B&G Foods, Inc. (BGS)

Packaged food plants with counted warehouse and administration. Read November 9, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending January 3, 2026, filed March 3, 2026. Ranked 77 of the 90 Consumer Defensive companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing counts 2,497 employees at January 3, 2026 by function, 2,085 of them in manufacturing across food products that span several groups, so the plants and sales staff are read at the food manufacturing subsector with the counted warehouse staff at warehousing and the administration at management of companies.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 19% now, 22% at the end of 2027, 23% at the end of 2028, 23% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 23% desk work, 9% people work and 68% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 77% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 17% becomes checking a model's work and 5% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

2,497 employees as of January 3, 2026 (stated). Not stated; the filing names six manufacturing facilities in the United States and one in Mexico without counts by country.

The filing: “As of January 3, 2026, our workforce consisted of 2,497 employees.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 2,497 employees at January 3, 2026: 2,085 in manufacturing, 164 in warehouse and distribution, 130 in marketing and sales and 118 in administration; 1,207 (48.3%) covered by collective bargaining agreements at six U.S. plants and one in Mexico; down from 2,784 after divestitures.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Food Manufacturing, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.

• General Mills, Inc. (GIS, 30,000 employees)18% now, 21% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

6 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in its risk factors: competitors may outpace it in incorporating artificial intelligence into innovation, marketing, manufacturing and distribution, and any AI it incorporates could produce deficient or biased content and analyses.

• “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and any future tax reform or legislation; ● our ability to access the credit markets and our borrowing costs and credit ratings, which may be influenced by credit markets generally and the credit ratings of our competitors; ● unanticipated expenses, including, without limitation, litigation or legal settlement expenses; ● the effects of...”
• “Our competitors may outpace and outspend us in incorporating new technologies, including artificial intelligence, into their new product innovation, marketing and engagement with consumers and into their manufacturing, distribution and cost savings initiatives, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, consolidated financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.”
• “If we incorporate artificial intelligence into our business, the content, analyses, or recommendations generated by artificial intelligence, if deficient, inaccurate, or biased, could adversely impact our business, consolidated financial condition, results of operations or liquidity, as well as our reputation.”
• “Moreover, ethical concerns associated with artificial intelligence or other new technologies could lead to brand damage, competitive disadvantages or legal repercussions.”
• “In addition, the rapid evolution and increased adoption of new technologies, including artificial intelligence, and our obligations to comply with emerging laws and regulations may require us to develop additional increase our compliance costs and require us to adopt technology-specific governance programs.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20210median 0
• Fiscal 20220median 0
• Fiscal 20230median 1
• Fiscal 20246median 4
• Fiscal 20256median 10

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• The manufacturing work spans several food manufacturing groups (spices and seasonings, shortening and oils, canned and frozen vegetables, meals), so the subsector is read rather than one group (rule 3), by description (c).
• The U.S. share is not stated.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001104659-26-022961, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.