Editing Interstate Bakeries (section)

==Brands==

=== Sold to Apollo and Metropoulos, later J.M. Smucker ===
In January 2013, a joint venture by [[Apollo Global Management]] and C. Dean Metropoulos and Company became the leading bidder to purchase Dolly Madison and the Hostess brand of snacks.<ref name="Apollo"/> Silver Point Capital, Grupo Bimbo and Hurst Capital also placed bids for both brands.<ref name="Bimbo Apollo"/><ref name="Take"/><ref name="Tribune"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.just-food.com/news/silver-point-hurst-interested-in-hostess-snack-cake-unit_id122467.aspx|title=US: Silver Point, Hurst "interested" in Hostess snack cake unit|last=Russell|first=Michelle|work=Just-Food|date=March 11, 2013|access-date=March 11, 2013|archive-date=March 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315061556/http://www.just-food.com/news/silver-point-hurst-interested-in-hostess-snack-cake-unit_id122467.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> On March 12, Apollo and Metropoulos won the bid to buy the brands from Hostess for $410&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/hostess-picks-apollo-led-group-as-new-owner-of-twinkies|title=Hostess Picks Apollo-Led Group as New Owner of Twinkies|last=de la Merced|first=Michael|work=The New York Times|date=March 12, 2013|access-date=March 12, 2013}}</ref> The deal was approved by a bankruptcy court, and C.&nbsp;Dean Metropoulos and Company principal Daren Metropoulos announced that Hostess products would be sold again on July 15.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/23/twinkies-july-return-to-shelves_n_3486930.html|title=Twinkies To Return To Shelves July 15, Hostess Says|work=AP via Huffington Post|date=June 23, 2013|access-date=June 24, 2013}}</ref> 

This division eventually went public as the second incarnation of Hostess Brands, and announced it would be acquired by J.M. Smucker on September 11, 2023.<ref name=":0" />

=== Sold to Bimbo Bakeries USA ===
[[Bimbo Bakeries USA]] outbid Flowers Foods for the rights to Beefsteak on February 28, 2013,<ref name="winning"/><ref name="Beefsteak">{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/hostess-beefsteak-idUSL1N0BSDH820130228|title=Bimbo wins Beefsteak bread in Hostess Brands auction|work=Reuters|date=February 28, 2013|access-date=February 28, 2013}}</ref> and the deal was approved by a bankruptcy court on March 20.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bakingbusiness.com/articles/news_home/Business/2013/03/Hostess_confirms_court_approva.aspx?ID={7E5CE48A-81E2-4BD6-B073-5109215A1425}|title=Hostess confirms court approval of largest sales|last=Gelski|first=Jeff|work=Baking Business|date=March 20, 2013|access-date=June 24, 2013}}</ref> In August, the trademarks of J.&nbsp;J. Nissen and the web domain jjnissenbreads.com were transferred to Bimbo Bakeries,<ref name="jjnissen">{{cite web|url=http://www.jjnissenbreads.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040107023615/http://www.jjnissenbreads.com/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 7, 2004|title=Bimbo Bakeries USA|date=January 24, 2014|access-date=January 24, 2014}}</ref> which later purchased other regional Hostess bread brands: Colombo, Cotton's, Emperor Norton, Fisherman's Wharf, Parisian and Toscana.

