Diageo agrees sale of Amherstburg bottling plant in Ontario
Diageo has agreed to sell its bottling plant in Amherstburg, Ontario, which was listed for sale last December. The facility was used to bottle Crown Royal Canadian whisky before its closure in February. Diageo did not disclose the buyer. The sale follows a contentious process after Diageo announced the site closure in August 2025 as part of its cost-saving Accelerate programme.
Crown Royal owner Diageo has agreed to sell its bottling plant in Amherstburg, Ontario, which was listed for sale last December.
Diageo did not disclose the identity of the buyer. A spokesperson said: “We can confirm that a purchase sale agreement for the Amherstburg facility has been signed. The process remains confidential.”
The Amherstburg facility has been a point of contention since August 2025, when Diageo first announced it would shut the site as part of its cost-saving Accelerate programme. The site was one of the plants used to bottle Crown Royal before its closure in February, putting nearly 200 jobs at risk.
The decision drew backlash from Ontario’s premier Doug Ford, who threatened to delist Crown Royal from LCBO stores. In February, Diageo agreed to pay nearly CA$23 million to keep its Canadian whisky in LCBO stores. Crown Royal sold 7.9 million nine-litre cases in 2025, according to The Brand Champions 2026 report.
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