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Sara Lee Bakery Group, a division of Sara Lee, said it will close two bread bakeries in Texas and eliminate 306 jobs as part of its move to end private-label and restaurant production in the Dallas, Houston and San Antonio areas.
The company will stop production at its Houston bread bakery on September 18 and then sell the assets to Thomasville, Ga.-based Flowers Foods for an undisclosed amount. According to a company release, the sale of the Houston assets will help to offset restructuring costs. Its San Antonio bread bakery will close December 31. Bread and bun production from those bakeries will be transferred to the company's Dallas bakery.