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Legendary Fruit to temporarily lay off 1,220 workers in Washington

The Washington State Employment Security Department published the WARN notice dated September 10, 2026; the temporary layoffs take effect November 10, 2026.

jobs As filed with the state in a WARN notice

Legendary Fruit has notified Washington officials that it will temporarily lay off 1,220 workers, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice published by the Washington State Employment Security Department.

The notice is dated September 10, 2026 and gives November 10, 2026 as the date the temporary layoffs take effect.

We have recorded 44 layoffs in Washington so far in 2026.

Not yet known: exactly which roles are affected. Our sources do not say. If you know more, send us a tip.

Sources

  1. WARN notice · primary source WARN notice: Legendary Fruit Co (Yakima, Wapato) Washington State Employment Security Department · September 10, 2026 · accessed October 11, 2026

How we verified this

On October 11, 2026 we retrieved the Washington State Employment Security Department WARN notice and confirmed that it names Legendary Fruit, gives the figure we report (“1220”) and supports the date. The reporting above comes from the sources listed; context about other layoffs comes from our own records. Software, including AI tools, helped find and match the source; read our methodology.

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