Aunt Millie to Close Bakery in Michigan

Aunt Millie’s bakery in Coldwater, Michigan, the USA, will be closed by mid-January, as part of a consolidation of bakeries, the company announced.

Aunt Millie’s will continue to operate five other bakeries in the Midwest and they will also maintain their Bakehouse frozen division in Coldwater.

The company also announced an offer of transitional assistance to those affected. They will also have job openings for almost half of the workforce at other bakeries.

Company president John F. Popp said in a statement that: “after careful analysis we determined the need to close our Coldwater bakery. This is part of a plan to optimize our bakery network. We reached this extremely difficult decision after thoroughly exploring other options.”

Aunt Millie’s has 1,600 employees and it has been family owned since 1901. In the Coldwater facility, 65 people are currently employed. It has five bakeries including three in Michigan which are located in Kalamazoo, Jackson and Plymouth. The bread and bakery products they produce are distributed throughout the Midwest as well as nationally.