Safeway to Close Longtime Northern California Bread Plant

Safeway will permanently close its Richmond bread plant later this year, marking another Bay Area retreat for the massive grocery chain after it announced earlier this week that it will shutter a decades-old San Jose store.

The bread plant, located at 905 South 34th St. in Richmond, is expected to permanently close on Dec. 30, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification that was reviewed by SFGATE. The Oct. 20 notice indicated that 92 employees will be affected.

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