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* Flowers Industries Inc. and Keebler Foods Co. said they’re considering alternatives, including the sale of Keebler, the second-largest U.S. cookie-and-cracker maker that’s 55%-owned by Flowers. Flowers also said it plans to spin off to Flowers shareholders its non-Keebler assets, including its namesake bakery business and Mrs. Smith’s frozen-pie unit.

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