To all stockholders get up and do something about the way the company is being run. If you do not have the guts then you better start selling your stock or risk total loss on it.

Wake up employees. The Kansas City big boys do not care about the working people as no matter what happens they will have a job and their pay checks they will have. Change the management and you will put IBC back to the top of the stock markets and not the bottom where it is heading.

Thats the I.B.C. way,wrere headed for disaster im afraid.You cant give away this crap.They never get rid of shitty managment they just move them to another plant.Definetly got the old boy network of dumb hillbilys that dont know anything about buisness beside covering there ass!Lets hope they sell out and clean up this mess or we will all be at the unemployment line shortly.Were losing customers

before IBC came and bought Drakes bakerie.....we had QUALITY product coming out of our plant....but now days we send out garbage there's no way i would ever buy this shit or let any of my family members eat this shit!!.......I never work for a Company /Management who spend so much time into mistreating the employee then spending time to perfect a better product then they have since they change a the formula's......FRED ZOLOCKA needs to go!.....they can't give this shit away nobody want to buy shit !

Yeah...nuff said!!! I about fell out of my chair, laughing. That was great!

When you get to the top there is only one way down after that. IBC has been there ,done that and its over and down the hill it goes. Strong sell now before you lose it all. Get out now.

Re: concerned stock holder. First of all, your an idiot for owning stock in this company. I would start by learning how to read, then look on the internet or read a newspaper with economic data in it. If you find you just don't have time to learn how to read or write then turn on your television, check cnbc or bloomberg, watch for ibc news. You will then find news on how the management of this company has destroyed any hope for the future of this company. In conclusion, to say this message board is to blame for all the bad things happening to your precious stock price is completely absurd, you stupid, uneducated, wannabe, broke dick investor. Is it fair to say this message board causes rodents to infest a cherry cake product, or this message board causes chairman of the board to steal this company blind. I don't think so, you dumb sonofa no account, four flushing, pathetic, shit for brains. nuff said!

To Hr Deb it appears that management are begining to turn on each others is that the final step before the plant is sold ?One last question why do you allow such abusive behavior by this management team you appear to turn the other way when this happens Why? What does Lang have on you that you are scared .of him Are you in over your head if so quit and train your dogs. you know Lang's behavior is out of control do something about it.

You people like me are grateful just to have a job. Jobs are hard to get here. With the overtime we get you can't get it any better. So quit whining just be happy you got a job from one of the better companies in the USA.

Like the Broncos IBC is going down just listen to Wall Street.

Everyone hit the "contact us" link on the left side of the screen and request that a certain annoyance be blocked from the board. They have the person's email address in the system.

Re: LA management, does anybody know who's staying? who's going?

Leo Benatar* Consultant, Benatar & Associates and A.T. Kearney, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia Presiding Director, Interstate Bakeries Corporation BENATAR MORRIS L BENATAR LEO BENATAR LOUISE C Address: 121 BURDETTE RD NW City: ATLANTA State: GA Zip Code: 30327 County: FULTON Phone: 404-531-0708

Where is big D

To Anonymous in Hodgkins, IL. Where did you find all of the information regarding our executive committee, Board of Directors and the like? You wouldn't happen to have access to their e-mail addresses or direct dial phone numbers would you?

I am giving notice to all thrift store employees in the St Louis, MO. area-Also IL. Cities of Edwardsville and Collinsville. Start seeking other employment very soon! Many stores will be closed without notice.If my bosses knew what I was telling..I would be fired instantly!

Committee For Better Bread Biddeford, Maine 04005 Tom Bradford 1 Bakers Way Biddeford, Maine 04005 Dear Tom: The Committee For Better Bread wants to congratulate you on your recent promotion, Vice President of New England region, or whatever. As Plant Manager, you have taken your innovative thinking to great lengths in your tenure at Nissen/Hostess/Wonder. The Committee wants to thank you for all your stimulating memos that you have thoughtfully written and included in our pay checks. Do you remember when Nissen Canadian White was a real big winner and you turned it completely around by changing the recipes. And how about eliminating those delicious donuts that Nissen's used to make! We really didn't need those products in the market place anymore. You can now walk away knowing that you did one hell of a job. Your promotion was warranted. We will miss you as you back out of your parking spot for the last time. Thanks again. Committee For Better Bread

Deniece, when you type with caps lock on LIKE THIS it means your shouting when posting on a message board. Please refrain from shouting, or for that matter, refrain from posting on this board. Nobody cares about you, your husband, or any of the STUPID shit you post about.

Too bad that Brent did not read the disclaimer or he would know this site was not affiliated.

She will respond. It is almost as if she feels the need. She will return, TYPING LIKE THIS, cutting and pasting your post into hers and then stating in her own words, "WELL, I KNOW YOU ARE, BUT WHAT AM I". It is almost as if you are trying to talk to a a brick wall and everything you say to her is repeated back at you. Her name is "ANNOYANCE".

HEY DENEICE, GET A JOB AND HELP OUT AROUND THE HOUSE, STAY OFF HERE SO IBC DOSENT HAVE TO DEMOTE YOUR OLD MAN.

I think the problem a vast majority of people have with other people who type in caps all of the time is not that they can't see past it, but that is an annoyance like fingernails going down a chalkboard. But usually that person who types in all caps doesn't care that they annoy others because it does not personally bother them. Also, it is funny to see a person feel the need to keep explaining their personal feelings because everyone argues with that person, not necessarily because they disagree with that person, but because that person is very annoying, like finger nails going down a chalkboard. And that makes the person annoying everyone very, very happy. And then, as they say, LOL!

No more Deniece please. No more stupid wive's on this site. If you don't work for IBC then go post elsewhere.

Has anybody heard that the company wants a six year contract.

what is the pay rate for transport drivers at henderson?

re: DENEICE I posted that quip. And I stand by it. I am a wife of an employee. I don't post in caps, I don't shoot down other employees and I try to offer sound information that hopefully is helpful and not nasty. I also have been on the internet long enough to recognize a troll when I see one. That's why I said to push your imaginary ignore button. You see it's like a cancer, if you feed it it grows and sucks the life out of you. On the other hand if you cut off it's food supply it withers and dies. I think we all need to practice a little chemo restraint.

I am a customer who has always liked products from your Billings plant. But in the last few years the products have went down . So now I buy Wheat of Montana haif the time because there is no holes in the bread and their buns a cut evenly.

DENIECE...YOUR NO CONDALEEZA RICE..YOUR HUSBAND WILL BE LAID OFF BECAUSE OF YOUR POSTS.

Did the teamsters try to make your bagel plant profitable, or did they just see you as another form of income for their overpaided under educated business agent. I quess the union will not be signing your paycheck, wake up and smell the economy...

We are the lowest paid employees out of all the IBC's in the country

You can remove this plant (#13 Milwaukee, WI) from the list. Plant was shut down on April 22, 2004. It was a small bakery with less than 2 dozen employees so maybe that's why there was no official announcement. We produced bagels for IBC under the Wonder & Butternut labels. That task will now be done by a bakery outside the IBC system. We were a non-union shop but had voted in the Teamsters last year. Unfortunately, a contract had not been negotiated at the time of the closing so all we got was a letter of recommendation and pay for any earned vacation time. I just thought you might like to know about this.

TO: Re: DENIECE Though I do agree with most of your post, I do not agree with the aspect reflecting those with mental health disorders. I also disagree with another post which stated that you must be in HR because if you were in HR you would not make such assumptions of people with psychological disabilities stating that they need to post on a mental health board, though I truly believe, that the person to which your post references to has no such condition(s) , but then again, that is not something that can be assumed.

I think all the employees should take their complaints to their local newspapers.This way the public will know what kind of people they are. If people knew how IBC treats people maybe public would react to that. There is alot of facts out there that people could use.

to Re: DENEICE Excellent post.

