Type: Private
On the web: http://www.hostessbrands.com

It's no Wonder that a Hostess would show her Home Pride by serving breads and sweet goods made by Hostess Brands. As one of the US's largest wholesale bakers, it operates about 35 bakeries and some 570 bakery outlet stores, and delivers delivering baked goods to US supermarkets, mass marketers, and convenience stores on 5,500 delivery routes. The company's bread brands include Butternut, Wonder and Beefsteak. It also sells snack cakes and other sweet baked goods under the brands Hostess, Dolly Madison, and Drake's; it offers croutons and stuffing under the Mrs. Cubbison's and Marie Callender's names. Hostess Brands filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2012, after emerging from Chapter 11 in 2009.

Officers:
CEO: Brian J. Driscoll
EVP Operations: Gary K. Wandschneider
EVP and CFO: John O. Stewart

Competitors:
Flowers Foods
George Weston
McKee Foods

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