Vending

Flowers Foods temporarily closes plant over COVID-19 cases

July 13, 2020

Flowers Foods, Inc., producer of the Mrs. Freshley's brand and other baked goods, has temporarily stopped production at its bakery in Savannah, Georgia due to an increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases within its production staff and in the number of those self-quarantining, according to a press release.

The bakery's shipping, engineering, sanitation and office teams continue to work at the facility, but 115 production employees have been furloughed. Flowers will pay furloughed production employees and ask those employees to shelter-in-place until the bakery resumes production.

The bakery, which has 293 team members, is expected to resume production on or around July 17, 2020. The bakery has been thoroughly cleaned and sanitized, and those working at the bakery are continuing to follow all precautionary measures and wear personal protective equipment.

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