Hostess, founded as a bread maker in 1930, has to contend with a particularly cumbersome work force, a legacy of how it was built through acquisitions since the 1960s.

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Michele Pierre-Louis says if Preval is still the same bread-maker he was as a young man, Haiti might have a chance.

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For example, since IAWS acquired La Brea, the artisan bread maker has tripled its output and is becoming a global brand.

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Residents and politicians in Birmingham have reacted with shock to the news that Premier Foods, the maker of Hovis bread, is to close a bakery with the loss of 500 jobs.

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