New Belgium Brewing announced Friday that it laid off 28 employees companywide — including 25 in Fort Collins.
The country’s fourth-largest craft brewery — which will continue to distribute to all 50 states — cut a variety of positions from support staff, administration, information technology, human resources and production. Three employees in Asheville, North Carolina were let go.
“Today has been a tough day at New Belgium,” CEO Steve Fechheimer said in a company press release. “We feel deeply for the employees impacted and wish them nothing but the best in the future.”
Fechheimer, a former whiskey executive, was hired this past summer.
The cuts, which represent less than 4 percent of New Belgium's workforce, were not due to a decline in business, according to the company's Friday announcement.
