Nature’s Bakery seeks to acquire Missouri bakery

Carson City, Nevada-based Nature’s Bakery, a maker of fig bars, has made a $4.1 million bid to acquire Theodoro Baking Co., which filed for bankruptcy in August 2013. Theodoro makes frozen breads and rolls, bagels, cakes and doughnuts at its 117,000-square-foot facility in Hazelwood, Mo.

Nature’s Bakery is seeking to buy the company and bring $30 million in new business making fig bars and gluten-free breads to the facility, according to an article in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. To read the full story, click here.

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