Streamlining operations after its merger with Albertsons, Safeway will shutter its Denver bread plant and let 95 workers go.
The bakery, operating at 4500 Dahlia St. in northeast Denver since the 1970s, will close Feb. 27, according to a document submitted to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.
Bread production is moving to a third-party baker, said spokeswoman Kris Staaf, who confirmed the closure disclosed in the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice.
"This was a difficult decision made after long and careful deliberation," she said in an e-mailed statement. "We evaluated the volume of work and believe that moving production to a third party will allow us to run a more efficient operation."
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