US-based baking company Flowers Foods will open a new bakery in Knox County, Knoxville, Tennessee in late May.
The facility, which will be named Flowers Baking Co. of Knoxville, will feature one bread line and initially employ around 60 people with further jobs expected to be added in the future as production shifts increase, the company said.
Flowers Foods executive vice president and COO Gene D Lord said that this bakery will be producing Nature's Own, Merita, and Wonder breads and help the company meet the increasing demand for these breads in a region that encompasses parts of Tennessee, North and South Carolina, and Virginia.
"The Knoxville bakery is strategically located to help us serve the market in this region with great-tasting, high-quality breads," Lord added.
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam said that expansions like this one serve as the greatest endorsement of Tennessee's workforce and today's announcement supports our goal of becoming the No. 1 location in the Southeast for high quality jobs.
Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty said, "I appreciate Flowers Foods' investment and the additional jobs being created for our communities. I look forward to their continued presence and success in Tennessee."
