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Merita is a brand of breads that was produced by Hostess Brands and now produced by Flowers Foods, available throughout the Southeastern United States until November 16, 2012, when Hostess's management decided to liquidate Hostess. The company gave as their reason for this action that they had been crippled by a strike by BCTGM, the bakers' union.[1] Union spokespersons attributed the company's situation to poor management over a long period of years.[2]
On January 11, 2013, Flowers Foods purchased the brand from Hostess.[3]
- ^ Per statement posted at site redirect to "Hostess Brands is Closed". Archived from the original on November 17, 2012. Retrieved November 16, 2012. on November 16, 2012. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
- ^ "LA Times: Poor management, not union intransigence, killed Hostess". November 25, 2012.
- ^ Choi, Candice (January 11, 2013). "Hostess To Sell Wonder Bread, Other Bread Business To Flower Foods For $390 Million". The Huffington Post. Retrieved January 12, 2013.