date:Mar 25, 2014
Flowers Foods, Inc. will open a bakery in Knoxville, Tenn., in late May. The plant, which was acquired last summer as part of the acquisition of the Hostess bread assets, will operate with one bread line and will be renamed Flowers Baking Co. of Knoxville.
The bakery initially will employ about 60, but the number is expected to increase to more than 100 as more production shifts are added, Flowers said.
Were excited to be opening Flowers Baking Co. of Knoxville, said Gene D. Lord, executive vi