Hey what are you doing Buckshot? Jim says keep up the good work. go Broncos

For you who like to cut down Deniece why can't you put your name down or where you are from? Sounds like a HR move.

Where is your job line or career link?

The rumor is sydner's[sic] of Washington state to buy the Billings plant at rock bottom price has anyone else heard this rumor

Hey Buckshot whats up? Long time.

Look at all the officers in this company and see salary and bonuses anf you can why this company doesn't show a profit. As for Billings plant if management would stop thinking of ways to screw the employees and just work with as a team things might get better. That doesn't mean kiss up to the employees but to show appreication of the hard work most of them do. Does it hurt to show somebody respect?

To Billings ananymous hope you write to all of these people and tell them how poor their management team is in Billings and Bismarck start with HR Deb and explain to them the absuive behavior that we put up with . Could you also describe how sales have fallen since Connell and his management team have taken over the cronies under him need to be held accountable also.

Management Directors James R. Elsesser Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Interstate Bakeries Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri Michael J. Anderson President and Chief Executive Officer, The Andersons, Inc., Maumee, Ohio G. Kenneth Baum Chairman of the Board, George K. Baum Group, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri Leo Benatar* Consultant, Benatar & Associates and A.T. Kearney, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia Robert B. Calhoun President, Clipper Capital Corporation, New York, New York Frank E. Horton, Ph.D. Principal, Horton & Associates, Denver, Colorado Richard L. Metrick Senior Managing Director, Investment Banking Department, Bear Stearns & Co., Inc., New York, New York Charles A. Sullivan Retired, Former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Interstate Bakeries Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri Ronald L. Thompson Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Midwest Stamping Company, Maumee, Ohio *Presiding Director, Interstate Bakeries Corporation Officers Interstate Bakeries Corporation James R. Elsesser Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Michael D. Kafoure President and Chief Operating Officer Paul E. Yarick Senior Vice President - Finance and Treasurer Kent B. Magill Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary Laura D. Robb Vice President and Corporate Controller Linda L. Thompson Assistant Secretary and Director, Shareholder Relations Interstate Brands Corporation/Interstate Brands West Corporation James R. Elsesser Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Michael D. Kafoure President and Chief Operating Officer Paul E. Yarick Senior Vice President - Finance and Treasurer Kent B. Magill Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary Thomas S. Bartoszewski Executive Vice President, Eastern Division Robert P. Morgan Executive Vice President Richard D. Willson Executive Vice President, Western Division Daniel G. Angst Senior Vice President, Western Division ? North Timothy W. Cranor Senior Vice President, Central Division ? North Mark D. Dirkes Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing William A. Mackin Senior Vice President, Eastern Division ? North M. Curtis Miller III Senior Vice President, Eastern Division ? South Brian A. Poulter Senior Vice President, Engineering Warren N. Richards Senior Vice President and Director of Human Resources Brian E. Stevenson Senior Vice President - Program SOAR Jimmy D. Williams Senior Vice President, Central Division ? South Thomas C. Apel Vice President, Taxes Theresa S. Cogswell Vice President, Research and Development Richard B. Cook Vice President, Labor Relations Melvin H. Ghearing Vice President, Retail Operations Richard L. Hobbs Vice President ? Manufacturing, Central Division Michael R. Holdgraf Vice President, Information Systems Lonnie C. Howard II Vice President - Manufacturing, Eastern Division Stan W. Osman Vice President, Bread Marketing Ronald D. Parque Vice President, Dry Products Division Michael S. Redd Vice President, Cake Marketing Laura D. Robb Vice President and Corporate Controller Terry A. Stephens Vice President, National Account Sales Scott A. Way Vice President - Program SOAR Linda L. Thompson Assistant Secretary

Baker's inn doing very well here, we had a Wal-Mart sell 120 units the first day, most other stores are selling 3-10 units a day, very good for a new item.

HR manager call me

Anyone knows who hold the top three financial positions at corporate????/

hey Ostrichman, if you like sawdust and sugar that's been frozen for months while it travels the continental united states then you will love little debbies.

The computer department (IS) has been outsourced to Accenture, formerly Arthur Anderson (responsible for the Enron debacle). They do not care about IBC, only about making money for Accenture. They are not good stewards of IBC computer systems, money, or time.

anybody hear who the area managers are? Any thoughts on Baker's Inn.

this is so true I hope they all go when SOAR comes around Deb is tjust a mouth piece for mike Mike Connell is a" weasel"

You know we all could blame Deb in HR but it all comes down to team by management. I mean Deb does not care about people and what happens to them but does anybody in management care? They are trying to survive the fall. They are very selfish people.

You know we all could blame Deb in HR but it all comes down to team by management. I mean Deb does not care about people and what happens to them but does anybody in management care? They are trying to survive the fall. They are very selfish people.

Deb if human resoures would do their job the Billings plant would not be in the trouble its in you have allowed abusive behavior to run wild in management . Are you scared of Lang you should hear the comments he makes about you behind your back . like he said "HR would not tell him what to do he will do what he wants" DO YOUR JOB OR ARE YOU IN OVER YOUR HEAD.

this company needs to fire everyone in managment and start all over with fresh it might be able to become profitable again

Deniece, its me again, gees all im asking for is the last word on this issue. Actually I forgot what we were arguing about but oh well. Honestly, I get a good laugh from our arguments, don't take them personally. Most of the time I go to sleep still chuckling about some of our posts, damn funny stuff. The "I win" is funny, thought you might like that. LOL. ;)

what the curret rate of pay per hour ror transport drivers in billings and what is the weekly pension rate paid in ? How many drivers do you have . I do not think they will go to private haulers your union contract must be due up ? they would have no control over the I/Operators and timing is important to this industry.

Can someone tell me how Henderson is?Is it a decent place to work as a transport driver?How many drivers do you have,what is the pay rate and are you union?Thank you.

the human resource manager should resign and train her dogs full time .her department was worthless a real waste of money

Human Resource manager is busy training her dogs. So be nice. She is trying a new trade.

hope there a strike then management would have to work does the billings plant still have an HR dept. any one seen them or have they bee laid off by SOAR.

IS THERE GOING TO BE A STRIKE IN BILLINGS THAT WILL CLOSE IT FOR GOOD? THANKS DEB

this company is going down fast. the quality is shit and the service is shit

The last few digit represent the julian date of production. The 098 means the product was baked and packaged on the 98th day of the year.

YOU ARE SO CHILDISH TO BASH DENEICELIKE YOU DO. SO KNOCK IT OFF PEWEEEEEEEEEE

Deniece, I want the last word, grrrrrrrrr, and since Im top of the message board, I got it, thankyou. I WIN AGAIN.

"on the backdoor at walmart we like to make the cake vendors stand out in the rain,then refuse the orders cause they are wet!!its all in fun though" I never post, but after reading this, I had to give my two cents! There are some employees of this company who are hard working, put up with crap, and do their job (and usually other's job too) A routeman has to put up with reaching his stops in a timely manner, dealing with idiot drivers on the highways, managers of major chain stores that don't know their contracts and receivers like this JERK! Since you think it's "all in fun", then don't be offended when you ask us to order anything extra or special and we're just not able to get it, your receiving hours end at 12 and we show up at 11:58 (keeps ya from your long lunch, don't it?) you leave us waiting and we decide there are more important customers and aren't there when you finally decide to open the door.............and just can't get to your store when a snow storm or hurricane is going to clean off your shelves. Hey, it's all in fun, right???

Most of us Transport Drivers are quite literate, thank you. In fact some of us have even written legal briefs that won six figure settlements from IBC. We also take pride in being able to deliver our load safely despite some of the miserable weather and antiquated depots and bakeries we have to deal with. That said, IBC would be crazy to close Billings given that having closed Minot, Bismark, Boise, and Spokane bread they have no other facility that can serve Billing's market. They needed Boise for the same reason though and closed it. And unlike other bakery closings the land under Billings and Boise has no great value. In fact, it would probably make more sense to close Salt Lake City (older building, little room for expansion) instead of Billings. Given IBC logic(?), who knows- they might close Henderson!

