Wholesale bakery company Flowers Foods has said the sale of its Mrs Smith’s frozen pies business to Schwan Food has been delayed due to an extended review by antitrust regulators.

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The original filings related to the acquisition were made in early February after the deal was announced in 30 January.


Flowers said the closing date for the deal will now be beyond its original target date of 20 March, reported Reuters.

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