Interstate Bakeries Corporation - IBCI- Profile

Interstate Bakeries Corporation. The Group's principal activity is to produce, market and distribute fresh bakery products in the United States. It operates in two segments: Wholesale operations and Retail operations. The products of the Group include white breads, variety breads, reduced calorie breads, English muffins, croutons, rolls, buns and baked sweet goods. It operates 45 bakeries and delivers products directly from approximately 800 distribution centers. The products are then delivered primarily to national mass merchandisers, supermarkets and convenience stores. The products are marketed under a number of national and regional brand names, such as Wonder (R), Hostess (R), Home pride (R), Butternut (R), Dolly Madison (R), Drake's (R) and Merita (R). Wholesale operations accounted for 88% of fiscal 2006 revenues and Retail operations, 12%