Decatur: Yes, unethical...on the Companies part.

Unethical? How is it unethical for someone at G.O. to actually care enough to communicate incognito to folks that are being either misled or not told things they really ought to know? What's unethical is the way this company's mis-managed and the way the folks that form the infrastructures of production and distribution are treated in this matter.

ONCE AGAIN....IN CASE YOU MISSED IT... BOONVVILLE IS BARRY BRAKEVILLE, COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER OF IBC. They both (same person) resigned today, and we all need to know...why??

CMON BOONIE RESPOND!! Why are you leaving? Did Jung want you to post things like...."the outer bounderies of the company are going to be sold to other companies...but they don't want our employees." OR...."I heard some disturbing news today...I will let you all know when I find out." Is this what Jung hired you to do?? OR, WERE YOU BUSTED... DUDE?? It was totally unethical...whether Jung knew it or not...for a Company official to speak on this site. And, if Jung put you up to it...that is the most unethical, immoral, and totally unprofessional way to manage a company. YOU NEED TO COME CLEAN DUDE, AND TELL US NOW!!! The people on this site are truly concerned about the truth and their future.

anon: Kanas city So the rats are fleeing the sinking .ship.its been coming for a long time. Hope fly is right we at merita welcome the much needed change.the longest bankruptcy in U.S. history{wikipedia} Good luck to all were better than this company would have ever been or was.................good riddance

I was an "insider" and still have some contacts and I have opinions but that's all they are. As for Boonie. I certainly gave hints but you don't just name someone while they are employed with IBC. For all I know Jung did not know who Boonie was. Boonie would have to tell us why he left, but I would suspect he felt there was a need. We generally act in our own self interest.

Kansas City: So why didn't you come out and tell us that Boonville was this guy. Why did he quit?? Was his job really done for Jung....OR was he insubordinate and Jung found out?? Or, maybe he just got tired of this shit and realized he was on a sinkin' ship. Cmon tell us. But, I'm afraid your an insider also....otherwise you would have told us long ago who Boonie really was. Cmon....come clean.

I tried giving you folks clues. I kept referring to him as Mr. Communication.

OH MY GOD: BOONEVILLE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. Barry Brakeville, Corporate Communications Manager for IBC and Jung, resigned today. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!! Boonie has been working for Jung all along. But, why did he quit Jung now?? Things must be going south quick. He knew when to get out. Like I said all along.....Boonie was a phoney. Probably paid by Jung to spread propoanda. Yes, cmon Boonie.....RESPOND!!!

Doom & Gloom, boy, you people are depressing, nothing has been announced, get a grip, grab hold of your big dick and start strokin pinche

Sara Lee may be in Publix in the North of Fl. but they are not in the three counties we cover. Manatee, Sarasota, and Charlotte.

Jacksonville,Sara Lee has been in Publix down here and growing for some time now.I'v seen IBC shelf space shrinking and SL's getting bigger. Flowers was planning on building a new bakery in a town not far from Orlando,called Groveland.Some deal it was making with Groveland fell through and they squashed the plant,now they own Buttercrust. I think they are in the BCT&GM but not sure,if so I wonder what happened to the contract, if anything.

So what the hell happened in court today?

No Hodgkins, I don't include myself in the idiot category. Left some time ago...and wow what a surprise. It appears the Corporate Communication Manager and Boonville gave notice about the same time. Must have gotten tired of being used :)

Flowers bought Buttercrust/Country Hearth in Florida to keep Sara Lee out of Publix in Florida. The only reason this bakery was in business was because they bake Publixs' private label. Publix will not carry Sara Lee because they don't have a bakery in Florida. If anyone buys the Orlando bakery i would suspect it wuold be Sara Lee. If they get into Publix they are going to need rsrs. Hope it happens. At least there might be a job there. Rumor is Weston wants Hostess down here. Can't confirm. Have'nt heard anything about Merita. Merita is strong down here. Weston may be interested.

nj I'm talking about weston buying merita they are not allowed to buy wonder goverment won't let them weston guys down south have to buy route eat stale buy fuel truck maitianece truck payments sure you get 20 percent commission but you better hope you don't get sick.weston guys where down looking over bakerys and books bimbo already did due dilegence bimbo is willing to pay more. look ibc did not file a plan today was deadline its only the first day of the game sell your brands ibc .

fuck you ibc ill see u in hell

someone please buy the rocky mount n.c bakery and clean house production management needs to go out the front door bags packed

yep another day another smoke screen from managment . they just love to see us on the edge of seats maybe if they paid more attention to bussiness rather than fucking with employees we would be ok

Rocky Mount. are you that dumb to think we would even consider some B.S. like that??? are you really Boonville, and Fly where the hell is Bimbo's you keep saying they want Merita, well where are they????

flowers wanted to buy merita goverment would not let them they would have had a monopoly same problem with weston wants wonder he would have monopoly in northeast...bimbo or weston will get merita.no plan filed its up to chase bank now they own ibcs ass first thing to be payed back is the dip money funded by chase .

NOTHING HAS BEEN SAID TO ANY OF US HERE IN TENN. SO UNTIL WE FIND OUT FROM A GOOD SOURCE, WHICH THIS WEB SITE ISN'T WELL WE TAKE IT AS RUMORS ONLY AGAIN!!!!!!!

Fly,i was talking to a wesson guy today,they know nothing of a takeover of any sort.he also said their all under contracts and would not in any way take on more lines of bread.although wesson wants them all to have combo rts.this tells me that if they are indeed interested,theres no way to sell what a few hundred rts quick enough to keep product in stores without majior disruption.they'll still need us and our union contracts at least for a yr or two.

go to flowers foods web site they bought holsom in arz. and buttercrust in fla

post it wolf cryer

POST IT

C-Ya. It's all over. Nice fight.

until i see it on a credable website i dont believe jack shit on here post a news link thats what i want

THE BIG NEWS IS OUT NOW FLOWERS BUYS BAKERYS WHITEWHEAT KICKS MERITA ASS ALL OVER THE SOUTH NOW IT A BE GOING OUT TO CAL. TO DO THE SAME GO GOGOGO FLOWERS NOW YOU KNOW THE NEWS

all i hear is company propaganda nothing else bla bla bla. the wolf cried again

I will also collect my unemployment, And I also fell today and hurt my neck and back.

well wheres the BIG NEWS

Glendale, it is losers like you that kill companies. Instead of looking for a better job you are fine with getting unemployment for a year. This shows you have very little motivation to work, and have probably been hurting this company for years. Take your unemployment, and keep digging yourself a hole. If that is all you are good for I feel sorry for you.

I'm so glad this shit hole of a company is finally on its last breath on life support. The Department Heads in Kansas City will of course be laughing all the way to the bank and will deny that it was their fault or doing that killed this company off. I'm glad they closed the Southern California bread plants and gave me my 26 weeks of severance pay, and now I will file for unemployment for 26 weeks and with Congress feeling sorry for us poor out of work soles will extend unemployment benefits for an additional 26 weeks, life is good. Its been nice getting that check from IBC and now it will be nice to get my check from the State of California, life is good. Some of you will transfer to other companies who purchase whats left of IBC, others will not receive severance pay, too bad. Get the orchesta ready for the fat lady to sing her last song. Life is Good.

