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		<title>Flowers Foods Inc. One Step Closer to Buying Biddeford Hostess Plant</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Hostess filed for bankruptcy in January 2012 and this past November they shut down all of their operations. Including the Biddeford plant which employed 400 people. There is potential good news for those workers, Flowers Foods Inc., a Georgia based company, placed a bid of $360 million for five of Hostess&#8217; bread brands, including [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/business/twinkies-maker-hostess-brands-files-bankruptcy-protection-1C7100910" target="_blank">Hostess filed for bankruptcy</a> in January 2012 and this past <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/16/news/companies/hostess-closing/index.html" target="_blank">November they shut down</a> all of their operations. Including the <a href="http://b985.fm/biddeford-hostess-plant-may-reopen-with-new-owners/" target="_blank">Biddeford plant </a>which employed 400 people. There is potential good news for those workers, Flowers Foods Inc., a Georgia based company, placed a bid of $360 million for five of Hostess' bread brands, including Wonder and Nature's Pride. The bid also included 38 warehouses and 20 bakeries.</p>
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		<title>Biddeford Hostess Plant May Reopen With New Owners</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flowers Foods, based in Thomasville, Georgia, has signed an agreement to aquire several of Hostess&#8217; food brands and bakeries, including the bakery in Biddeford. The Biddeford Hostess plant had employed nearly 600 people. Hostess had filed for bankruptcy in January 2012 and in November closed for good. Flowers has signed two asset-purchase agreements with Hostess. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.flowersfoods.com" target="_blank">Flowers Foods</a>, based in <a href="http://www.thomasvillega.com" target="_blank">Thomasville, Georgia</a>, has signed an agreement to aquire several of <a href="http://hostessbrands.com" target="_blank">Hostess'</a> food brands and bakeries, including the bakery in Biddeford. The <a href="http://b985.fm/biddeford-hostess-plant-and-national-strike/" target="_blank">Biddeford Hostess plant</a> had employed nearly 600 people. Hostess had filed for bankruptcy in January 2012 and in November closed for good.</p>
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