Henderson blows, 130 degrees in the shade in the summer, business going up shit creek with the addition of Scott Miller and others. Pay is average. Only thing it has going for it is Las Vegas, but 60 percent of casinoes dropped IBC business. Sounds like a shithole to me.

Deniece, you used the words retarded, anal, hypocrite, etc.. In my book thats name calling. Now find it in your hard head to let me have the last word, because I shall have it. I WIN!!!!!!!!

Can someone tell me how Henderson is?Is it a decent place to work as a transport driver?How many drivers do you have,what is the pay rate and are you union?Thnak you.

BUCKSHOT do you think the billings plant is for sale heard it might be sold to Syhner [sic] out of Washington state have you heard that ?

Mike you might do ok in Odgen at least you won't have the assholes and bitchs stabbing you in the back.Because of them the Billings plant will go down in smoke. Thanks to the other management this poor plant is doomed in so many ways.

ogden how that

Where is orgen? Must be a post from an illiterate transport driver.Good thing we are looking at an outside firm to handle transportation losing the complaning morons that drive semis will certainly improve our bottom line.

BUCKSHOT what do you think of mike tranfer to orgen .who do you think will be in charge.

ha ha ogden I dont think I mentioned anything about your equiptment but since you brought up the subject.....yes it is .....horrible!!

I wish that person in billings would lay off Deniece. She is a cool person who just want Kansas City to hear some of her ideas. Its a free country you know.

IBC putting all the eggs in one basket (Bakers Inn) isn't going to save this company. This company was built on Quality and Service. Both of those have been cut with longer shelf life and lack of service. As a parent I wouldn't buy something that lasted 3 weeks without freezing. In our house we would rather spend more money to buy a better quality product even if we have to feed half of it to the ducks or toss it in the garbage because it went stale before we ate it.

Deniece, Your not going to have the last word on this. I'm right and your, well, extremely wrong, biased, bigoted, sexist, hostile, and a name caller whenever your losing in an argument. I win.

This Billings bakery is doing really well, and I have a inside source that I can't mention. They just tell us this shit because contract negotiations are coming up, and they don't want to give us anything. I bet the ceo and other felons in Kansas City get a hefty raise and stock options.

Let see if I got this right Mike Connell was in Springfield Missouri then was tranfere to Minot North Dakota due to his poor leadership the plant was closed then they tranfered to Billings where once again his poor leadership showed again and now it appears that the bakery will either be sold or closed now he get tranfered to Ogden UT.what next ? IBC saying goes SUCK UP OR SCREW UP THEN MOVE UP.

on the backdoor at walmart we like to make the cake vendors stand out in the rain,then refuse the orders cause they are wet!!its all in fun though

Hey Buckshot open your eyes and look at your product. Quit complaining about the equipment we send our product on.

To the Big Shot Nevada Boy, grow up, sounds like you are just ignorant, and everyone on this site should ignore you so you will go away.

transfurewed is that a word?

I would really like to know who is in charge at Henderson? Please, please, please All im asking is just send me what i order on the day i order it. We have lost 71% of the casino business since dec 16th of last year. 50% of that is due to product not shipped. ordered but not shipped, ordered 7 days in advance i might add. 4 routes have been cut as a result of this. please dont let mine be next.

Bakers Inn is in our market now.I was in the store today and wow does it stand out,I bought the honey white and thought it to be excellent. the bag sure draws you to it and i hope it takes off !! Im glad to see the company making these kind of moves.Oh before i go Id like to make a comment to the ogden person.If our product is so bad why are we always sending people to your bakery,i have never seen a person from ogden in billings case closed.

bakers inn hope it soars us 6.6 million out of debt on loans due.my guess contract 000000000000000000000000000000000.

I hope Mike Eller comes back and cleans house. He was great to work for.

I heard that the human resource manager wants to transfer with Mike Connel. All I hope for is the product they send us will better than what we are getting now.

To Denver :where mike connell being tranfer to? If I were you I that would be the last thing I would be concerned with,perhaps english as a second language should be on your top ten list.

hopfullee mike connel wull bee transfurewd 2 denver soo him can raise the IQ of youse

where mike connell being tranfer to?

Scott Miller was ok in Billings, he probably got tired of the crap here and decided to move, good for him and good luck to him, but that still wont change the fact that this company is fueled by incompetence. It all trickles down to employees in the end and so here we are today in a world of shit.

I'm sorry to hear plant 53 is closing. come to vegas we'll take care of you. we despratley need people. plus its a fun town.

What dont we understand about low carb cakes and bread????Its the future,wake up or ship out.ESLis a disaster with mold and horrible taste to boot!!! Why are we always last to the market with new products.Doesnt any body give a rats asss whats going on with the way we operate.Mangment heavy to the extreme.We need a new team at the top if this one cant cut it.

Hey you hicks in Montana glad you let Scott Miller come down here. He is a very smart superviser and that guy is going places. He works hard and has earned everything he has got.

Deneice you sound like a pretty cool lady. I don' t know why people just don't understand you. Ther is alot of closed minds out there.Please keep your emails coming.

Deniece, Please use lower caps, thats really annoying, means your shouting when using upper case. If you need to explain to me your not hostile by being hostile, hey, its a free country. I'm not a hypocrite, I'm simply trying to explain the error of your ways. Your husband is probably a good person, but working for him is probably a different story. He probably works hard, but working under him is probably shitty. He probably cares, but I don't. Not for you or your supervisor husband who probably make a good living giving the shaft to the employees where he works. So stop replying to my messages please, for once in your life be decent and let another human being have the last word in a conversation and piss off.

Deniece, There you go again. Intense whining? Job Counseling? Antidepressants? Constant complaining? Self Pity? This message board was put here for employees and consumers to voice concerns about IBC. If you don't like it, go away. Your hostility is so obvious, its laughable. Just go away. Don't respond again and say your not hostile because you are, just go away. Go away you 12 twinky package eating 300 pound jerbrony. You suck.

Plant 53 in GA is closing down.This is the way they save money. They will continue to close plants so the corporate pay checks continue to the last. Bye Bye workers.

Mike might be leaving but business is still going down.The other management under handed Mike so he could not make it profitiable plant. So thanks Deb, Jerry , Randy ,and Mark.

TO HUMAN RESOUCE MANAGER BILLINGS where are you people your manager Larry Lang is out of control that man need angry management classes no one can work around him you never know what going to set him off . the lanague he uses is uncall for a person can tell he is poorly educated by the way he swears at people and threathens them HE SHOULD BE FIRED if one of the route drivers acted this way ..he would be dealt with quickly why have you not done anything about his behavior before someone get injuried by him

did anyone see Buckshot AKA lapdog.he looks like he lost his best friend in mike connell .lap dog you need help you may need to get back to your 12 step program . who are you going to suck up to now we are all in this together what make you think your so special and feel you are better then the rest of us LAPDOG

Wow, for a whack job you're pretty interested in her. Hey. Check out filling that gap in your life at "lives R us" "If you want to discover what a true wack job DENEICE is, I suggest you check out her screwball tirades at www.chattymamas.com. "

I say we all push the imaginary Ignore button where DENEICE is concerned. If we don't talk to her she will become bored and go away as the attention will not be on her. It seems that she has the same mentality that IBC management does. And it would also appear that she has the same ethics as she enjoys causing trouble and calling names. Don't write me back DENEICE because I refuse to be in any battle with an unarmed person. Just ignore her, route drivers have enough to deal with while at work without having to deal with self rightous people who continue to yell on this board and post garbage.

Take your services elsewhere then. Nobody wants a shithead like you here anyways. You suck.