Deadlines have been extended and missed, promises have been made and broken, blame has been placed and replaced. The almighty dollar is the only thing that seems to matter. Unfortunately for some 20000 good people who want nothing more than to work and be appreciated there are approximately 35-50 people (depending on whose ego is inflated that day) that are making all the wrong decisions and profiting from them. There are two unmistakable truths: Death, Taxes. The fact that IBC was once a great company that is almost dead (and the tax man is coming!). Unfortunately IBC will soon be gone and the family that was, will be stripped completely away. I commend all of you who stayed (be it out of hope for success or lack of ability to get another job at equal pay) but facts are facts and the company is gone. Good luck to all of you looking and for those who are not...you should be.

If you have not already perfected your resume and sent it out to prospective employeers you are still holding on to the dream that will not come true. You have a better chance of hitting the powerball then having a job with IBC.

By September 1, this company will be a small centrally located stand alone company in the heart of the nation. Both sides, east and west will be ripped apart like a union contract going through a shredder. There will be no severance pay; take all due vacation and sick pay as those will be casualties. Good luck to all. The new owners buying the brands will only need a small portion of the IBC employees. The world changed and if you haven't started already, you better start changing now. Good luck to all.

TO JUSTWAiTIN SAN DIEGO; I WAITED AS 10/27/2007 FOR THIS MOMENT . IT WAS OVER DUED.

To KC.......... If you are still here, I assume you include yourself among the "idiots"

It looks like it is almost over. Make as much money as you can and take your SICK PAY. There will be no severance. Why shoudl you be any different than the first people who got layed off. Good luck

Is it just me, or does it sound like fly in long islands ex-wire ran off with a Merita Man? Or maybe he like all the other new yorkers wanted to come to Fl but he was rejected?

there not idiots they just have to stay on ship till it crashes into rocks for one reason or another.and boonville job is over cause the cats out of the bag of ibc being chopped up.no need to feed everyone his bullshit about a standalone company pulling out of socal was just beginning southeast was next on radar .

God you people are idiots. The company is not emerging from Chapter 11. There is no money in that for Executive Management or investors. The pieces will be sold. They need lower management and employees to drink the Kool-Aid though. If the truth was known there would be a mass exodus. Who then would be running the bakeries and delivering the product until the sales are finalized. And once and for all, get with it folks, there is a Communication Manager at IBC. HE is listed on the GO employee list. You know him as Mr. Booneville.

they have arnold penn dutch enteimans no white bread merita would give them a strong white bread .flowers is the one who is taking over down there I wondererd why he never put striehoimens down there now I know why he will have merita.. also he can't keep running things the way ibc is it wouldn't be fare to the guys who pay for there westons routes .merita guys will be offered to buy there route or retire.bimbo wants merita more then weston anyway they would pay more and once ibc doesn't file a plan tommorrow then it comes down to who pays more to creditors .

If the rest of this company is wasting money like the northwood shop is were done for.

Fly,what kind of bread does it sell down south?(wesson)and how many people are there that would buy a rt in this economy.ithink geoge may have bitten off more than he'll be able to handle.no choice but to keep our rt guys and product in the stores.

I don't give a rats ass who takes over. Its time to pull out the 401k and enjoy after 35 years.. I feel sorry for all the new kids on the block that are just starting.

dirty is back just in time to see ibc carved up like a turkey on thanksgiving first brand up MERITA pick your competor BIMBO or WESTON who will get it weston you buy your route you pay for gas no benifits sounds like a great deal sign me up if bimbo gets it learn to speak spanish they will keep you for a few months then replace you with mexicans sounds good too.from now till sept ibc brands will be chopped up what a great day ..

Hey, Dirty's back. Where ya been?

No one has a clue as to what is going on with IBC not even the great Boonville!! , his dumbass should have been gone a long time ago. Bimbo's still has some concerns about the Merita brands, but most of it was the big dogs at G.O. lieing to them. Now they found out the truth and to me it seems they want the Merita brands, Now I am not saying it will work out that way,it just seems that way

GO BACK TO 6-26 CHARLOTTE FOR WEB SITE FOR MONDAYS NEWS

theres no big announcment on monday just smoke from boone remember a while back something big is happening friday turned out to be nothin im not gettin my undies in a wad for this place. anrd one other thing i dont think its very wise for a HEDGE FUND to get invloved with financing a bakery i smell a rat. they get out of bancruptcy for one year then oh oh.somethings wrong and bamm right back in it i have said it before ill say it again A PLACE TO BURY MONEY FOR FAT CATS.

Breaking up the company is not such a bad thing, personally I think it is the best thing that could happen. IBC can eat the shit out of my ass. I'm moving forward and never looking back, so Fuck You Interstate.

ibc is already down playing monday .the only way chase gave more dip money was if ibc file a plan by june 30 th or turn over bids for brands to creditors.ibc will say this is just part of process not true creditors can decide to finally get payed its been over 4 years what would you do ibc hopes there give them more time .game is up the sliceing of ibc has begun .. also buffalo weston is already down south you buy a route down there no unions

Anyone know what the BIG announcement is supposed to be on Monday? Or is that just another fart in the wind and they're going to plus out more rolls!

jacksonville,think about it,if wesson is interested,your quite lucky,their union.they own some entimenns in the northeast that are union,you should be ok,however,little debbie interested in the hostess line don't make sense,the're rt people are dropping lie flys big time.i was talking to one of their branch mang a couple of weeks ago,their hurting for help.their guys aren't making enough now with the high prices of gas and health.what are you hearing about us up here?

my rt supervisor said Weston did tour the plants in Orlando, Jacksonville, and Rocky Mountain last week and that Little Debbie want Hostess, and where there is smoke there is usually fire

Isn't this company dead yet?? What the FUCK is the hold up? Die already! What the Fuck?

orlando,i doubt that wesson buys your end,if they did,they'd need rt guys big time,there's no way their guys could handle more product then they already have.of course boonie will disagree,but if your a rt guy,you know it would be quite a handful to add a new product line to what they already have.hell,up here they don't even want to add their frihauffer and arnold breads together.i only hope these big wigs know what their doing cause i think it's going to be a mess once it all starts to go down.

Name: Anonymous Date: 2008-06-28 Location: Location:Orlando, FL Comment: wHAT IS GOING ON WITH ibc? i HEARD Merita Brands have been sold any truth to that? Orlando, Merita has not been sold yet but I would bet a weeks wage that you will be working for Weston soon.

Memphis, His last name is Ligon. He was the plant manager in Rocky Mount. He was a punky ass with education. Even his wife could not stand him and left his punky ass.

wHAT IS GOING ON WITH ibc? i HEARD Merita Brands have been sold any truth to that?

What's Adams last name at Memphis?? I used to work with an arrogant A##- hole named Adam at another bread company, that ended up going to work for IBC (plant management). From the tone of the comments, sounds like the same guy.

Tom, All I know is that Memphis will be safe because I am the leader of the pack.

Does anyone (Boonie or not) have any information on the East? Most of the 'news' posts seem to concern the West. What is the big annuncement on Monday? Is it for all, or just certain areas? Thanks.

Location: Location:Boonville, MO Comment:
BOBBY: Nice story...can't say that the clown who ate it didn't deserve it. Many years ago you rpbably did get away with it. Today, tampering with food is a Federal offense.

Re: Boonville, MO comments
Thank you very much. You are correct! Tampering with a food item is in fact a federal offence. Jurisdiction falls under Weights and Measures. However, in this instance, one must bear the burden of proving intent.
1) The item in question was intended for myself.
2) The item was contained in a lunch bag with my name on it.
3) The item was stored in a common refer box in a common break room.

With all due respect Mr. Man of Wisdom/Mr. Anonymous from Boonville, MO, you must prove I intended to harm. I could quote you a few cases if you like. I have plenty of time on my hands.
Or maybe you could join me for a burger?


