Interstate Bakeries
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Old HB, Inc., known as Hostess Brands from 2009 to 2013 and established in 1930 as Interstate Bakeries Corporation, was a wholesale baker and distributor of bakery products in the United States. Befor
Former headquarters on Armour Boulevard in Kansas City (later the operations center).
Butter-Nut bread package, 1930–1945
Interstate Bakeries Hostess delivery truck
Continental Baking Company
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The Continental Baking Company was one of the first bakeries to introduce fortified bread. It was the maker of the Twinkie and Wonder Bread. Through a series of acquisitions and mergers it became part
Interstate Bakeries
…Bakeries Company. In 1991, IBC again became a public company and changed its name back to Interstate Bakeries. In January 1995, Interstate acquired the Continental Baking Company from Ralston Purina for $330 million and 16.9 million shares of Interstate stock. Continental had acquired Taggart Bakeries of Indianapolis in 1925…
Robert Ward
Twinkies were introduced by the Continental Baking Company in 1930.