date:May 30, 2014
Aryzta A.G. has closed an Otis Spunkmeyer baking facility in western Pennsylvania, eliminating about 130 jobs. Production of the cookies, muffins and other baked goods will shift to four other U.S. bakeries.
Otis Spunkmeyer opened the Export facility in 1991, and Zurich, Switzerland-based Aryzta acquired the bakery as part of its acquisition of Otis Spunkmeyer in 2006.
The plant closing comes a little more than two months after Aryzta announced plans to ramp up its presence in North America th