SACRAMENTO PLANT WAS JUST TOO COSTLY AND INEFFICIENT. EARLIER THIS MONTH, OFFICIALS SAY THE FACILITY WILL STAY OPEN BECAUSE IT\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Blue Diamond Almond gift shop in Sacramento closes its doors<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769020329_917_kcra.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"KCRA logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 10:05 PM PDT Apr 24, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAfter 42 years, the Blue Diamond Almond gift shop closed its doors on Friday. Parts of the facility in Sacramento will keep operating. See more in the video above. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>After 42 years, the Blue Diamond Almond gift shop closed its doors on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>Parts of the facility in Sacramento will keep operating. <\/p>\n<p>See more in the video above. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/get-kcra-news-on-the-go-download\/44039145\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download our app<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KCRA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blue Diamond Almond gift shop in Sacramento closes its doors WITH THOSE LITTLE SPEARS THERE BEHIND ANAHITA JAFARY&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2820,122192,122193,122194,8815,3747,23615,1512,2424,671,8814,1459,121,123,122,669,2734,5050,72,2278],"class_list":["post-285029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-app","tag-blue-diamond-almond","tag-blue-diamond-almond-gift-shop","tag-blue-diamond-almond-gift-shop-closing","tag-channel","tag-door","tag-download","tag-facility","tag-friday","tag-more-coverage","tag-morning-newsletter","tag-part","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-subscribe","tag-top-california-story","tag-video","tag-year","tag-youtube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}