Vitacost is pulling the plug on its Lexington fulfillment center, with about 130 local workers set to lose their jobs, according to a recent state filing. The company plans to close the facility at 130 Lexington Parkway by July 1, ending nearly twenty years of warehouse operations in Davidson County and putting a sizable slice of the area's logistics employment on the line.
In a notice filed under the federal WARN Act, the North Carolina Department of Commerce reports that it received Vitacost's closure notice on April 29. The filing lists the Lexington shutdown as permanent, with 130 positions affected and an effective date of July 1. The state record confirms the site address as 130 Lexington Parkway in Lexington.
Site Built With State Support
The Lexington operation first opened in 2008 and got a major boost in 2010, when Vitacost expanded the facility with roughly $6.7 million in new investment and a $450,000 One North Carolina Fund grant, as recounted by the Charlotte Observer and the state's earlier announcement. That expansion helped turn the warehouse into a regional workhorse for Vitacost's online orders, serving customers across the area for years.
Ownership Shift and Consolidation
The Lexington closure comes after a long corporate shuffle. Kroger bought Vitacost in 2014 for about $280 million, according to Bloomberg. Earlier this year, Kroger exited the business entirely, selling Vitacost to iHerb in January 2026, per a Kroger news release carried on PR Newswire. Kroger framed that sale as part of a broader simplification strategy, but the WARN filing makes clear that the transition is already landing hardest at front line logistics operations like Lexington.
What This Means For Workers And The County
The Charlotte Observer reports that job cuts tied to Vitacost have not been limited to North Carolina. The paper notes that 113 people were laid off at a Las Vegas facility in March and that iHerb did not immediately respond to a request for comment. For North Carolina workers, the state's response playbook is relatively familiar. The North Carolina Department of Commerce outlines in its layoff aversion and rapid response toolkit how state agencies and local workforce boards typically coordinate after WARN notices to line up reemployment help and job training.
County workforce partners and state rapid response teams usually follow WARN filings with outreach to affected employees, workshops on job searching and unemployment benefits, and other support as the closure date approaches. This story will be updated if Vitacost or iHerb share additional information about severance, transfers, or any other assistance for the Lexington staff now facing the shutdown clock.