Deniece, you just proved my point about being hostile again. You just wrote I am anal, need a shrink, I'm thin skinned, in denial, and that I'm a bitch. Lets be clear here, thats not hostile? Lady, stop with your anger and insensitivity. Again, let me make this clear to you. Most of us are hard working, caring employees, who are very disheartened by the fascism, demoralization, anger, and hatred projected on us by the dear, sweet management of IBC. To have a person like you degredate people on this board for having like minded opinions and objections about missmanagment and other known shit, shows your bias since we know your husband is a dear and sweet supervisor. You suck. Anger management is your only hope.

I just got off work, loaded the new Baker's Inn Bread. I hope it is as good as it appear's! It's packaging seem's really nice. I do not know what kind of retail price it will have but I think it's package is "top of the line"! It all looked good but the one that caught my eye was honey white!! Look's relly yummy!!!

Deniece, You are hostile, and I can prove it. You used the word retarded when describing some people. Come now, that word is very unpleasant. What the hell is wrong with you. Your use of that word sucks. Just cause some people maybe special or not in the local your in, doesn't mean you have to be so mean. Get into an anger management class A.S.A.P. You are truly a disturbed individual and extremely insensitive, and you scare me. Again, anger management is your only hope.

With Mike leaving soon the plant is going down faster.I mean it wasn't pleasant with Mike but the vultures below him will really stab each otherinthe back to keep their jobs. Thats the problem the rest of the management cannot work together.They are nice to each other face to face but when they turn their backs they cut each other down. That is why this plant will never be successful. They do not know what team work is .I still don't know how these people sleep at night. If a regular employee says something they will nail that person to the wall or make their life miserable. They always say we don't do that but they never prove they don't.The good-old boy system and ass-kissers seem to be the only happy ones there.

I am very excited about this new bread. The packaging is so different and I tried a loaf today and it was so good. Lets all get out there and make a successfull launch. Thanks product development team.

I hope all the Human Resouce Managers went to church today because when it comes to judgement day they got alot of explaining to do. I hope that HR manager in Montana go to church for a month and for forgiveness for how she treats and lies to people ,She sounds like a humdigger.

i do know that everyone except route sales and divison mangers have to reapply for there jobs, so we could get lucky

Henderson if Soar rummor are true it will be nice with Mike Connell gone hopefully they will also let Lang out of Bismarck go I have never met such an angry person with such a temper I do not work in Billings and run a route out in eatern Montana . Lang has always talked poorly of Mike Connell behind his back but when he was around Connell he always seem to suck up to him . Lang is poorly educated and appears to be in way over his head with his current position Hopeful the people from SOAR will see this and deal with it

bakers inn rolls out tomorrow.........gawd help us now

Thank you IBC for giving me the great life style over 11 years,I always worked hard and I always respected you,but now Im very scared you changed a lot ,your morals and your work ethic, do I have on other 11 years left? Please make me pride again.

what is wrong with this company???I heard they hire someone who has no college degree, and play solitaire during office hours,never wirte or speak in public, never attend any of the company leadership seminars,to lead the company 's financial operation. , This company is going into a financial disaster in the very near future. Wake up, president and CEO. very concerned employee.

To the Asshole in Henderson NV, sounds like you need a life! Why don't you go blow your IBC check on some more gambling. And to refer Montanans as "hicks" sounds like your from down south. Who's the hick?

What is going on with you people in Montana? Sounds like Soar hit again.The rumors we hear is that your plant is going up in smoke. If you are losing your plant manager and the head of engineering is going to run the plant you guys are in trouble.He couldn't bend down he would have his assistant up his butt. Knowing all this I can see why your production has applied for other jobs in the company.

I am not a employee but found this the only way to contact your company. Where can I find Wonder Bread in southwest Houston, texas?? Please contact me at ejbasket@earthlink.net

DENEICE, I fixed my " L " key, Now fix or replace your damn keyboard, stupid b***h.

Deniece, Do you work for IBC or does your husband work for IBC?

The present corporate heads need to be replaced and not promoted. The stockholders need to demand the big wigs resign. Its all their fault all of us are in this position and not the workers, or the plant managers. Who puts these people in charge of these bakerys? The big wigs in corporate KC. All blame must go on them. Time for change is here. Corporate big wigs will continue to get their pay checks no matter how low the stock will go. All new leadership is needed. You have the power shareholders. Speak up and be heard. Vote them out.

Send Scott Miller back to Montana with the rest of the hicks.

Human Resource are friends of Mike Connell this man is a control freak he also has teamsters local 190 scared of him and his cronies .you cannot trust him he is out only for himself the union will do nothing for you . it apppears that all plants are run like this.

Who is that dumb bitch that is head of human resource of the Billings plant? She should be able to help the moral in the plant.

Everyone, I feel your pain with regards to management and your HR representatives. We here in GR can only hope that a number of DM's are shown the door on June 1. One of their latest foibles is to complain about some of the most senior route drivers then comment on how some of them will be faced with "forced retirement". This same manager has also commented on how he is going to have to go back on a route when his job is eliminated. Seems the only way for a non bargaining unit member to go on a route is if one happens to be open....(connect the dots here people.) Don't ever waste your time trying to address your concerns about management practices with your local HR rep. Even if you do it in writing, and set a deadline for a response, it will be to no avail. What we need to do is address our concerns about our current regime in Kansas City and what they have done to our company through other avenues besides this website. We are all seeing the same things around the country, but what about those who set investment ratings? Maybe we should be asking the experts at places like Golman Sachs Wachovia etc. to look at the current management practices, a marketing program that targets the 4 year old consumer and a product development group that is consistently late to the party with "new, saleable products" (See carb action) We have more brand equity in Twinkie and Wonder than exists in the Coca-Cola ribbon but we have yet to capitalize on it. It's time that we as employees spoke out against our managers, not as subordinates, but as stakeholders and even shareholders in IBC. Unfortunately our options are limited as individuals. But we can resort to writing letters to some of the larger newspapers around the country, offering specific examples of the types of harrassment and faulty decision making that everyone describes here. We should also be appealing our grievences to the NLRB and/or the Department of Labor, (specifically the wage and hour division) and doing to Jim Elsesser what Disney shareholders did to Michael Eisner. NO CONFIDENCE!!! With program SOAR floundering, and Accenture taking the money and running, (Remember, that Accenture used to go by another name...Arthur Andersen consulting, and old habits die hard!!!! (Enron anyone?)) We need to take charge. It is time for regime change here at IBC. But , we need to look for ways to expidite the process. If you have issues with HR, contact the program SOAR website. Request replys withinn certain deadlines. Also let them know that you have CC'd your local. Let them know that non response is unacceptable and you will contact that proper regulatory agency if a timely response is out of the question. Push your union reps. to earn their money. That is what your dues go for. If they can't help you, decertify them and get one that will work for you. We have options, but we need to get off the message board and make things happen. Create solutions, other than asking for personnel changes in the management ranks. We can turn IBC around, but we need to initiate the changes that will need to occur to make it happen. Don't complain about being only one person. There are enough of us out here to make something happen.

how would you like to come home to Denecie I don,t think her husband care is see is on the intere net he can aleast have some peace and quite could you image what would happen if he pissed her off look out here see come

Clearly the problem with the Billings plant is management .The only thing Mike Connell does is take care of himself and his asskissing buddies. If we are lucky whe S.O.A.R. come around they let Mike Randy and Lang out of Bismarck go then this plant might have a chance yo make a profit again. the good ole boys club is still stong in Billings

Sounds like Billings Plant has same all the rest of IBC operation.Ever since they bought out Wonder they have went down pretty fast. They use to be a good corporation but like their stock they are going down.All human resource departments in all plants have no pride in their job. They don't see how they are used by the company..

The moral in our plant is at a alltime low you could scrape it off the floor. Most people don't say much because they need their jobs feed their families.The thing is nobody cares how they do their jobs because its came to this point because they see how management is acting.Company doesn't have kiss employee's ass but treat them with respect and show them your pride of your job .If you want a good job done treat people fairly.Good luck to the person whose going to take the fall after MIKE LEAVES.

