Interstate Bakeries Corporation is the largest wholesale baker and distributor of fresh delivered bread and snack cakes in the United States. The Company’s two major units are the Wholesale Baking Division and Retail Bakery Outlets. You can visit IBC Bakery Outlets online at www.bakeryoutlets.com. The Wholesale Division is divided into 2 Business Units: East, headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, and West, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. The Company also sells dry products such as croutons and stuffing.
The Company operates 52 bakeries throughout the United States and employs more than 30,000 people. From these strategically dispersed bakeries, the Company’s sales force delivers baked goods to more than 200,000 food outlets on approximately 9,000 delivery routes. The Company’s products are distributed throughout the United States, primarily through its direct route system and approximately 1,100 Company-operated thrift stores, and to some extent through distributors.
Interstate Bakeries Corporation (IBC) is a wholesale baker and distributor of fresh baked bread and sweet goods in the United States. The Company produces, markets and distributes a range of breads, buns, rolls, croutons, stuffing, snack cakes, donuts and related products under national brand names, such as Wonder, Home Pride, Hostess and Dolly Madison, as well as regional brand names, such as Merita, Butternut and Drake’s. IBC operates 41 bakeries and approximately 600 distribution centers, from which its sales force delivers fresh baked goods on approximately 6,000 delivery routes. The Company also operates approximately 740 bakery outlets located in markets throughout the United States. During the fiscal year ended May 31, 2008 (fiscal 2008), IBC introduced Hostess 100 Calorie Pack products on a national basis, including blueberry streusel muffins, banana streusel muffins and cinnamon streusel coffee cake.