Name: Bobby Bluesmeister McGeee Date: 2008-06-27 Location: Location:Sacramento, CA Comment: Many years ago before I retired, I had an issue with someone stealing my lunch everyday, along with several others in my plant. I solved this problem for all of us by purchasing a sandwich from the vending machine at work and a package of Ex Lax tablets on my way home. I ground the twelve tablets up into a fine powder with a mortar and pestle, incorporated the laxative with Thousand Island dressing, spread the concoction onto the sesame seed bun with the juicy burger patty and cheese in between. Put the seemingly innocent hamburger back into the vend package, sealed it with a hot iron, stuffed it in my lunch bag with my name on it as usual. When I got to work, I placed the Boogie Burger in the break room refer box and sure enough, about two hours later my lunch was missing once again. About an hour after that, a coworker was stranded in the bathroom for over an hour before he could get off the pot and go home sick.

I was almost terminated myself when the head Human Resources learned of this. I expressed that I had constipation issues and the hamburger was intended for me.

The gentleman that allegedly ate my lunch, I'm not mentioning any names, (Jerry Walker) soon quit because of all the embarrassment and drama involved.

Most of the old timers still remember my Boogie Burger Drama. :-)

P.S. No bakers were harmed in the execution of this experiment. However, to this day it’s rumored Jerry dislikes Thousand Island dressing.

We all went on to lead somewhat normal lives and lived happily ever after! :-)

Location: Location:Boonville, MO Comment: BOBBY: Nice story...can't say that the clown who ate it didn't deserve it. Many years ago you rpbably did get away with it. Today, tampering with food is a Federal offense.

Re: Boonville, MO comments
Thank you very much. You are correct! Tampering with a food item is in fact a federal offence. Jurisdiction falls under Weights and Measures. However, in this instance, one must bear the burden of proving intent. 1) The item in question was intended for myself. 2) The item was contained in a lunch bag with my name on it. 3) The item was stored in a common refer box in a common break room.

With all due respect Mr. Man of Wisdom/Mr. Anonymous from Boonville, MO, you must prove I intended to harm. I could quote you a few cases if you like. I have plenty of time on my hands. Or maybe you could join me for a burger? Name: Bobby Bluesmeister McGeee Date: 2008-06-27 Location: Location:Sacramento, CA Comment: Many years ago before I retired, I had an issue with someone stealing my lunch everyday, along with several others in my plant. I solved this problem for all of us by purchasing a sandwich from the vending machine at work and a package of Ex Lax tablets on my way home. I ground the twelve tablets up into a fine powder with a mortar and pestle, incorporated the laxative with Thousand Island dressing, spread the concoction onto the sesame seed bun with the juicy burger patty and cheese in between. Put the seemingly innocent hamburger back into the vend package, sealed it with a hot iron, stuffed it in my lunch bag with my name on it as usual. When I got to work, I placed the Boogie Burger in the break room refer box and sure enough, about two hours later my lunch was missing once again. About an hour after that, a coworker was stranded in the bathroom for over an hour before he could get off the pot and go home sick.

I was almost terminated myself when the head Human Resources learned of this. I expressed that I had constipation issues and the hamburger was intended for me.

The gentleman that allegedly ate my lunch, I'm not mentioning any names, (Jerry Walker) soon quit because of all the embarrassment and drama involved.

Most of the old timers still remember my Boogie Burger Drama. :-)

P.S. No bakers were harmed in the execution of this experiment. However, to this day it’s rumored Jerry dislikes Thousand Island dressing.

We all went on to lead somewhat normal lives and lived happily ever after! :-)

I kept Rocky Mount afloat. Of course I can keep Memphis operational. I run the show you know. always have, always will

Memphis can't go out on business with me in charge. I am in charge you know.

Seattle....... Sorry, wish I could give you a solution to the poor quality we, as rsr's, are expected to sell. Product quality is not exactly my expertise but I do know poor quality when I see it and am asked to sell it. It is obvious that this product is not being checked BEFORE it is wrapped and shipped. It is not a formula problem when I regularly see overbaked and underbaked product being passed over, wrapped and shipped. It is the INCONSISTENCY of our products that seems to be the major problem although many customers will readily inform you that the taste is no longer as desirable. These are not sales issues but sales is being being blamed for declining business demand. Whose fault is it when I am trying to sell a loaf of supposedly premium bread for $2.89 along side of a competitors loaf selling for $1.69 and it is obvious just from looking that the quality is better on the cheaper loaf. Boonville said they were going to work on quality issues AFTER emergence from BK as they couldn't afford it now. Try telling that to your remaining customers!

HEY BOON OR FLY IS THE SOUTHEAST PC GONE?EXCLUDING MEMPHIS WHICH IS A WONDER PLANT. THANK YOU FOR THE INFO GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY!!

Anon from Denver: I do apologize for the "moronic" comment, as I am somewhat proud to see an intelligent response on this site! You obviously do understand the Seattle route structure, ( as you are correct ) although I have no interest in preclusions of the past, as you had mentioned. The direction we need to move forward in, still seems up in the air though. I am not shocked in the least though, ( albeit dissapointed...no offense) that you are the only respondent. With the many years of experience ( as are claimed ) on this site, one would think that all those that know "how to run the company", would at least have some insight as to how we should proceed. But nothing? Maybe that's why we are heading down the damn toilet?

Seattle: Why should I feel like a moron?? I know what's going on with the company and the consequences of all of our ills over the many years. But, who the hell cares about the past. The future is: the company will be taken apart...if you are on the west you will be employed by Bimbo. If your an exlcusive cake route...you may have a job. If your a bread man...which in Seattle there are none...you may not be around. If your in management...they will keep some. You can continue to dwell in the past....what the "f" does it matter. The real fact is....we've run out of time and the hammer is fallin. Good luck to you "moron." Boonie has only spoke of information that all connected employees know. And if you ahved cared about your future....you have starved and tried to get any information about your future you can. Most of the posters on this site have dwelled in the past and harped on the reasons were in this situation. Drop it!!! It doesn't matter anymore. About the Southeast and East. I have no clue...and I don't care. I work in Denver....and I know my future and possiblities.

Anon from Denver: You will likely feel like an incremental moron, should you ever realize what "Boonie's" posts have eluded to. Perhaps you need to start reading between the lines? And I mean that, in the nicest possible way. The facts are explicitly clear at this point, as the deconstruction of the company as a whole, is evidently looming on the horizon. Can the company as a whole be saved? Not too damn likely. Is the region I am working within likely to remain operational? "Hell yeah, we make money!" Can anyone say they haven't been told that line? Who really does make the money and does it make a difference at this point in time? Do we have a job in 6 months? Can you answer that question? I think we all know what is on the horizon and have the same questions to answer. Any way you look at it, ( tens of ) thousands of people are potentially going to be out of work, with the direction we are heading. I have been through several plant closures and can tell you it is not pretty, nor is the "grass on the other side greener", for most. There has been so much crap posted on here regarding the lack of quailty, yet I have yet to see one suggested resolution to the inquiries, other than go back to the old formula. Anyone within the operational side realizes that this can't be done in this economy...sadly. Again...any thoughts? We can succeed as a whole, or fail in parts. The latter is what we are all doing.

Sacramento anon:: Please give me the name of the agent where I can buy an equivalent health plan for $400 mo. BC/BC quoted me over $1000 for family plan and not even close to current benefit levels!

