Bimbo Canada: will close a bakery in Quebec

Toronto / CA. (gb) Bimbo Canada announced plans to close its bakery in Lévis, Quebec the week of July 01, 2024. Products made at the facility can be baked at other bakeries where there is available capacity, primarily located in Quebec.

This decision supports Bimbo Canada’s strategic efforts to drive productivity improvements in its operations through better efficiency, increasing capacity utilization, and reducing overall costs, while allowing the subsidiary of Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V. to provide the same high-quality products and services to our valued customers.

«Bimbo Canada is committed to building a sustainable company to meet our long-term business objectives. Since 2014, the company has invested more than USD 500M in Canada, with USD 160M of that in Quebec,» said President Marie-Ève Royer. «While we have made every effort to sustain and build the business, over time, site utilization 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 of our facilities.»

The bakery employs approximately 95 associates. Affected associates will receive severance packages, as well as personal counselling and ongoing outplacement services and workshops. In addition, associates will be encouraged to apply for open positions in other bakeries in the region, for example in Québec City and Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce (Vachon).

About Bimbo Canada: Bimbo Canada is Canada’s largest bakery, operating for more than 113 years. It is a leading producer and distributor of fresh packaged breads and snacks with more than 1,000 products across 18+ brands Canadians know and love. Bimbo Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of Grupo Bimbo, the world’s largest baking company. Together, we are nourishing a better world with delicious baked goods and snacks by building a sustainable, highly-productive and deeply-humane company.