Merita (other)
Merita may refer to: Businesses * Merita Breads, a brand of breads in the United States * Merita Bank, a Finnish bank, now Nordea People * Merita, a martyr whose remains are in the Catacombs of Commodilla in Rome * Merita Berntsen (born 1969), Norwegian beach volleyball player * Merita Sokoli (1924–2007), Albanian singer and actress * Lourdes Alves Araújo (1956–2021), also known as Merita Alves, East Timorese activist and politician * Rita Allison (Merita Ann Allison, born 1940), American politician See also * Meritas (other) Meritas may mean * Meritas (cloth), a brand of oilcloth and other specialist cloths * Meritas (education), a former network of primary schools * Meritas (law), an American network of business law practices See also * Merita (other)

Merita Breads
Merita is a brand of breads that was produced by Hostess Brands and now produced by Flowers Foods, available throughout the Southeastern United States until November 16, 2012, when Hostess's management decided to liquidate Hostess. The company gave as their reason for this action that they had been crippled by a strike by BCTGM, the bakers' union. Union spokespersons attributed the company's situation to poor management over a long period of years. On January 11, 2013, Flowers Foods purchased the brand from Hostess. Origins William Fisch and Herman Malchow, who for three years had been operating a lunchroom in Birmingham, Alabama, established the Highland Bakery, which began producing breads in 1901. Starting with a single horse-and-wagon route and one retail bakeshop, the business grew and flourished. Legend has it that in the company's early years, an award known as the MERIT-A award, signifying highest merit, was conferred on some bakery products. This company consistent ...
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Merita Bank
Nordea Bank Abp, commonly referred to as Nordea, is a Nordic countries, Nordic Finance, financial services group operating in northern Europe with headquarters in Helsinki, Finland. The name is a blend of the words "Nordic" and "idea". The Nordic countries are considered Nordea's home market, having finalised the sales of their Polish bank in 2014, Baltic operations in 2019 and completed the exit from Russia in early 2022 following a 2019 decision to close the business there. Nordea is listed on Nasdaq Nordic exchanges in Helsinki Stock Exchange, Helsinki, Copenhagen Stock Exchange, Copenhagen, and Stockholm stock exchange, Stockholm and Nordea ADR is listed in the US. Nordea serves 9.3 million private and 530,000 active corporate customers, including 2,650 large corporates and institutions. Nordea's credit portfolio is distributed across Finland (21%), Denmark (26%), Norway (21%), and Sweden (30%). There are four Business Areas (BAs) at Nordea, Personal Banking, Business Banking ...
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