It really is a shame this board does not have emoticons, a flaming .gif would be appropriate here. Just cut and paste this in your browser: http://tatge.vwmafia.net/Owned/Gay/thread.jpg I can feel the love.

Lets see here, she says she's not hostile yet continues to post in caps because no one is gonna make her stop and it's what she wants to do. She is only here defending her hubby and tells us she gets off on confrontation. We haven't seen any posts from her hubby because she does this in secret (hubby doesn't know about this board) It's ok for her to use sexist terms such as "dahlin" cuz she's from texas. She doesn't have to work cuz her hubby makes enough to support her, her kid and thier dog that pisses on her new carpet. Sound like someone you want to invite for dinner? I'm glad that this venue is entertaining for her. If her hubby was a good supervisor he would slap her right off this board for insiting so many employees. At least now the folks from texas know who to look out for. Is your texan supervisor married to Denise????? If so tell him what she's doing. If he's even half the man she is he'll restrict her from the computer for a while.

I refuse to read alllll of your difficult to comprehend / read posts. Just buy another keyboard, they are like $10 at newegg.com

Deneice, Posting in all capital letters means that you are Yelling... Maybe that is why evereyone is suggesting that you take a valium or attend anger management classes. If you are unable to disengage the caps lock key on your keyboard, please refrain from posting until you areable to post properly.

Denise.... How about quit typing in CAPS... It is considered rude and it makes your post even more difficult to read.

Buckshot, Lapdog, whatcha gonna do when all your management friends get canned? No more knee pads, whatever will you do? Have you and Connell settled on the union contract yet or will you include fellow employees this time. How do you sleep at night or look at yourself in the mirror? Didn't you have a good upbringing? Your backstabbing bullshit sucks.

Denise, Lets forget about your dear husband for one second and concentrate on you for a moment. Anger management would do wonders for your hostile attitude. The views expressed by most people on this board are so close to the truth, it should scare the hell out of you that such behavior goes on with this company. Frankley, your snotty attitude is uncalled for, most of us are hard working, caring employees, who are very disheartened by the fascism, demoralization, anger, and hatred projected on us by the dear, sweet management of IBC. To have a person like you degredate people on this board for having like minded opinions and objections about missmanagment and other known shit, shows your bias since we know your husband is a dear and sweet supervisor. You suck.

Denise you could use an angry management class then you won;t have time to post by the why you type do you wear the pants in the family bet you do i bet your husband enjoys going to work so he does't get hen pecked and brow beat by you

buckshot IBC financial report can out today april 15 does't look good looks like alot of cuts and downsizing coming how do you think this will effect the Billings plant and the on going uion contract. if you don't know maybe you could talk to your buddies Mike or Randy and keep the employees inform morale seems to be at all time low here in Billings due you think that may because of the lack of leadership here it appears management attitude toward the employees is "KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT AND YOUR EYES CLOSED ON WHAT GOES ON HERE."You wonder why your fellow workers call you a lap dog?

and it's pretty ignorant of you to assume that everyone who posts here is a guy. Its good that you don't work because if you called anyone "darlin" at work you would be sued for sexual harrassment. Please go away.

hey Deniese, they set up a sunshine board for you over on Yahoo where you can type in caps to your hearts content. It is one of the most anoying things about your posts. And it's obvious that you only care about yourself and not others, you really didn't need to post that.

Here are notes from the Q & A period of the live webcast. I wrote them as the questions were asked. Unfortunatly the Q & A period continuted after the scheduled hour. New Bread line called Bakers Inn 8 hearty varieties including 1 low carb Hostess Cakes increased in sales, Drake?s and Dolly Madison products decreased in sales. SOAR 3 years to implement. They plan to continue the SOAR program. Company could be in default of loan obligations if the next quarter earnings don?t improve. They are looking for other options to refinance the debt. Lack of volume growth is the primary factor for the income loss. Bakers Inn line will launch cable TV ads and print ads starting June 1st. Company has put focus of this product on Quality to ensure success. Shelf life of 13 days!!! There is some derogation of the product but if it?s kept in an air-conditioned house it will last longer than 13 days. Dividends were cut to accelerate the SOAR program They have opened up 3 distribution centers and are working out the bugs. They have issues with the Unions. The company feels that the Unions are unreasonable, but more reasonable than they used to be. In spite of the decline of white breads in the market the company will continue to support Wonder Bread. Snack products are targeted towards Kids and Young Men. Significant ramp up regarding SOAR will not be disclosed until the next quarter. Physical locations for Bakers Inn production is Philadelphia PA, Columbus OH, Springfield OH and Los Angeles CA.

Interstate Bakeries Corporation (ticker: IBC, exchange: New York Stock Exchange) News Release - 15-Apr-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IBC Announces Third Quarter Results KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 2004--Interstate Bakeries Corporation (NYSE:IBC), the nation's largest wholesale baker and distributor of fresh baked bread and sweet goods, today reported a net loss for the quarter ended March 6, 2004 of $(0.15) per diluted share on a net sales decline of approximately 2.5 percent from the comparable quarter in the prior year. Included in the quarter's results were restructuring charges of $1,463,000, or $0.02 per diluted share, related to the closures and restructurings of bakeries and thrift store locations initiated during fiscal 2004 and 2003 and a $3,000,000, or $0.05 per diluted share, charge related to the potential settlement of a securities class action that has been pending against the Company since October 2003. The Company said a reduction in unit volume, along with its continuing challenge to deal with overcapacity and a high fixed cost infrastructure, was the primary driver in the quarter's loss. The unit decline was partially attributable to an industry-wide trend of declining white bread sales. For the 16 weeks ended March 6, 2004, the Company reported: Net sales of $1,019,711,000, a 2.5 percent decrease from the prior year's third quarter net sales of $1,045,574,000. Operating loss of $(2,572,000), compared to the previous year's third quarter operating income of $1,444,000. Contributing to the third quarter fiscal 2004 operating loss were restructuring charges of $1,463,000 and a charge of $3,000,000 for a potential legal settlement, while third quarter fiscal 2003 results included restructuring charges of $5,000,000. A net loss of $(6,607,000) compared to a net loss of $(6,749,000) in the prior year's third quarter. A loss per diluted share of $(0.15) equal to the prior year's third quarter loss. Included in third quarter fiscal 2004 diluted loss per share were restructuring charges of $0.02 per diluted share, while third quarter fiscal 2003 diluted loss per share included $0.07 per diluted share for restructuring charges. Also included in fiscal 2004 third quarter results was a charge amounting to $0.05 per diluted share related to a potential legal settlement. For the forty weeks ended March 6, 2004, the Company reported: Net sales of $2,664,524,000, a 1.6 percent decrease in comparison to the prior year's comparable period net sales of $2,707,761,000. Operating income of $43,566,000, compared to the previous year's comparable period operating income of $80,835,000. Included in fiscal 2004 operating income were restructuring charges of $4,155,000 and a charge of $3,000,000 for a potential legal settlement, while fiscal 2003 operating income included restructuring charges of $6,450,000 and other charges of $3,591,000 related to a common stock award. Net income of $11,710,000 compared to net income of $32,018,000 in the prior year's comparable period. Earnings of $0.26 per diluted share compared to the prior year's comparable period earnings of $0.71 per diluted share. Included in fiscal 2004 results was a charge amounting to $0.05 per diluted share related to a potential legal settlement. Also lowering diluted earnings per share were restructuring charges of $0.06 and $0.09 per diluted share for fiscal 2004 and 2003, respectively, along with other charges of $0.05 per diluted share in fiscal 2003. The Company reported that branded sweet goods unit volume for the third quarter of fiscal 2004 was down 2.8 percent from last year's comparable period while its total bread volume fell 5.6 percent and its branded bread units sold were down 3.5 percent. "We believe the consumer drivers in today's market are convenience, value and health. In this quarter, the height of `diet' season, we believe the `health conscious' marketplace was specifically focused on seeking out low-carb alternatives," said IBC's Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, James R. Elsesser. "We see downward pressure across most sectors of our business, as do our competitors. As a result we are striving to better manage our costs, while preparing to introduce new products that appeal to today's consumer." In an effort to address evolving consumer demands, the Company introduced a line of low-carb breads, under the "Home Pride Carb Action" trade name, during the third quarter. Additionally, the Company is finalizing plans for a major nationwide rollout on April 19, 2004 of its new "Baker's Inn" products, a line of distinctively-packaged super premium breads. On the sweet goods side, the Company introduced new Caramel HoHos nationwide in February and is giving greater emphasis to more seasonally theme-based products, as well as offering consumers added value through bonus pack prom

