Louisville, Kentucky-based Brown–Forman Corporation, a major spirits and wine distiller and distributor, has announced that the company will be moving their bottling operations from their Derby City bottling facility in Louisville, Kentucky to
Lynchburg, Tennesee. The move will impact approximately 40 employees who will be permantently laid off.
The decision regarding the bottling of Jack Daniel's Honey and Apple flavors was driven by the transportation savings from moving bulk liquor from the Jack Daniels' factory in Lynchburg to Louisville.
According to a company spokesperson, "We made this decision for business reasons — doing so eliminates the transportation cost of moving the liquid from Lynchburg to Louisville and increases efficiency. The moving of bottling volumes within our network is not unusual, as this product has previously been bottled at both locations, but these decisions are never easy to make."
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