North America's third-largest bakery, George Weston Ltd., is closing two plants and cutting 1,100 jobs as consumer tastes shift away from sweets and white bread and more toward healthier whole-grain products.
The company, owned by Canadian billionaire Galen Weston, said all of the jobs cuts are in the United States. However, future streamlining could affect its Canadian operations, spokesperson Geoff Wilson added in a telephone interview.