A statement from PepsiCo Foods U.S., emailed to USA TODAY on June 11, confirmed the "shutdown of manufacturing operations" at Frito-Lay's Rancho Cucamonga site.

More than five decades of snack food production came to an end this week when Frito-Lay closed manufacturing operations at its Rancho Cucamonga facility, eliminating hundreds of jobs in the process.

PepsiCo is shuttering its Frito-Lay manufacturing facility in Rancho Cucamonga, California, marking the latest plant closure by a food giant amid a pullback in consumer spending.

Attempts to reach the company on Tuesday went unanswered. The Rancho Cucamonga plant opened in 1970. Frito-Lay, which merged with Pepsi-Cola in 1965, introduced its Flamin’ Hot Cheetos in 1991.

For 55 years, workers in and around Rancho Cucamonga, California, have reported to work at a local Frito-Lay factory — birthplace of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and potato chips. But now as KTLA ...

A Frito-Lay plant in Southern California is shuttering manufacturing operations after five decades, potentially affecting hundreds of jobs. A statement from PepsiCo Foods U.S., emailed to USA TODAY on ...

How many Frito-Lay Rancho Cucamonga plant employees may be laid off? PepsiCo did not disclose how many employees would be affected by the shutdown of the manufacturing plant. It is also unclear when ...

The Frito-Lay Rancho Cucamonga facility also once employed Richard Montañez, an American businessman who took credit for inventing Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, although the snack brand and PepsiCo have ...