Right on, Red Duke! Yo, "anonymous in LA".. I suffer from no illusions that my job isn't "toast"! What I meant about,"if you have to ask ..." is that if they're staying, they know it. We don't know and therefore we aren't high enough in the food chain to matter. I'm hoping for a clean, merciful, stab in the back to be done. I hope I don't get dragged along like the route drivers and get the news at the very last minute.

I think DENEICE has way too much time on her hands. She's already hooked up with lower management so she should have no difficulty getting a job with IBC. I say we all concentrate our vibes on DENEICE so she can get a job and get off this board. FYI DENEICE before you insult people about grammar and laugh at them check your own. And you don't have a clue what people are doing to improve their lots in life. Just because you see someone complain here doesn't mean they aren't doing something about it. If you knew anything about the corporate structure of this company you would quickly realize that as soon as you open your mouth and complain to someone in management, you are treated differently, and not in a good way. Are we all to conclude that since you "GET OFF ON VERBAL SPARRING" that you really don't have anything to offer here other than to incite the employees with your holier than thou attitude? And I guess we also now know that you are miserable in your life because you said, PROVING THAT THE PHRASE "MISERY LOVES COMPANY" IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE? Of course, there is no need for a question mark at the end of this sentence because structurally it is a statement, but hey we all got the picture and realize that you make your own rules and live your life looking through rose-colored glasses.

DENISE, You can type with your caps lock turned off, or YOU CAN TYPE WITH YOUR CAPS LOCK ON. This latter is annoying, when typing it denotes shouting, are you really that angry? Maybe you are that angry, we could never know, but I surmise maybe you need anger magement. As far as your husband being a good super, my experience with any IBC super is well I'll put it this way: They got promoted because of the good ole boy system, or they were lousy at their job and were promoted, or they sucked up for the promotion. Basically, your husband is irrelevent, when soar fires him, then what? Most if not all of the management will get whats coming to them! AND BY GAWD, THEY WILL DESERVE EVERY DAMN THING COMING TO THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been told the Baker's Inn will "save" this company. Of course the real deal may well be that senior management are looking at the roll out weeks to see who orders a ton and who doesn't. In our branch a supervisor is hand checking and ordering craploads of the stuff on every route. Maybe not the last chance for the comapny, but a last chance for mid level managers. I have worked with many supervisors and managers, what determins a good manager and a bad one is a matter of personality, and willingness to work. IBC is full of lousy crap for brains supervisors, there are also some very good ones. I do not know Deneice's husband as I work in (OTHER) :) but Deneice, you think your husband does a good job, the people dogging him are transferring the angst they feel towards their own supervisors, don't take it personal, they are just lashing out for shits and giggles, and you are making yourself the target De Jour by yelling back with all caps (a little annoying to be honest). If you husband is a good supervisor as you say, his experience and work ethic will carry over to another comany after our senior management finishes raiding the silver and bolts for Acupulco. June 1, everyone watch your local management run riot for the next month and a half, it's rather funny actually. PROJECT (MAKE YA SORE) UNLOCK THE FRUSTRATION

Hey DENISE, for someone who doesn't want to come off as a "SNOTTY BITCH" your not doing a very good job of it. In case you haven't figured it out yet there isn't any sympathy for your Wonderful Hard Working Kiss Ass hubby here. If you don't like what your reading then maybe the solution is for you to go away. Your man may be a great guy at home, but you don't have a clue what he's like at work, unless your one of his employees. Which by the way would surprise none of us here. We are also all happy that you have new carpet. You have that because your Supurb hubby gets part of what we earn while he sits on his ass and we are out busting ours. the only good supervisor is the one that quit or got canned. ANON IN LA....I NEVER SAID MY MAN WAS PERFECT. IM SIMPLY DEFENDING MY HUSBAND... *AND OTHER GOOD SUPERVISORS* WHO ARE OUT THERE. IM JUST USING MY HUSBAND AS AN EXAMPLE. IM NOT TRYING TO COME OFF AS SOME SNOTTY BITCH WHO THINKS THE WORLD IS PERFECT! I JUST HAPPEN TO APPRECIATE WHAT A HARD WORKING MAN MY HUSBAND IS. I DONT SEE WHY PEOPLE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. IF SOMEONE INSINUATED THAT YOUR HUSBAND WAS A LAZY ASS KISSER WHO ONLY GOT THE JOB BECAUSE HE WAS IN THE "GOOD OL BOY NETWORK" WOULD YOU DEFEND HIM OR JUST LET BITTER F**KS LUMP HIM IN WITH THE CRAPPY SUPERVISORS OUT THERE? PERFECT WIFE AND FAMILY? LOL! NOT HARDLY! WE ALL HAVE SKELETONS DOLL! AND NO, MY DOG ISNT PERFECT EITHER. THE BITCH KEEPS PISSING ON MY NEW CARPET! ;)

Deneice How much do you want ? Name your price ....Just Please Go Away !!!!

HOPEFULLY SOON MIKE CONNELL AND HIS MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL BE DONE IF NOT SOONER WHAT WRONG MIKE CAN'T TAKE THE HEAT FROM KANSAS CITY ITS ABOUT TIME THEY SEEN YOUR POOR MANAGEMENT STYLE. YOUR LOWER MANAGERS ARE TURNING ON YOU WATCH YOUR BACK

I've heard that DENIECE'S husband and JOHN from HENDERSON will be the first to go.

June 1st is the D day for management cuts from what i hear

If you have to ask, then you are going!

DOES ANYBODY KNOW YET,WHO'S STAYING AND WHO'S GOING? WHEN IS ALL THIS GOING TO HAPPEN? COME ON NOW,SOMEBODY'S GOT TO KNOW THE SCOOP.

Whats with this new Bakers Inn crap? Dont we have enough stuff to stale off after it doesn't sell due to over inflated qoutas? By the way, I about forgot, Jeff Cook you SUCK!!!!!!!!

Mike Connell like people who suck up to him he lack any leadership skills it takes to make this company profitable again . His ego and his management team ego are so big they could trip over them .Be careful what you say around Buchshot he tells Mike Conell everything. with the union contract coming Buckshot will sell us short and once again Mike and Randy will see he get taken care of they konw they have a real allie in Buckshot Lapdog is a good nickname for him maybe we should call brown-nose lapdog..Just look how much the Billings plant has failed sence Mike and his management team have taken over.Mike does know how to suck up to the union to get what he wants and the union gives it to him

this company is overloaded with management that does absolutely NOTHING to contribute to the bottom line--they are clueless when it comes to running this business--all they do is continually lie to employees and take away anything they can--whenever they can

Lets see who got their job the easy way. Deb, Jerry, Jim ,Anita,Abe,Mark,Randy,and Shawn.The rest earned their job. These people could be good if they were honest.and treated people with respect instead of looking down on them.

Speaking of being on her knees, everyone's well aware of the problem with the payroll supervisor. Unfortunately nothing has been done about it. Besides the corruption, hitting on everyone that wear pants is disgusting (especially since she's already in her second marriage, maybe she's trying to work on her third). I'm surprised she hasn't been hit with a sexual harrassmnet lawsuit.