Booneville: I thought you said yesterday, " this is my last post." Please stick to your word. You are a still a nobody that only relays rumors that you hear with your ear to the door of your boss. But, finally, you heard the West was going to Bimbo. I posted that months ago. You said "no." Well, I got more real information....it will be officially announced in about 10 days. Boonie...get lost and fly away. Your a real insecure phoney who wishes you were more than you are. Also, good luck at your new job. I didn't know there was a need for your kind in the workplace.....I mean people that aren't productive and spend too much time on websites gossiping.

today about eight doughs were thrown away because a scraper was thrown into the divider with some dough and it got into the dough oh boy

alright boonie who are you you fat ass cunt you said you would tell

TO JACKSONVILLE; THE UPCOMING BCTGM 103 UNION MEETINGS TO BE HELD IN ORL AND JAX IN JULY - THE AGENDA IS TO DISCUSS UPCOMING NEGOTIATIONS WITH ARNOLD BAKERY (RIVERA BCH, FL) WHICH IS A GEO WESTON PLANT SORRY THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IBC. YOU PEOPLE HAVE GOT TO STOP LISTENING TO RUMORS !!!!

I am so sick of hearing about medical cost. Ibc says they contribute 1100 a month to our medical and any of us could purchase a similar plan for a fraction of the cost though Aetna or Blue Cross.(400.00) Where's the other 700 dollars? Administrative costs........Crocodile tears people....

DISCO "E"merge. Sorry about that!!

National Headquarters To: All IBC Employees From: IBC Communications Subject: Restructuring Update Date: June 27, 2008 We wanted to update you on our progress to date and clarify any questions you may have about the current state of our restructuring. The bottom line is that we remain committed to our dual path process. This means that we will continue to engage in discussions with multiple parties regarding modifications to our plan of reorganization that would allow IBC to emerge from Chapter 11 as a stand-alone Company. To date we have had a number of productive discussions, however, many issues must still be resolved. It’s a much slower process than any of us would like, but one we still believe can result in the best outcome for our company, for you and for our creditors. At the same time, IBC continues to pursue an orderly sale of all or portions of its assets and businesses in the event our efforts to complete a stand alone plan of reorganization are not successful. We believe this will ensure the best outcome for all involved. Our lenders are also very supportive of the dual path process we have put in place. As you would expect, when they agreed to amend our Debtor-in-Possessions (DIP) credit facility to extend the maturity and increase the borrowing availability they put in place a number of checks and balances. One of these provisions was designed to ensure that we were following the dual path process we outlined earlier this year. That provision required us to provide them by June 30 with a schedule outlining the progress we have made in implementing an orderly sale process. Of course, we intend to fully comply with this requirement. We understand that the uncertainty regarding the outcome of the Chapter 11 process is very challenging for all of us. We sincerely appreciate your continued focus and dedication throughout this process. Please know that we remain committed to sharing information with you as developments occur.

Booneville, in your post yesterday, you said the unsold parts of IBC would merge. I take that to mean join another company. Or did you mispell Emerge, as in come out of BK as a stand alone?

boonie,thank GOD you'll be gone monday,and take the rest of your don't know how to run a company morons with you.i kept having to go out and buy different size boots with all the shit you've been selling us,trouble is,the highest they go to is waders,you surpassed that level months ago.to all you out here that think the teamsters killed this co.like boonies been trying to sell you,fuck you.this co has the WORST fucking mang team i've ever seen in action,the problem is they took all us hard working RSR with them,drakes nissen sumbeam,you all know what i'm saying.we were killing them in every aspect of this game,bought the competiton,AND STLL FAILED,nice going BOONDICK.thenew owners will see,they'll let the salesmen sell,not dictate what looks pretty on the shelves,and will be VERY SUCCESSFUL once again.GOOD Riddance BOONIE, your going to need it.

Boone Boys will try to bring the company back next week..............tons of buns.............Tons of Buns.............TONS OF BUNS....................Go MERITA Go............the old dog still bites

BCTGM local 103 is having a meeting at their offices in JAX and Orlando on July 8th, to talk about ongoing discussions with George Weston. I guess the cat is trying to claw it way out of the bag.

Merita brands HAVE BEEN SOLD Just asked my business agent, now they are finally coming clean, the sad part the teamsters local knew this months ago

to booneville. as in your parting shot you show why you are not trustworthy to begin with. i dont like the teamsters anymore than you do. but i dont trust IBC either. you were on here to create discontent. your little snip-its of what was going on (that you said you could only tell small was bull crap) releases. and our comment of IBC being around long after some of us is bull crap too. i will be around long after (if they fold) IBC. you are not a veteran IBC employee so you have no idea what its like to be lied to and have routes and jobs eliminated in a heartbeat. in case your sorry ass cvant remember. it was current IBC who told us last fall that time was down to weeks not months. and that is over 8 months ago. you lash out on here when you dont like what you read. your no better than some of the ones on here who are bitter. so in ending if some of us dont see it your way or IBCs and can kiss your ass. i will say you can kiss my ass because you are the loser that i knew your were from the beginning. SO KISS MY ASS YOU IMPOSTER.

Boonville: Thank you for having my back.

BOBBY: Nice story...can't say that the clown who ate it didn't deserve it. Many years ago you rpbably did get away with it. Today, tampering with food is a Federal offense.

Many years ago before I retired, I had an issue with someone stealing my lunch everyday, along with several others in my plant. I solved this problem for all of us by purchasing a sandwich from the vending machine at work and a package of Ex Lax tablets on my way home. I the ground twelve tablets up into a fine powder with a mortar and pestle, incorporated the laxative with Thousand Island dressing, spread the concoction onto the sesame seed bun with the juicy burger patty and cheese in between. Put the seemingly innocent hamburger back into the vend package, sealed it with a hot iron, placed it in a bag with my name on it as usual. When I got to work, I placed the Boogie Burger in the break room refer box and sure enough, about two hours later my lunch was missing once again. About an hour after that, a coworker was stranded in the bathroom for over an hour before he could get off the pot and go home sick.

I was almost terminated myself when the head Human Resources learned of this. I expressed that I had constipation issues and the hamburger was intended for me.

The gentleman that allegedly ate my lunch, I'm not mentioning any names, (Jerry Walker) soon quit because of all the embarrassment and drama involved.

Most of the old timers still remember my Boogie Burger Drama. :-)

P.S. No bakers were harmed in the execution of this experiment.

We all went on to lead somewhat normal lives and lived happily ever after! :-)

Boonie; I'll concede a portion of my statement to you but not all. Your assertion that 'it's the reason why Teamsters don't get it' is incorrect. We've been fighting a losing battle over the 15 years I've been here. We have supervisors, district managers and some other title no one is sure of, that total approximately $400,000 a year plus bennies for these FOUR people. Therein lies the reason. Yeah, I know the other costs I just didn't add them up. But they are business costs that are encountered by all companies. It's the non-producing management that hurts this company. Good luck to you. I am likely leaving the company myself.

Thank you bonnivllefor your honest reply and good luck

it must be a job duty to have . cause every where that i have been they keep the mangement people that don,t do anything and they want to put there job on the rsr

As much as it pains me, I would have to agree with you about your assertions of Mr. Brock.

Tom is right. What goes around comes around. Turn around Jim it's a freight train right behind you.

Tom: Your post was 100% correct. Pitiful management like Jim Brock Jr.who wasn't even able to run his own route is put into management by the good old boys. How are those $15 a week stops serviced twice a week with full rack sets and 75% stale working out Jim? Genius!!!!

KNOXVILLE: Can't (won't) say.....

