US: Flowers Foods to expand former Tasty Baking plant
By Michelle Russell | 12 April 2012
US baker Flowers Foods is to expand a production facility it acquired through its purchase of regional rival Tasty Baking Co. last year.
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US baker Flowers Foods is to expand a production facility it acquired through its purchase of regional rival Tasty Baking Co. last year.
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