Project SOAR, they are designed to transform companies for attractive LBO's, when a number three company buys a number one company, and turns it into a number three company you do the math. Employee morale is at an all time low, Poor management structure, good ole boy network that starts at the top. Managers working outside of there areas to act as informants for general plant managers, foul language GSM's, no education, you will never retain quality educated socially skilled managers, it sad to see the slide of a onetime good company, the bonus driven general manager system has created the current state of affairs, the Kemp's of the world and Telo's. No capital investment in the bakeries equals profitability and bonus time, however as in life it soon catches up to you and now we are at the state we are in. I can only assume that profit centers will react the same. There are quality managers, however in time they have tainted views because of the egos of those above them. This is fact. If you have problems, find proper solutions, do not promote, talk to the troops they will be honest with you, in the field most battles are won, be honest, treat employee's fair, build your business and have a heart. This is from a member of management, who will never be promoted because he does not believe in there poor management style, wish i could chande it, but I have no voice, did i mention that i respect the hardwork my staff does. DSM

Question...Has anyone ever had any problems with the Jax HR Department/Plant or anything to that affect? Please speak up. I know in the past if you went above their heads because you felt they weren't listening, you were punished by being yelled at, cussed out, or pulled into the plant manager's office because somehow it got back to them, but this needs to change. Please speak up; something needs to be said...soon, before more things are swept under the rug. This unfair treatment needs to stop. There are actual laws out there made by the government, not by the managers. I am tired of the intimidation factor led on by Merita.

bakers inn or sara lee sounds like a merger to me.

ESL (extended shelf life) destroyed Dolly Madison and soon will do the same for Hostess Cake.

I am anxiously awaiting the downfall of IBC. Maybe once IBC fails, no one will hire the Continental members of the Board and finally put an end to ESL It has closed Continental, will soon close IBC. How many times must ESL destroy a company before the idiot board members realize that it is not a good idea?

Sigh. I'm not really looking to start a thread but just looking to air out my beefs. Excuse my typing because I'm trying to do this on a laptop and these stinkin' little keys aren't the easiest things to hit. Started working for this company in '79. I hired in as "management" (a nifty way for ITT/CBC to get around paying me overtime), "Garage foreman". $275.00 a week, paid vacation, sick days and a pension plan (.0125% X years service X final salary). Freakin' Jimmy Carter (God bless the man but he sure had some STUPID ideas!) came up with his " hold down the wages to control the inflation rate" and ITT/CBC took him to heart. Slogged along with my 3% increase per annum until Ralston took over. Pension plan got cut to .01125%, got downgraded to "production", lost a week a year vacation, became a non-union salaried employee (this is a right to "starve" state) and went three years without a raise. A wife, two kids, a house, seemingly endless child-rearing expenses, $30K of mechanic tools, what was a man to do? So I stuck it out. IBC bought us and froze my retirement at 17 years (yeehaa, I will be eligible for $424 a month when I'm 65, what did you say the company insurance was costing, $235?) and enrolled us in a 401K plan. Now I am not bitching about the 401K plan. It's a good plan IF you are going to be in it for 20 years or so. I'm unfortunate because I won't be here that long. It appears that my job and all those of you routemen and supervisors will be history as of June 06 at the latest. This isn't the worst company I've ever worked for but I don't owe it anything and I have never encouraged anyone to apply here. Yeah, we can all complain about management, mechanics and salesmen and we all will have our points but what it comes down to is that this entity we work for is no longer a "company". It's a business and none of us mean as much as the all-mighty profit! Welcome to the new millenium! Company loyalty is a thing of the past. Why blame the big shits for grabbing their brass ring? I guess we need to become greedy little piglets ourselves! God bless George Orwell! Whew! I got THAT out of my system!

I hope most of the management from all the IBC plants in the good old US of A reads this. When soar comes through your town, look out baby, your job is going down. You could go work at a car wash and bring it to its knees, oh, ive seen some of you on your knees, you know who you are, some of you were driving a new company car. How will you pay your bills or support your family, will you turn to crime after the car wash fails? I forgot, you stole enough money from IBC to make it through the hard times.

I quit today, another sad chapter in the life of a bakery employee. Route manager was following me around in his brand new company car and harrassing me at every stop. Looks like they win, I worked for IBC for 12 years and can't deal with this bullshit any more. I was surrounded by assholes at every turn writing me up for stupid shit they made up and im done with it, fuck it, ive had enough.

Hey DENEICE, I can only dream about having a man as wonderful as yours. If I were to stand my man next to your man I would think I got robbed in the man department. You are one luck lady to have found the only perfect man who has the perfect job and makes the perfect amount of money to take care of his perfect wife and perfect family. I'll bet you have a perfect little dog too.

Mike Connell and his sales team of Randy and Larry out in Bismarck are taking this company to rock bottom too bad they are not as good as their egos are . they are proof that crap really doe,s folat to the top . THESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE REPLACED SOON OR THE BILLINGS PLANT WILL FAIL

Hey look at all the upper managementand see how they got their jobs.Most of them bitch so much wheb they were a regular worker and cut the throat of their boss so they could advance. The only one that deserved to be promoted was the production manager. He was a good employee who worked his way up the hard way. But with all the back biting and stabbinggoing on with rest of management it has nowhere to go but down. This was a plant that was worth telling people how great and proud you were to work there .Now it is embarassment to tell anybody where you work. The management now doesn't care about imagine or what product looks like. It looks as if IBC wants to fail and to be bought out.That is sad because the Billings Plant as alot of good employees who do care.

Yo yo, Lapdog/buckwheat/butt@#$/, sounds like you have a drinking problem. Of course most people would after being on there knees in Mike or Randy's office for that long. Oh im sorry, you were to busy filling up the candy machine in the truck shop to notice your fellow employees getting raped by Weezy.

I worked for ibc for 6 months as a route salesman. Why the hell would anyone want to be a route salesman at ibc. I had to get up at 3 AM, go to this rundown, shithole warehouse (cold as hell in the winter) and load this very old piece of shit, no starting wreck they called a route truck (more like a glorified shit spreader). This took 1 to 2 hours, then you drive around city looking for your drops and if you are a new guy on a run you are SOL BIGTIME grrrrr, then the truck breaks down, call bakery, phone answers, put you on hold for a few minutes, mechanic answers phone, gets all pissed off cause I have no clue why this 1972 ford route truck doesnt run. Mechanic finally shows up with different route truck, load all bakery stuff to new truck and try to get back on schedule, truck backfires several times causing huge amounts of smoke to discharge from exhaust, as a result truck quits running. (sigh) Call route manager this time instead of bakery, phone rings, put on hold for several minutes, Super answers gets pissed cause hes trying to run another route vacated by previous digruntled route salesman and tells me to call bakery. Phone rings, place me on hold for several minutes, truck shop super answers puts me on hold so that i can convey message to mechanic, after several minutes on hold, super answers again wondering who I am and why Im on hold and after i explain my situation again, he tells me that mechanic is away fixing previous route truck that broke down and i will have to wait a few hours...... Long pause from me, I bite my tongue and say ok. $ hours later, mechanic approaches looking extremely Pissed because he has had no morning break or lunch yet and I mean hes PISSED. He fixes truck im on my way, get to store, clerk yells im late and hes pissed, cell phone rings, its route super wondering where im at and why im running so late. Im about to snap IM EXTREMELY PISSED NOW and throw cell phone down the street. I tell clerk story, he understands, proceed to unload, find out im at wrong store, OMG the horror. Those of you out there in the trenches selling bakery products for this company, a word of advice. WHATS WRONG WITH YOU STUPID BASTARDS. YOU LIKE THIS ABUSE? YOU ACTUALLY F****N LIKE THIS? FIND ANOTHER JOB RIGHT AWAY. YOU WILL BE HAPPIER.TRUST ME!!!

