Signature Breads

In 2006, then plant-manager Tony Rodriguez learned that

Signature Breads' parent company wanted to sell the bakeries

— and with the sell, close the bakeries, leaving hundreds of hardworking people out of work and struggling to provide for their families.

After several high-stress negotiations, the employees successfully bought out Signature Breads —

over the next two years, secured loans and rallied fellow employees who took out loans on their own 401ks to help with the cause.

After several high-stress negotiations, the employees successfully bought out Signature Breads —