Editing Interstate Bakeries (section)

=== 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"/>