Dive Brief:
- Flowers Foods has removed the equipment from a former Hostess plant in Biddeford, Maine, and put the facility on sale.
- The move dashes the hopes of workers in the community, who had long hoped Flowers would reopen the plant, which had closed when Hostess went bankrupt in November 2012.
- The Biddeford plant, which Flowers has listed for $8.45 million, once employed 370 people making Hostess CupCakes and Sno Balls.
Dive Insight:
The news from Biddeford is a disappointment to the folks in that Southern Maine community. But it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Back when Flowers took control of Hostess it said it planned to cut costs.
Flowers told reporters in Maine this week that the Biddeford plant is one of nine that the company has decided to sell.
