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Four Bakery Outlets Close in San Diego County
On a side note, Wonder Bread is bankrupt so those stores may be in trouble, too. Either that or their Union Workers will go on strike from Wonder filing for relief from paying into the pension fund (workers benefits). To answer the question about the old bread removed from stores.. remember the FDA? It's that government agency that makes sure the food products we buy are acceptable for human consumption. A loaf of bread has a 14 day life from the oven to the expiration date on the tag. Once at the grocery store, it sits on the shelves for 7 days. Then the delivery drivers restock fresh bread and pull the old bread from the shelves. They take it to the outlet stores for the remaining 7 days before it's pulled from the shelves and thrown away. Imagine.. perishable, expired bread actually gets thrown away... in the garbage... in the bins behind the store. Grupo Bimbo has been in business since 1945 and does over 10 billion in sales. Did you really think they would ship it across the border when have 42 plants in Mexico and 111 other plants worldwide?— April 30, 2012 2:59 a.m.
Four Bakery Outlets Close in San Diego County
Seriously people? A quick web search would've given you the answers you need. Instead of speculating that the "Mexicans" are at fault & don't want to pay union contracts, let this middle class, suburban mom lay it out for you in layman terms. Bimbo's been operating in the US for many years under the products like Entenmann's, Thomas English Muffins, Boboli, etc.. They're not "new" to our market. Bimbo employs thousands of American workers on US soil & provide FDA regulated products. Bimbo, their employees all pay taxes here in the US. Bimbo is providing jobs & growth in the US, unlike other "American" companies that outsource their labor to avoid taxes & the "high" American standard of pay. The US Dept. of Justice (DOJ) had to approve the sale of Sara Lee to Bimbo before it could be completed. The DOJ found the sale would violate antitrust laws in some markets in the US for sliced bread. After Bimbo bought Sara Lee, they didn't have the rights to manufacture & distribute Sara Lee products in 4 California markets. San Diego was one of the markets required to be divested within 90 days of the sale according to the DOJ in order to allow a healthy market for competition. Since there's been no sale, a DOJ trustee has been assigned to complete the divestiture. Outlet store closings are a sign leading up to the closing of plants, putting thousands of Americans out of work. My husband worked for Sara Lee for 11 years. All the employees were nervous about the security of their jobs during the sale. Then we found out Bimbo was taking over & there was a very brief sigh of relief that we would keep working. Now we're facing the closing of his plant because the government has decided that paying less money for bread is more important than Americans keeping their jobs. I keep reading remarks about "Mexicans" not caring, taking away American jobs & other moronic comments like boycotting Bimbo to support Americans. Bimbo purchased 43 Union & Non-Union plants in the US & have honored employee pay, benefits & union contracts. Instead of complaining about a "Mexican" company, wake up & support businesses like Bimbo that contribute to the US economy. Support our workers! BUY products manufactured in the US by people like my husband who come home covered in flour, burned, tired from standing & lifting just to provide the picky American public with a perfect loaf of bread.— April 30, 2012 1:46 a.m.