Mission Foods Closing Colorado Tortilla Factory

The world's largest tortilla maker will soon have one less factory after the closure of the Colorado facility in October. According to 9News, Mission Foods will close the plant and lay off approximately 90 workers.

Mission Foods Closing Pueblo Tortilla Factory

The Mission Tortilla factory was founded as Candy's Tortilla Factory in Pueblo, Colorado, in the late 1950s and was purchased by Mission Foods in 1994.

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Mission Foods notified the state of Colorado through the Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, also known as the WARN Act, which requires official notices to be given to employees 60 days before major layoffs or facility shutdowns occur in the state of Colorado.

The WARN Act typically applies to businesses with 100 or more full-time workers, giving affected employees, families, and local government officials time to prepare for transitions.

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The WARN notification submitted by Mission Foods to the state of Colorado on August  14, 2026, states that all affected employees have been notified of their separation dates and that their separation from Mission Foods will be permanent. Affected employees will be laid off from Mission Foods, starting on October 13, 2026, with all separations to be completed by October 27, 2026.

UFCW Local 7 Criticizes Mission Foods Closure

This closure was the natural result of years of chronic underinvestment in the Pueblo facility, and is a consequence of Mission Foods’ decisions to routinely put profit ahead of its people. Not only is this closure tragic for our Local 7 members, but also for the entire Pueblo community. Sadly, this is yet another case of billionaires choosing to line their pockets rather than nourish the communities they serve.

Said Kim Cordova, President of UFCW Local 7.

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Mission Foods has released a statement regarding the Pueblo production facility:

We recently made the difficult decision to fully close our Pueblo manufacturing facility effective Friday, October 13. We’re deeply grateful to our employees and are supporting them as they transition to the next step in their careers. While manufacturing operations ceased on August 14, affected employees will continue to receive pay and benefits through the facility's closure date.

Mission Foods has been part of the Pueblo community since purchasing the manufacturing facility in 1995. We’ll continue to be a proud and supportive part of the region with our distribution centers in Pueblo and Denver. We’re encouraging all employees who have been affected by the plant closure and would like to continue working with our company to apply to open opportunities on our website.

See the WARN notification from Mission Foods HERE.