Tastykake owner may build Chester County bread bakery

    Tastykake’s frying plant in Chester County might soon get an addition.

    Citing a report from a Janney Capital Markets food industry analyst, the Inquirer says owner Flowers Foods might open its new bread bakery near the existing Oxford facility.

    Georgia-based Flowers could announce the facility in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, production has increased at the South Philly plant

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