Coffee Holding Company to Shut Down Comfort Foods Manufacturing Plant in North Andover, MA
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Oct 07 2025
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Closure of Manufacturing Facility: Coffee Holding Co., Inc. will close its Comfort Foods manufacturing facility in North Andover, Massachusetts, at the end of the month due to declining sales and profitability, particularly for its Harmony Bay product line.
Strategic Shift in Production: The company plans to consolidate production at its Second Empire facility in Port Chester, New York, which is expected to improve operational efficiencies and result in annual savings of approximately $700,000 by eliminating redundant manufacturing operations on the East Coast.
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Coffee Holding Co., Inc. is an integrated wholesale coffee roaster and dealer located in the United States. The Company’s core products can be divided into three categories: Wholesale Green Coffee, Private Label Coffee and Branded Coffee. Wholesale Green Coffee is unroasted raw beans imported from around the world and sold to large and small roasters and coffee shop operators. Private Label Coffee is coffee roasted, blended, packaged and sold under the specifications and names of others, including supermarkets that want to have their own brand name on coffee to compete with national brands. Branded Coffee is a coffee roasted and blended to its own specifications and packaged and sold under its eight proprietary and licensed brand names in different segments of the market. Its private label and branded coffee products are sold throughout the United States and certain countries in Asia to supermarkets, wholesalers and individually owned and multi-unit retail customers.
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Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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