Fly: Fuck you.

only thing jung has left to do is hand over bids for brands its over .ibc has no reoranazation plan no concessions from teamsters and boonville get the fuck out you quit move on go help another company liqidate ASSHOLE

Boonville do you know what will happen monday and where

CRONIE: You wish. I am leaving on my own...at a time that I have decided on...I was not "canned". Tom...your statement shows your lack of business acumen. You "made" 40k and "wonder" where the rest went? How about fuel, your medical insurance, utilities in your barn, ingredients, bankruptcy costs, worker comp costs, and lest you "forget", your medical expenses since IBC is self-insured in both medical benefits and Worker Comp. A statement like that is exactly WHY the Teamsters don't get it and have no business trying o tell IC how to run its business. And just when you think a new poser may make some sense......

Hey Tom, What do you think the bakery sold the product to IBC sales for? About 300k.

Wiil IBC be in bk court monday.Or will they make some kind of a annoucment

To Boonie, Fly and all the other insiders who claim to know it all. This company has failed because of the poor management from CBC to IBC. I'm a college educated 12-hour a day driver. I work for an idiot with a high school diploma that bullcraps his way to the other management. It's a good ol boys club. My route did $400,000 last year. I made $60,000. Figure about $40,000 for my expenses and where is the other $300,000? It's line in the pockets of uncaring, do-nothing management. The problems with IBC are traced back to CBC and Charles Sullivan. He and his good ol boys network of greed and selfishness ruined several companies. This company can never survive---with the management we have. So go write somebody up and continue to harm your own employees while you sip an iced coffee. But what goes around comes around. And I DON'T have any inside info. But I do believe it's about to come around.....

ha ha bonnie got canned that is so funny now the moment of truth will the real boonville tell us who She is or was that a lie too come on cunt tell us ha ha ha ha this is so funny

I think Birmingham and Alexandria are considered to be more south "central" than south east.

Wow Boonie, you are showing the same arrogant attitude that Jung has; if you don't agree with me, leave! The company doesn't need you - we will make it without you. This sort of attitude is exactly why IBC will not make it and if it does, it would have gather so many enemies along the way that somehow, someone will sabotage any small gains IBC will make.

And Memphis

boon;birmingham alexandria too are included in your etc?

He doesn't have the nerve to say who he really is...

To clarify: Southeast as in Georgia, Tennesee, the Carolina's, Florida, etc. East Coast as in everything from Maine south. West Coast as in everything west of the Rockie Mountains. Not surprisingly, Fly, you are wrong...again. The problem with IBC is that there is one group of employees represented by ONE union who thinks that they know better than everyone else how to run a business. Irregardless of the fact that it has been proven that the current IBC delivery system is outdated, inefficient, and costly. And yes, IF IBC does not make it, blame CAN and WILL be placed squarely where it belongs: on the backs of a bunch of malcontented know-it-all assholes (like you) who carry a worthless card in their pocket identifying themselves as "Teamsters". I happened to be part of a discussion with a Teamster Local regarding TWELVE RSRs deciding that skipping stops during a holiday week was a relevant thing to do because these "Teamsters" did not think that these customers required service three times during the week. Never mind that IBC was meeting the requirements as set forth by the customer, these assholes knew better. And they had the audacity to try to sell that fact to the Company. Never mind the fact that they are EMPLOYEES and do not have decision-making authority concerning operation of the business. Never mind the fact that these "model" employees aka Teamsters, were fully aware of the fact that the customer reports WEEKLY on service. But these clowns and their business agent know how to run the Company better. Thy canno fathom the fact that Management makes decisions and employees (even those represented by the Teamsters) have an obligation to carry out those directives. And that Management decisions are not subject to negotiation or discusion with the Teamsters. Go ahead...keep trying to sell your bull shit yoou simple fuck....Teamster WILL be the reason for the demise of this company if it happens.

Damn. Well it's a good thing the life span of a fly is only 3 days. Good Luck on the other side, Boonie. Peace, Bra.

Wow! Whoever posted up as Boonesville, if it was not the real Boonesville, really had a bad time. Craig's central plan has always been to bring this company back to it's roots, not routes. In the meantime paying lawyers and consultants is what is putting money in the pockets of those at the top and preventing emergence. Chucky Sullivan dug the hole and now we are still paying him(despite his retirement) to dig out of it.

The Merita division has always been the bastard child for IBC. Sullivan wanted it because it was his baby. Since he is gone they have no use for it Wonder will never work in this part of the country. It should be no suprise to all the Merita employees that the plants will be sold.

yeh keep your heads up the only one bringing the worker morales down is the managment of ibc they tell there workers nothing .and la get it through your head I've been telling you for a year bimbo is buying merita they want it they have plenty of money even boonville finally admits the southeast is doomed .get a grip

good go put another company under boonville.just cause teamsters wouldn't let you or your butt buddy jung get there hands on the 400 million and blow it you don't have to be so grumpy .you are the idiot that told everyone 75 percent stand alone ibc has no money nobody was going to loan them money to support dead markets .im the only one that was right all along that ibc brands will be sliced up with the monies going to creditors and even if ibc can survive with a small market they will die.dumbass get the fuck out its idiots like you who ruined ibc .why not come back and post on monday when there's no reorginaztion plan filed... gameover .....

Booneville, great post. I agree and see almost all of your predictions to come true. I somehow wonder why we would get rid of the Southeast, unless you mean the SE of the U.S. and not the SE as IBC knows it. Can you give one more post and explain the geography a little more? I am one of the employees that care and believe that IBC will rise to the top.

Wow, that was some farewell.

FLY, let me put this to you in a way that even your simple-minded dumb ass will understand it. For months you have been posting on this board about everything under the sun, with absolutely no fucking idea what the hell you were talking about. IBC has stated UP FRONT that they were pursuing a DUAL path...one that included IBC as a stand-alone and one that included selling off of assets to prospective buyers. No one but you, your wife Chesty, and your sister from Buffalo were spreading bull shit on this site. Everything I posted was factual information that in one manner or another, came to be. IBC IS still working on being a stand-alone, but not in its present form. IBC WILL merge, but you will observe a vastly different IBC, one that does not include East or West Coast or Southeast. IBC will shrink in size and concentrat its efforts on its most relevant and strongest areas....if you look at a map, it will cover most of the Central United States. Hopefully, since you have prayed for better than a year for the destruction of IBC, your prayers will be answered and YOU will be one of those areas that IBC dumps off to the competition and you can go work for them...if they decide they want to hire your sorry ass. As for me, this will be the last time I post as an employee of IBC. My work here is finished....it's time to move on to the next adventure. I have accepted a position with another company which I will start Monday. To all of you who have a vested interest in IBC and wish to see it succeed and prosper, I wish you the very best. Keep your heads up and don'tlet the Fly's and Chesty's of this Company drag you down to their level. Thre are a great many valuable employees of IBC...keep up the hard work, and above all, keep your mind open to change. There will be change in the future...you may not like all of it. But focus on the future and not the immediate. The change will pay off in te future in greater earning potential and opportunity. Best of luck to all of you. To the others, I'll ell you soomething that I was not permitted to say to you before....and I recently said it to a Teamster Business Agent and his malcontent stewards: Go to hell. If you disagree so much with IBC Management; if you disagree so much with the direction of this company; if you are so miserable in your job; just leave. Go. Don't let the door hit you in the ass. IBC certainly does not need you or your attitude to survive. IBC will be here long after you have gone.

