Enjoy Life Foods to close bakery facility at River Ridge in Jeffersonville

The business opened in 2016.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A River Ridge business will permanently close this summer, leaving more than 100 workers out of a job.

An Indiana workforce notice says Enjoy Life Foods will close its bakery operations in Jeffersonville by April.

Layoffs will start in July and will occur in four rounds for its 166 employees.

Enjoy Life Foods makes allergy-free and gluten-free snacks. The business opened in 2016.

In a written statement Friday, Enjoy Life Foods said it's making the change to ensure it "can continue to grow in a way that makes sense for business":

"Over the past few years, there has been a significant increase in the number and variety of offerings consumers now have to choose from in the "free-from" snacking space, which prompted us to reevaluate our offerings of our Enjoy Life Foods products.

While we remain committed to Enjoy Life Foods, we need to ensure that ELF can continue to grow in a way that makes sense for the business.

As part of this shift, we have decided to exit our lease for the ELF manufacturing plant we have in Jeffersonville, Indiana as we refocus and narrow our portfolio. We have shared this news with our employees and will be spending the next few months phasing out production at that site.

We will continue to make our most-loved consumer-favorite ELF snacks as we transition operations to external manufacturing with capabilities to produce our delicious, high-quality products. Even with this change, as we have always been, ELF will be an ally of allergen families and consumers, continuing to focus on their specific needs and creating tasty foods that are free-from 14 allergens."

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