When you buy bread and open the new package and find holes in it, its because mice got in the bag. When you buy bread and open the new package and find green and stale bread in it, its because bakeries put bread in what the call CODE AHEAD bags. IBC currently codes 7 days ahead and are planning to implement a 12 day code ahead plan. You figure it out!! When you buy a box of doughnuts or package of twinkies and find them a bit chewy and rock hard, its because a dumbass manager added them to a store order and they were sitting in that store for 2 weeks before they made it to a shelf. You figure it out. When the CEO and existing management of said IBC Corp buy thousands of shares in this company, lie about sales to inflate stock prices, then sell their thousands of shares, stock crashes to the earth in bankrupted like fashion. You figure it out. -->IDIOT.

Hey get off Lapdog he already has to much to worry about like union contractsand company down sizing.

Hey Lapdog what are you going to do when you run tthe bakery out of town?You will have to kiss up somewhere else to pay your bills.

Deneice We get the point , your husband is "THE MAN". Now please go find somewhere else to play.

What I find interesting is management has remained the same. you contiue to lose market share but no changes are made same old good ole boys club promote friends and family how long will IBC be around not long

Buckshot what do you think about the union contract do you think we will get any thing this time. also how do you feel about teamsters local 190. will Ray Becker sell us out Are ray and Mike Connell friends I heard they sometime have lunch together I wonder what they discoss. hope to hear from you a driver from western montana butte

I agree that management positions need tobe replaced. Not only because they are based on friendships and not qualifications, but because some are based upon corrupt and immoral actions (especially M.B. in payroll).

Why is the same old management still here? Things will never change for the better till most of the present leadership is gone. Too many friends and relatives in management positions. These jobs are based on friendships and not qualifications. How can we be profitable and sucessful when leadership is based on the buddy system? Lets get some new leadership and with that will come new ideas. Its time for changes on the upper levels otherwise the boat will sink.

excuse me, denny lesser was a crook who had a key to the all the branches. His late night raids for product were famous. He would come in after the transport truck left and take what he wanted for his friends, family and to stock his jewelry store for his customers. I hardly think that Denny Lesser is what anyone would consider a good supervisor. Also, I seriously doubt that post was from Tom Scott. Tom Scott has better grammar than that post shows.

well lets see...they are closing the thrift stores so the clerk position is out. Light delivery...whats that when you only deliver 1/4 of your daily load? that would be a lower management position and you have to be related to somoene or sleeping with someones wife to get that job. Good Luck

We are in S. Calif area and want to apply for jobs with Hostess. One will be for clerk, one will be for truck driver or light delivery. Pleas post the addresses and telephone numbers for employment ..Thank you

We often shop in your thrift store in Greenfield Wi. Now, I been a customer for many years at various stores, the rudist thing in the experience is when the older lady who checks us out is more concerned with her phone call than trying to assist us. This is not a one time situation, she is suppose to be a manager, maybe you should hire my teenagers, they would work for snacks and give you the same phone time. Are you people blind

Hey denise, when they offered my hubby the job he did the smart thing...Ran like hell.

IN DENIECES DEFENSE I HAVE BEEN IN THE BREAD BUSINESS FOR 25 YEARS AND I HAVE SEEN 3 GOOD SUPERVISORS (DIVISION MGR) IN THOSE 25 YEARS. THATS OUT OF 20 OR SO. MAYBE HE IS ONE OF THE GOOD ONES. THE PROBLEM WITH A GOOD SUPERVISOR IS HE WILL NEVER ADVANCE. A GOOD SUPERVISOR IS BUSY ON THE MARKET BUILDING SALES, ETC. IF THEY WANT TO ADVANCE THEY SUCK BUTT, NOT WORK. IF DENIECE IS RIGHT ABOUT HER HUBBY IBC NEEDS MORE LIKE HIM.

I;m from eastern montana your comments are right one of the poor management people that we have is Lang out of Bismarck ever since he took over sales we have gone backwards he does not like mike connel and once said he should be the one in charge my account want nothing to do with him because he is so pushy and loud. I feel sorry for mike when his manager acts like this

DENEICE IF YOU WANT TO FIND YOUR SUPERVISER HUSBAND YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK THE STRIP CLUBS THEY HAVE BE KOWNEN TO HANG OUT THERE WHEN ON DUTY.

As a company why does IBC like its employees and management to fight all the time instead of being productive. IBC trains the Human recource dept. to everything in there power to life miserable for most employees. IBC is a good employer but a couple bad apples in management and ass kissers do make it miserable.Lets put everything behind us and make this plant the best it can be ,before we become a distribution center.

To the Louisiana Thriftstore worker, I am also an employee of a thriftstore and I was having problems on the job so I called Kansas City. The problem was not handled when I wanted it handled it was handled. HR in my area did nothing but swept it under the rug to keep from dealing with it. I almost quit my job but I didn't I was determined to stay and fight. Call the number on the dishonesty policy posted in your store, this is Kansas City. It took them about 2 weeks to investigate in my area.

The supervisor does have BALLS....there in his wifes purse.

ANONYMOUS WIFE I'M GLAD MY WIFE DOES'NT FIGHT MY BATTLE YOUR SUPERVISOR HUSBAND SHOULD GROW SOME BALLS AND STAND UP FOR HIMSELF THAT WON'T HAPPEN BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOE'S UPPER MANAGEMENT WALK ALL OVER HIM IT APPEARS YOU DO TO IN MOST CASES SUPERVISORS ARE PROMOTED BECAUSE THEY WERE POOR ROUTEMEN OR WERE PART OF THE GOOD OLE BOY NETWORK THAT WHY IBC IS IN SO MUCH TROUBLE MOST SUPERVISORS ARE IN OVER THEIR HEADS AND DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT GOING ON ITS NOT WHAT YOU KNOW ITS WHO YOU KNOW ANONYMOUS WIFE SHOULD BACK OFF DEFENDING HER HUSBAND AND UPGRADE IS RESME BECAUSE HE WILL NEED IT DOWN THE ROAD IBC IS HEADED

SUPERVISORS ARE THERE BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT GET A ROUTE. THEY ARE JUST A BUNCH OF YES MEN AND WOMEN. THEY DONT HAVE ANY IDEA ON HOW TO MAINTAIN A ROUTE. THEY KNOW HOW TO PLUS YOUR ORDERS AND WINE WHEN THEY HAVE TO FILL IN FOR A SICK PERSON. IF YOUR HUSBAND IS TELLING YOU THAT HE IS WORKING LATE....HE IS PROBABLY SLEEPING WITH A BREAD GIRL..OR BOY.

ahh now im buckwheat and a lapdog ha ha thank-you!! You made my point, dealing with 100 of you would make anybody turn gray!!!!!!

hey Buckwheat glad to see your happy with mike leadership i wonder how long IBC will be around you must be one of mike connell lap dog

ahh a long day at work today!! The season is about to start. I shall be interested in viewing your comments,Gloom and doom as usual. Am i right? My question is why you put yourself through it! Hold on a second im going to open a cold beer.....ahhhh thats better. If I may Id like to reflect on my day, first i made around $160.00.( times that by 5).Well you do the math!! That beer taste even better!!! After work i drove home in my new car but Ive allways have been able to have a nice car! I wonder (no pun intended) what i'll have for dinner....Oh i guess I'll pull a steak out. After dinner I may get on my $1400.00 computer or watch CSI Im not sure yet. Tomarrow will be another long day then i take my son to the doctor for his school shots for next year, glad I have insurance!! This summer we'll be very busy as always but I'll use one of my five weeks of vacation to take my son to six flags or waterworld I should be able to afford it!! Well need to close now .Oh by the way FYI im not in managemet and have no college degee. Thanks Interstate I hope we can turn this company around so I still have a job when my son reaches college! Buckshot.

if there is I have not seen it mike c sure looks scared some of his management are turning on him