Almost over for Interstate, yeah, hoo raa, yeah. bout f---in time

Fuck You Biddleford, you will be getting your w.a.r.n. notice real soon.

You route guys are still a bunch of cry babies .Do your job and shut the fuck up

it amazes me how you kiss asses cry for boonie he is gone all the rats are scurrying off the ship before it crashes on the rocks .he did his job to make you all believe ibc would be a stand alone company .just so you would not damage there custumers as you all where being sold out..sara lee and weston can't wait to sink there teeth into ibc .

boon whats you take on the monday deadline

Monday is the deadline for re-organization. http://www.kansascity.com/382/story/680169.html

Fly check what news

still think I'm full of it check the news no plan by monday chop chop dumbasses choose to listen to boonville now you follow him into the shreader

Until there is a press release about IBC selling, DO NOT listen to rumors!!!! You people will be surprised at the out come of IBC, I was told we would come out of BK, but to get a raise after we come out would be like a one way deal, the one way is NO!!! we just came out of BK now all hourly want a raise, NO can do

What is really going on .No news from union or IBC.

FLY, could you provide some documentation on what your saying? So far you havent been correct on anything. There must be a newspaper article or a court doc you can present to us. Booneville, why are you in hiding?

We don't need ANY CEO. We need management to go away. They're the ones dragging the company down. We could be out of bankruptcy in 24 hours if they got rid of them.

I found this little wisdom nugget, see if it reminds you of a certain company we work for - - Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.

I think we need Mike Kafore as CEO any comments?

Most of you have long ago figured out Boonville's primary purpose here was to promote the company line and discredit the unions. There is no need for him to continue. I think he lost me when he stated the company planned to address the severe product quality issues AFTER emerging from bankruptcy when they could presumable better afford it. This is a prime example of backward thinking management. We're going to continue to sell crap until we make a profit! Brilliant!....absolutely brilliant!

boonville what's your percentage now 1percent survive 99 percent slice and dice ha ha I've been waiting for this day for months exellent news .

BOONVILLE IS DAVE LOZ{s}IER

boonville can't save you ibc and boonville are done.he served his purpose to feed you all lies of a stand alone company.creditors want money chase only gave them more dip money if ibc has a reorginazion plan with union sign off by june 30th or a sale of company to cover all dip money five more days .july and august will be the bloodbath for ibc the game is finally over.oh unless jung can work out a deal with teamsters yeh right goodbye boonville hope you enjoy your slow and painful ending !!!!!!!!!

Booneville, any truth to what FLY had to say? I dont remember reading any of that. What is new?

different local cheaptrick. Read your union handbook.

To You lose Why are people from orange county and long beach being called back and being put back to work while the more senority employee is out of work. how about that glendale moron.

hey spider, dont believe anything you read on this web site, wait until you see a formal news release.

Mr. Fly, Hope your telling the truth, where do you get your info? Are you really a fly on the wall?

What happened at the arbritation meeting yesterday? Did Hector bend over and show his big brown ass? I checked the Teamster web site and nothing has been posted yet.

in response to the ladd with 1 and ahalf yrs.your absolutly correct,rt guys are the hardest workers for ibc,without them there is no ibc.and your right about the mang team,their getting exactly what they deserve,worthless bunch they are.

you idiots listened to boonville all those months he was feeding u a line of bullshit to make u all think ibc will stay intake. ibc must file new reorgination plan by june 30th or annouce the plans for the dissecting of ibc which has already begun.flowers wanted merita but goverment will not allow it they would have a monopoloy.so like I told all of you months and months ago bimbo will annouce purchase by end of month .boonville your an asshole leading these poor saps on just to ensure they don't fuck up ibcs accounts.

cheaptrick,are you a moron?what makes you think you could possibly bump someone in a different depot?your rt.would have to be moved there in order for you to follow it or take the layoff.read your contract dude,you may learn something.

THIS MOTHER DUCK AND HER DUCKLINGS ARE CROSSING THE STREET WHEN A CAR COMES BY AND WIPES OUT ALL BUT THE LAST LITTLE BABY DUCK IN LINE...A WHILE LATER A BABY SKUNK COMES ALONG AND SEES THE BABY DUCK SITTING ALL BY HIMSELF CRYING AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD...THE SKUNK WALKS UP TO THE DUCKLING AND ASKS "WHY ARE YOU CRYING" ? ...THE DUCKLING RESPONDS..."MY MOTHER AND ALL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS WERE KILLED AND I'M ALL ALONE AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I AM" ... THE SKUNK SAYS "WELL, LET'S FIGURE THIS OUT...YOU HAVE FEATHERS, WEBBED FEET AND A BEAK...YOU MUST BE A DUCK !!!"... NOT LONG AFTER THAT, THE SKUNK BREAKS INTO TEARS HIMSELF ...AND THE BABY DUCK ASKS "WHY ARE YOU CRYING ???" ...THE SKUNK PROCEEDS TO TELL HIM THAT THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO HIM AND THAT HE'S ALL BY HIMSELF TOO AND HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE IS EITHER...THE DUCK SAYS "WELL LET'S TAKE A MINUTE AND FIGURE THIS OUT...YOU'RE NOT BLACK, YOU'RE NOT WHITE, AND YOU SMELL REALLY BAD...YOU MUST BE A MEXICAN !!!!"

Can anybody explain why no stock has traded as of 1 pm today ?

enie minie mynie mowe....who will be the first to go......out goes Biddeford Maine plant. As soon as the cake line gets sold and transported to its new location (Sept.15) that plant will run for 30 days then provide the w.a.r.n. notice. Please don't tell anyone I told you all, I'm still gettingover paid for my work here at IBC.

What was the outcome of the arbritation meeting (6-24-08) reguarding severance pay. The company owes it to all the hard working people who got laid off. Its in the contract, so pay up.

I hope we get a chance to buy a route from IBC. IBC can't get the routes the product we ordered now. When they do, it is inferior quality. They would care even less if the lost sales were ours instead of theirs while our expenses go up and theirs goes down. Thats the deal I have been looking for.

no wonder we are in the position we are in. I was out of state of maine last week and went into wal-mart and another supermarket. found almost 20 pieces of produt out of bad code(not just a day out of code) come on clean it up. its bad enough we have major quality problems(which still exits). not sure if this company will survive. but i will. If it comes time to move on then will move on. instead of being a leading BAKER(which we had the potential) all IBC has ever done is be A SLEEPING GIANT. now with the ecomomy the way it is PRIVATE LABEL BREAD IS TAKING OVER. so now we are in a catch22 phase. IT WILL BE A DOWNRIGHT SHAME IF SOMEONE LIKE A BIMBO, LITTLE DEBBY, OR FLOWERS GETS THE UPPER HAND AS THEY ARE OWNER OPERATOR OUTFITS. HAVE FUN PAYING YOUR OWN EXPENSES(ALL OF THEM) OH BY THE WAY! THE LITTLE DEBBY OWNER OPERATOR HAS 3 FULL CARTS IN THE BACK ROOM OF MY WAL-MART OUT OF CODE THAT THE STORE JUST TOOK OFF THE SHELF. AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME IT HAS HAPPENENED THIS YEAR.

I just got off the phone with Wolpe....He is sending a case of repramands. Meet me in the thrift store for yours. I will get a bonus if I can use up the case buy July 4th.

PLEASE PEOPLE, IF YOU ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ME ON THE WEB, GET MY LAST NAME SPELLED CORRECTLY. 'ROMERO' NOT RAMERO. THIS CALLS FOR MORE WRITE UPS.

