Blue Diamond Growers
food Sacramento, CA · Private
Blue Diamond Growers is the world's largest almond processor and marketer, operating as a California agricultural cooperative with 3,000 grower-owners and established manufacturing facilities in Salida and Turlock. The company maintains a diversified product portfolio spanning branded retail lines (Blue Diamond almonds, Almond Breeze, Nut-Thins) and industrial ingredients.
Blue Diamond Growers is an agricultural cooperative founded in 1910 representing approximately 3,000 California almond grower-owners; it is the world's largest almond processing and marketing company, producing branded retail products (Blue Diamond almonds, Almond Breeze, Nut-Thins) and industrial ingredients.
Employees
1,800
Mfg Plants
2
All Facilities
3
Activity
3/10
Type
Private
Plant Locations (3 mapped)
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Manufacturing Plants (2)
Blue Diamond Growers Salida Plant
Salida, CA
World's largest almond receiving station handling 5M+ lbs/day; 675,000 sq ft on 44 acres; features advanced brown almond processing line capable of 1.2M lbs/24 hrs; opened 1968/1969, expanded with new 52,000 sq ft facility in 2019; primary destination for Sacramento operations wind-down.
Blue Diamond Growers Turlock Plant
Turlock, CA
250,000 sq ft value-added processing facility on 88 acres; opened 2013, expanded 2020; specializes in blanching, roasting, slicing, dicing, and slivering; recognized as Food Engineering Magazine Plant of the Year 2014; receiving operations from Sacramento closure consolidation.
Other Facilities (1)
Blue Diamond Growers Corporate Headquarters
Sacramento, CA · hq
Corporate HQ and original historic campus; manufacturing/processing operations at this site announced for closure in June 2025 with 18-24 month wind-down; corporate offices will remain in Sacramento.