Expanded Flowers Baking Co. In Modesto Produces Bread & Jobs

MODESTO — Thousands of loaves of bread whirl around Modesto’s newly expanded Flowers Baking Co.

Its highly automated machinery now mixes, kneads, shapes, bakes, slices, bags and ships about 2 million pounds of baked goods each week.

Flowers’ $18 million investment in its southeast Modesto facility is paying off for the company and local workers.

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