A month and a half after Manna Beverages abruptly closed its manufacturing facilities statewide, a new ownership group has purchased the former West Sacramento plant and plans to restart operations there at full scale.

CBS Sacramento broke the news on Oct. 3 that Manna Beverages sent a "notice of termination" to nearly 400 employees at the West Sacramento shop. Many learned they were laid off by text message on Thursday night, October 2, alerting them not to come to work Friday morning.

That Friday, signs were posted on the doors to Manna Beverages' building alerting staff to go home.

Hundreds more employees were laid off at the company's Chino and Anaheim locations just days before the company would cease all operations on Oct. 7.

In total, 627 employees were laid off in total.

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