Stauffer’s Biscuit closes NY bakery to consolidate operations

By Gill Hyslop

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Stauffer's Biscuit Co, maker of Animal Crackers since 1871, is closing its New York bakery to consolidate efficiencies. Pic: ©GettyImages/bhofack2
Stauffer's Biscuit Co, maker of Animal Crackers since 1871, is closing its New York bakery to consolidate efficiencies. Pic: ©GettyImages/bhofack2

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Animal Cracker maker DF Stauffer Biscuit Co has announced it will close its New York factory at the end of the year to focus operations at the higher production facilities in Pennsylvania and California.

The company is closing its Cuba, NY, bakery at the end of the 2017, but will continue to operate its facilities in York, PA, and Santa Ana, CA, that it opened in 2001.

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According to the company’s statement, [an undisclosed number of] employees at the Cuba factory will be given the opportunity to transfer to Stauffer’s other facilities.

Stauffer’s Biscuit Company, headquartered in York, is a division of the Meiji Holdings Group, a Japanese conglomerate operating in the confectionery, dairy, healthcare and pharma sectors. The ¥1,242.4bn ($11.1bn) company is the world’s fourth largest confectionery company.

Stauffer’s still produces its popular Animal Crackers, first produced in 1871. The original recipe has remained the same, but the company has brought out a variety of animal shapes and flavors over the years.

Today, the bakery produces more than 250 tons of animal crackers, cookies and snack crackers daily.

Stauffer’s spokesperson told BakeryandSnacks: “The company will continue to produce the same volume once we have consolidated facilities as this effort was to optimize plant operations, not reduce production.”

The bakery also produces seasonal products for Halloween and Christmas. 

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