Just wondering if anybody else has heard anything about the billings plant being sold to some washington state bread company....please post something if you know something....thanks

I'm sure there has been much discussion about IBC shifting to independent distributirships. You would have to be a complete idiot to even consider buying a route and becoming an independent for THIS company. Management has demonstrated a near total failure in implementing even small successful changes. About the only thing they have shown they are able to do consistently is lose money. Product quality continues to be a major problem. Yea, I would jump at the chance to run my own business promoting and selling these products AND banking on THEM continuing to remain in business. They sell their routes, stick the money in their pockets and then close their doors.........duh! Think you're going to recoup YOUR losses? Better just at least keep your money and go elsewhere. Corporate executives have become masters at leaving a company with their pockets full of your money. Think this company is any different?

more lay offs this week. three people got the axe at charter oaks sat is there last day. they were told they cannot bump pepole in gardena even though they have more time. the union can't even give us a answer.Hector and Rocky how about some answers or are you guys to busy. come on guys people lives are at stake. wake up

rick ramero is so full of himself his head is about to explode

There are no cameras here yet. Butt I do have my ear piece (blue tooth) on with WOLPE listlening to all my conversations when I come into the check out room. No need for microphones with this handy thing in my ear. I am the SNAKE that you all think I am. Ask Googler.

production management in rocky mount needs to be fired asp rocky mount at one time baked bread not no more wake up

Chatsworth Depot your being watched very closely smile for the cameras and speak real loud for the microphones!!!!!!

ex ibc er,it figures only a bozo like boonie agrees with you.by the way,just what is so outdated with the delivery system ibc uses?it's exactly the same system everyone else uses,just that they have independents (who are leaveing by the dozens cause of high gas prices)sell their line.lets just let the fun begin,ibc needs to move on,they know NOTHING of how to operate a bakery,or treat the only ones making them money(rsr).hopefully,the next owners will.

Anybody hear about a meeting today in Judge Venters office, between Jung and IBC lawyers and secured cred lawyers?

Hmmmmm....X-IBCer hit it on the head!! Strategic buyers won't get to the meat and bones of the company...ie Central US. That most likely will remain intact. Outer edges (East, West, South) are the areas most vulnerable to strategic buyer influences. Keep in mind what Ex-IBCer said......

I worked for ibc for 17 years[12 years in management]. I left IBC in Dec 2007. The company I work for now is buying up IBC equipment through a third party. ie... proof box, oven, donut bagger etc... It was hard for me to leave IBC but it was the right choice as most companys treat all there employees with respect and good pay. I still keep in touch with some of IBC upper managment and the outlook looks bleak. The current delivery system IBC uses is outdated and no other company uses that type of system. Then u add fuel cost and yr done. I am now an out-sider looking in and it's good for us and bad for u. I hate to see IBC go under but when u have all the issues u have it going to happen.. Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kansas City: If your so smart, who is Boonville?

ATTN: MORE LAYOFFS TO COME DUE TO ROUTE CUTS AND L.T.D. RETURNING . DONT KNOW WHERE SENIORITY STANDS, BUT I'L FIND OUT.

I get a kick out of you stupid fucks who think that Boonie actually knows anything of relevance........

Booneville, Your info is somewhat hard to follow. Are you saying that the are looking to buy bakeries or brands. If so,what brands? Also, are you saying that they are trying to keep the central U.S. intact or are they looking to blow it up? What is going on with the investors and the teamsters?

boonie,so you think a little debbie or a sara lee won't need any of ibc employees.let me tell you something about the gas problems the've been having lately,i happened to talk to a Branch mang,just last week,he said their people are DROPPING LIKE FLYS.not worth it to them anymore.it's killing the industry.besides,there product last for months and don't really care what they put to the shelves,at $1,39 a box it sell.wait tilthey try selling a box of TURD for $4,00.they'd get MURDERED with returns,which comes out of their pay,good luck with that .

Geez....a guy takes a little break from the nonsense, and returns to find out that the nonsense continues!! The "strategic buyers" are starting to show themselves....Bimbo, Sara Lee, Flowers, Little Debbie, etc. Be mindful of what you see and hear. Most of the strategic buyers are looking at the outer edges of the company...not the centeral US focal point of IBC. does this tell you anything? Also, they're not looking for new/additional employees....maybe some equipment, but not many employees......

who the heck is paying $32 in dues? its $57 a month up here! I dont know who is at fault(IBC or UNION or both) all i know is with the way the ecomomy is right now the union deserves no concessions nor the company. we gave enough 2 years ago. and if i read some of your remarks right. your union dues have nothing to do whatsoever with our penion or insurance. god you people are so fickle. please at least know what your talking about. I still question why we are still paying an extra $7 a month for the time the union was so called broke. its been over 3 years now and i will bet you they have millions in their coffers now why do we still need to pay the extra $7? on your union stub it has our regular dues and the $7 is below the dues total. I still dont see how the union can propose a one for all contract. when each union has different concerns, different product to sell, different metro locations! just a thought

RE:Raider Rick: You are becoming one of them everyday. Whats up with that? Did you forget where you came from? Remember to practice what you preach. ( rack pushing on the dock) You used to get on the foremen before you for doing, WHY are you doing it now?????????? If you don't want people to write about you on this site, then step back and watch yourself. Maybe you will see what you are doing and make adjustments. The key factor is : DON'T BECOME LIKE RYAN. He totally forgot where he came from and how to do what was right. Don't make the same mistake or you will become hated on......... Becoming one of them ? Who are them ?First off , I dont care if you write about me on this site i expect it ,it does not matter who is the foreman up here you and a handful of others will always find something to bitch about, I know because i have been there ,but what the real question is :There are alot of other concerns you should address and have have much more importance than if i pushed some racks on the, dock or are you going for the little battles because you do not have the balls or just cant do anything about them!We still have a non union carrier doing my old to the north west ! lets take care of that ! I cant believe me pushing racks is your major concern !Dont forget where i came from ? Dont forget where your at !We get behind and need to get trucks out and i dont make a habit of working on the dock and in fact most of the time i am in the trailer so it will not upset anybody.GET REAL MERNA QUIT CRYING ABOUT NOTHING.

IBC is smarter than some of its union employees. I see both teamsters and bct members blaming thier unions for "keeping them in the dark" and agreeing to concessions. IBC has no idea what they are doing and the union members think thier unions should??? IBC loves the fact that some of union people are fighting amongst our selves due to IBC's inability to run a profitable company. Any chump crying about dues should shop that dues money around to see just how much pension and medical benefits that will buy? IBC would have already taken far more concessions then we gave had it not been for the unions! People...bankruptcy changes the playing field...some of us just can't seem to understand that. I will retire next year regardless of IBC's outcome...thanks to the unions pension.....I focus all the blame for our current troubles right where it belongs....I B C!

how many of you have combo routes in your depot ? Well there use to be 5 routes im my territory. After they combined the hostess with the wonder now there are 3. 9000 teamster employees at that rate there will only be 5400!

Yes,were told the same N.C.On the flip side it might be just something IBC is doing to make the court happy.

They want my big cuban cock

Orlando, They were in Rocky Mount last Monday. They want the Merita Divsion. Right? Boonville.

Well,for what its worth,people from Weston and some IBC bigshots were doing a tour of the plant last Tuesday.I was told we could hear something on the 27th of this month.

GO UNION MY FELLOW BROTHERS

By the time I get to Phoenix, my chocolate donuts will be melted.

