By Candace Carlisle CoStar News
The U.S. subsidiary behind Mrs Baird’s and Sara Lee bread has decided to move its headquarters to Texas from Horsham, Pennsylvania.
Bimbo Bakeries USA has leased space within an office building in Irving, Texas, a city about 13 miles northwest of downtown Dallas. The move puts Bimbo USA closing to its parent company's Mexico City headquarters and is expected to strengthen collaboration and enable "faster, more integrated decision-making across operations," according to a statement.
Bimbo USA's parent company is Grupo Bimbo, the world's largest baking company with operations in 39 countries. Grupo Bimbo entered the U.S. market in 1998 when it bought Mrs Baird's Bakery, which was founded in Fort Worth, Texas, by Ninnie Baird in 1908.
“Texas was our first home and played a defining role in our early history," said Greg Koehrsen, president of Bimbo USA, in the statement. "We’ve built a strong presence here over the years, and this region remains central to who we are today."
The relocation of Bimbo USA's headquarters to Texas after 17 years of being based in the Philadelphia area "positions us to operate more efficiently as we continue to invest in our brands and our communities," Koehrsen added.
The company's other bakery brands include Arnold, Ball Park, Entenmann's, Little Bites, Oroweat, Thomas and Stroehmann. Bimbo USA has more than 20,000 workers in the United States as well as 50 manufacturing locations.
Bimbo USA's senior leadership team and other employees are already working at the new Dallas-area office, the company said, with recruiting underway to fill additional roles. According to CoStar data, the company moved into about 7,000 square feet in the building in December.
A spokesperson for the company confirmed to CoStar News that employees have relocated to Dallas over the "last few months" with the new office expected to be "completed in June." In all, the spokesperson said about 100 workers will be based at the Dallas headquarters.
Still, Bimbo USA said it remains committed to the greater Philadelphia area and will keep its sales center and regional operations in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
Dallas is "a significant market" for Bimbo USA with multiple bakeries, sales centers and distribution centers in North Texas, according to the statement.
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