Grupo Bimbo shuts Canadian bakery
The Mexican bakery giant Grupo Bimbo is closing a bakery facility in Lévis, Quebec, on July 1, impacting 95 employees.
Bimbo said production will be moved to other plants where there is available capacity, such as Québec city and Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce (Vachon). Affected employees are also being encouraged to apply for open positions with these facilities.
“This decision supports our strategic efforts to drive productivity improvements in our operations through better efficiency, increasing capacity utilization and reducing overall costs, while allowing us to provide the same high quality products and services to our valued customers,” the company said in a statement.
Bimbo Canada president Marie-Ève Royer added, “While we have made every effort to sustain and build the business, over time, site utilisation and production have steadily declined.
“It was a tough decision to close this bakery and I will personally ensure that we do everything possible to ease the impact on our people and encourage them to seek employment at other Bimbo Canada facilities that are hiring.”