Tastykake reach will expand under Georgian ownership

    Well if the move to the Navy Yard made the Tastykakes taste different, we can’t imagine what Georgian ownership will mean.

    Flowers Foods of Thomasville, Ga., has purchased the Philadelphia staple for $34 million and assumed Tasty Baking’s debts. Soon, 61 percent of the country will be selling Tastykakes.

     

    What does this mean for Tasty, and what does it mean for the rest of our local treats? Jump over to Junto to chat about our local food treasures and their futures.

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    And in the meantime, let’s hope Georiga doesn’t try to pull a Maine.

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