Editing Interstate Bakeries (section)

=== Buyers ===
It was announced on January 28, 2013 that [[United States Bakery]] was the leading bidder for Hostess' Sweetheart, Eddy's, Standish Farms and Grandma Emilie's brands and [[McKee Foods]] was the leading bidder for its Drake's brand, which included [[Ding Dong|Ring Dings]], [[Yodels]] and [[Drake's Devil Dogs]].<ref name="USBakery">{{cite web|url=http://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/news_home/Business_News/2013/01/Hostess_chooses_United_States.aspx?ID={4AA21B44-106F-400B-8CDD-F5B5CDE198A1}&cck=1|title=Hostess chooses United States Bakery for some Northwest assets|work=Food Business News|date=January 29, 2013|access-date=March 1, 2013}}</ref><ref name="McKee">{{cite web|url=http://www.toledoblade.com/Retail/2013/01/28/Hostess-to-pick-Little-Debbie-maker-for-Drake-s.html|title=Hostess picks Little Debbie maker for Drake's|work=Toledo Blade|date=January 28, 2013|access-date=March 1, 2013}}</ref> On March 11 [[Apollo Global Management]] made the sole bid ($410 million) for the company's snack business, which included Twinkies; this company later went public under the name Hostess Brands and trade on the [[New York Stock Exchange]] under ticker TWNK.<ref name="twinkies">{{cite web|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/leon_black_apollo_global_brands_ktcktanyrEf7IasFunX7KP|title=Leon Black's Apollo Global new owner of Twinkies, other Hostess snack brands|last=Kosman|first=Josh|work=New York Post|date=March 12, 2013|access-date=March 12, 2013}}</ref>