date:Feb 26, 2013
US-based Vie De France Yamazaki plans to shut down its frozen bread manufacturing facility in Bensenville, Illinois, as part of its efforts to consolidate production and control costs.
The company stated that closure of the plant on 27 April will result in 70 job losses.
Vie de France president and chief operating officer Sadao Yasumura said that the decision allows the company to consolidate production at obsolete Illinois facility to a high speed production facility in Georgia.
The company