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Nature’s Bakery to close Hazelwood plant, lay off 345 workers ^⁠19%

7/7/2026, 5:00:38 PM

Topics: Business Closures, Job Losses, Manufacturing

Keywords: Layoffs, Jobs, Bakery, Hazelwood

BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Loss Aversion, and Optimism Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 20.3% saturation with 36 hits. Analysis detected 225 faulty-reasoning hits from 177 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 33.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠19% (16,735 of 20,454 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 81.80% of the article peer group.

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Nature’s Bakery plans to permanently close its Hazelwood manufacturing plant, a move that will eliminate 345 jobs over the coming year as production shifts to other company facilities.

The snack maker filed a layoff notice with Missouri officials Tuesday, saying its plant at 8860 Pershall Road will close in September 2027.

The first 130 employees are expected to lose their jobs this September, followed by another 215 workers in February 2027.

Any remaining employees will be laid off when the plant officially closes in September 2027.

Nature’s Bakery said employees will have the opportunity to apply for other positions in the company or elsewhere with Mars Inc., which owns the snack brand.

The company is shifting production to other facilities as it continues expanding its manufacturing footprint, including a recently opened plant in Utah.

Nature’s Bakery, known for its fig bars and other nut-free and dairy-free snack products, was acquired by KIND Snacks in 2020.

Mars later acquired KIND, making Nature’s Bakery part of the Mars portfolio.

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