Staffing reductions in the Bay Area are poised to eliminate about 600 jobs in the retail, grocery, tech, biotech, and food manufacturing industries, official state labor notices show.

Safeway, Draeger’s Supermarkets, AppLovin, IGM Biosciences, Aurora Solar and Columbus Manufacturing have revealed plans for job cuts that will affect workers throughout the region, according to WARN letters sent to the state Employment Development Department.

All told, the cuts will eliminate 599 Bay Area jobs, documents show. Here are the details for the recent staffing reduction:

• Safeway, 156 job cuts at two office locations in Pleasanton. These are all corporate positions and none are at Safeway supermarkets. The layoffs are due to occur Feb. 22.

• Columbus Manufacturing, a producer of meats, 125 layoffs in Hayward that are slated to occur on March 15.

• IGM Biosciences, 100 staffing reductions in Mountain View scheduled for March 10.

• AppLovin, 89 job cuts in Palo Alto. The terminations occurred on Jan. 15.

• Draeger’s Supermarkets, 71 layoffs in San Mateo. The cutbacks are associated with the grocery store’s closure and are slated to occur March 10.

• Aurora Solar, 58 staff cuts in San Francisco. The provider of software to design solar systems said the staff reductions occurred on Jan. 10.

The latest staffing reductions extend what’s turned out to become a rough start to 2025 for retailers in varied sectors.

Earlier this month, Macy’s, Rite Aide and Kohl’s disclosed plans for Bay Area job cuts arising from their respective decisions to close multiple stores. The retailers also eliminated jobs in other parts of California.

With the most recent rounds of layoffs, the job cuts were all described as permanent, according to the WARN notices.However, in two instances, it’s possible that some workers who are losing their jobs might wind up with other roles within their respective companies.

Draeger’s officials stated in the company’s WARN letter that some workers might be able to land jobs at other locations operated by the grocery company.

“Certain employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement with United Food and Commercial Workers Local 5 may have seniority bumping rights which enable them to transfer to another store,” Draeger’s wrote in the letter.

Columbus Manufacturing stated that some of its employees might also be able to continue working.

“Approximately 34 employees whose positions are ceasing at the San Antonio Street location (in Hayward) will be offered continuing positions at the company’s operations at 3190 Corporate Place in Hayward,” Columbus Manufacturing wrote in its WARN letter.