=== Sold to Flowers Foods ===
In January 2013 it was announced that [[Flowers Foods]] had offered to buy six of Hostess' bread brands, including Wonder Bread. The deal, initially structured at $360 million, involved 20 bakeries and 38 [[Transport hub|depots]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.just-food.com/news/flowers-stalking-horse-for-hostess-bread-brands_id121735.aspx|title=Flowers "stalking horse" for Hostess bread brands|last=Askew|first=Katy|work=Just-Food|date=January 14, 2013|access-date=January 15, 2013|archive-date=January 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119024202/http://www.just-food.com/news/flowers-stalking-horse-for-hostess-bread-brands_id121735.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> Flowers Foods won the bid to purchase five of the six bread brands (except Beefsteak, purchased by Grupo Bimbo) on February 28.<ref name="winning">{{cite web|url=http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2013/02/hostess-picks-flowers-bimbo-as-bread-buyers.html|title=Hostess picks Flowers, Bimbo as bread buyers|last=Robinson-Jacobs|first=Karen|work=Dallas News|date=February 28, 2013|access-date=February 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303234831/http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2013/02/hostess-picks-flowers-bimbo-as-bread-buyers.html/|archive-date=March 3, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The deal went through a bankruptcy court in March and was completed on July 22, 2013.<ref name="Bread">{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2013/02/28/news/companies/wonder-bread-flowers-foods|title=Flowers Foods buys Wonder Bread from Hostess|last=Isidore|first=Chris|work=CNN Money|date=February 28, 2013|access-date=February 28, 2013}}</ref><ref>[http://www.walb.com/story/22899372/flowers-fods-completes-acquisition-of-hostess-bakeries Flowers Foods completes acquisition of Hostess bakeries]</ref> The five brands are Butternut Bread, Home Pride, [[Merita Breads]], [[Nature's Pride]] and Wonder Bread.<ref name="Flowers"/>

=== Sold to Lewis Brothers Bakeries ===
The rights to the following Hostess brands were sold to Lewis Brothers Bakeries in December 2013:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/q?db=tm&reel=5180&frame=0712|title = USPTO Assignments on the Web}}</ref>

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* Blue Ribbon
* Braun's
* Bread du Jour
* Continental
* Countess
* County Fair
* D'Agostino's
* Daffodil Farm
* Di Carlo
* Millbrook
* Nancy Martin
* Old World
* Ozark Mill
* Pantry Pride
* Sap's
* Weber's
{{div col end}}

=== Sold to McKee Foods ===
[[McKee Foods]], owner of Hostess competitor [[Little Debbie]], purchased the Drake's snack cakes on March 14, 2013 for $27.5&nbsp;million.<ref name="McKee"/><ref name="Drake's">{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-mckee-wins-drakes-cakes-from-hostess-for-27m-20130314,0,2449479.story|title=McKee wins Drake's cakes from Hostess for $27M|work=Chicago Tribune|date=March 14, 2013|access-date=March 14, 2013}}</ref> After the deal passed a bankruptcy court, McKee began selling the snacks on September 23.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foodworldnews.com/articles/4366/20130923/drakes-cakes-makes-comeback-today.htm|title=Drake's Cakes Makes Comeback Today|work=FoodWorldNews|date=September 23, 2013|access-date=September 25, 2013}}</ref>

=== <span class="anchor" id="Sold to United States Bakery Inc."></span><span class="anchor" id="Not sold"></span> Sold to United States Bakery ===
[[United States Bakery]] won the auction for four [[Northwestern United States|northwestern]] Hostess bakeries on March 15, 2013 for a reported $30.85 million,<ref name="USBakery"/><ref name="USBakery Win">{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-15/united-states-bakery-said-to-win-bid-for-hostess-breads.html|title=United States Bakery Said to Win Bid for Hostess Breads|last1=McCarty|first1=Dawn|last2=Jinks|first2=Beth|work=Bloomberg|date=March 15, 2013|access-date=March 16, 2013}}</ref> and the deal was approved by a bankruptcy court that month. The brands were Eddy's, Grandma Emile's, Standish Farms and Sweetheart Bakery.<ref name="USBakery"/> {{As of|December 2015}}, the rights to the  Baker's Inn and Dutch Hearth brands remain unsold.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2006/01/02/focus2.html|title=IBC marketing chief is eager to revitalize iconic brands|work=Kansas City Business Journal|date=January 1, 2006|access-date=March 14, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_mo/LC1331610|title=Dutch Hearth Bakery, LLC|work=Open Corporates|date=July 31, 2013|access-date=March 14, 2015}}</ref>