Alexandria.......... PLEASE do drop out of your union. It will raise the average IQ of your union by several points! You're probably another of those union members who show your support by shopping at Walmart and other non-union, low wage, no benefit companies. Hell, you could probably get a job with them then you wouldn't have the union problems you seem to think are so bad. If you are so unhappy, why don't you just quit? Maybe you could even get a job as an English teacher although most of them are union. Did you ever think that perhaps the union doesn't know what the hell this company is doing or thinking. Most of management doesn't even have a clue! Try and see what your $32 monthly buys for you elsewhere when shopping for insurance and pension plans.

well i like to know what the HELL the union is doing for us now. i havent anything since last couple of months. the 32.00 that we we play for these nobodys can sure go toward our gas for gas. the gas prices go up and the fucking pull up pay goes down.90.00 just aint worth it. not now i havent heard any thing thats going on with the company.by me paying you 32.00 a month you better tell me something. well im dropping out the union. im tired of throwing away money i hope more people follows me . to me there is no union representation representation

BOONVILLE SORRY ABOUT THE SPELLING ON LAST MESSAGE

BONNVILLE ,BUNNY BREAD IS THIS THE REAL BONNIVILLE

I like cupcakes

The guys we saw came in a couple of weeks ago and were looking at cake.

Steve Avina never knew what was going on and he only tells Brian Howell what he wants to hear not whats going on. If he had to report on how he screws things up would be admitting to his own F-ups, and he will not do this, its always look for someone else to blame. Nothing changes with these Wonder Bread boys from Pomona

So we've looked at where we have been, so now lets look at where we are going. Lets hurry up and get the freeking thing going before somebody goes postal and does away with a few dumb suckass managers.

Thanks for the history lesson Columbus.

BUNNY BREAD

Thats What I Said

Interesting that Columbus posted up all the company history because it points out a lot of the problems. The biggest problem which is not highlighted was the spending spree in the 80's and 90's which resulted in almost 4 million dollars a month in interest payments. Since this debacle they have had to hire consultants, lawyers, and accountants at the cost of millions attempting to justify and nullify what they did. I have said in the past Craig give me a call and I'll right the ship but this is not what is wanted.

Why is it that Brian Howell Only Listens to his lil Buddy Steve Avina? I heard Steve has lost it since Pomona closed down he must be Brians little bitch

So who were the visitors in last week walking around??

Raider Rick: You are becoming one of them everyday. Whats up with that? Did you forget where you came from? Remember to practice what you preach. ( rack pushing on the dock) You used to get on the foremen before you for doing, WHY are you doing it now?????????? If you don't want people to write about you on this site, then step back and watch yourself. Maybe you will see what you are doing and make adjustments. The key factor is : DON'T BECOME LIKE RYAN. He totally forgot where he came from and how to do what was right. Don't make the same mistake or you will become hated on.........

BOB,when ibc bought drakes,they tried to sell it across the country,the results were terrible,no one bought them,it's an northeast product,only seems to sell here.thats the reason why your not getting it there,too bad,GREAT PRODUCT,it still outsells the hostess here in eaast coast.

WEB MASTER CAN ANTHING BE DONE ,ABOUT THE TEXT BEING TO LONG FOR THE SCREEN.I KNOW VERY LITTE ABOUT COMPUTERS.THANKS

Thanks Columbus, IN for the history lesson. I was working for IBC since 1972 and you are right on. It seems that the purchasing of Continental and having to settle their discrimination lawsuit and sell the Butternut and Weber label was a big undoing for IBC. I've been in other Wonder bread bakeries and it was always over staffed where IBC was run very lean.

18 Wonder/Hostess bakery employees who had filed a racial discrimination suit against Interstate. Still, despite this series of disasters, the company headed into the next century with full confidence that its 'Powerhouse Brands' would stimulate sales growth for years to come. Principal Subsidiaries: Interstate Brands Corporation; Mrs. Cubbison's Food, Inc.; IBC Trucking Corporation. Principal Divisions: Eastern Division; Central Division; Western Division. Principal Competitors: The Earthgrains Company; Flowers Industries, Inc.; McKee Foods Corporation.

National Brand Recognition in the Late 1990s In the early 1990s, Interstate saw the popularity of its main product, bread, increase, as the federal government put forth new dietary guidelines. The company sought to take advantage of this new demand by decentralizing its operations, so that local facilities could run as efficiently as possible. 'With 31 bakeries across the country, you can't run a business from Kansas City,' Sullivan asserted. By the mid-1990s, this strategy had succeeded so well that Interstate was in a position to make a major acquisition. In early January 1995, the company announced an agreement to buy one of its primary competitors, the Continental Baking Company, for $330 million and 16.9 million shares of Interstate stock. Continental, owned by Ralston Purina, produced the widely popular lines of Wonder and Wonder Lite breads, as well as the snack cakes, donuts, pies, muffins, and cookies marketed under the Hostess name. As Continental's plants were located in parts of the country not yet tapped by Interstate, the company could look forward to becoming a greater national presence. Moreover, Interstate had positioned itself to become the largest player in the baking industry, with anticipated annual revenues in excess of $3 billion. Thus, despite its checkered financial history of the last several decades, Interstate appeared to be well on its way to robust health in the coming years of the 1990s. With the acquisition of Continental Baking Company, Interstate became the largest producer of wholesale bread and cake in the country. The company wasted no time taking advantage of the name value of its recently acquired brands, launching an aggressive marketing campaign in January 1996. A key part of the strategy involved airing a series of national television advertisements, including the first Wonder Bread ads in almost ten years, which employed the slogan 'Remember the Wonder.' The company also reversed Continental's ill-advised policy of shrinking the size of Hostess snack cakes, restoring them to their original sizes--in some instances even making them larger--without raising prices. This concentrated brand building resulted in 1997 sales of more than $3 billion, an increase of 11.6 percent over the previous year. During this time the company also introduced a number of new products, including fat-free Wonder and Butternut breads and Hostess Lights. The Continental purchase evoked a certain amount of apprehension, however, within the U.S. Justice Department. Wary of potential antitrust issues, the agency ordered Interstate to divest itself of one of its other holdings. The company quickly complied, agreeing to sell the Butternut Bakery in Chicago in January 1997. This sale was followed in 1998 by the removal of Weber's brand products from certain markets in southern California. The divestiture order did not stop the company's expansion entirely, however. During this same period the company broadened its holdings to include a wider range of products in certain key markets. In March 1997 the company acquired the San Francisco Bread Company, famous for its line of hearth breads, and in January 1998 it purchased the John J. Nissen Baking Company of Biddeford, Maine, thereby strengthening its position as a leading baked good supplier in the Northeast. The Nissen purchase soon was followed by other acquisitions in the region, including Drake's and the My Bread Company in New Bedford, Massachusetts. This growth allowed the company to diversify its product line, while at the same time simplifying its distribution process. With sales in 1998 once again surpassing the $3 billion mark, Interstate spent almost $100 million on new operations, including a 280,000-square-foot facility in Biddeford, Maine, one of the largest showcase bakeries in the world, and a Toledo bakery with a capacity of 250,000 loaves of bread a day. Interstate's fortunes took a sharp nose-dive in October 1998, however, when the company announced that its second quarter earnings would fall below expectations. The investment markets were not kind; on October 30 Interstate stock plunged 25 percent in just two hours, after attaining a year-long high of $34.375 only three weeks earlier. A year later the company's stock was still stranded at $22.75, far below analysts' expectations of $30. Although there were no actual buyout inquiries, the company, fearing a possible takeover, created a shareholder rights plan designed to discourage possible predators. Interstate announced another dramatic financial drop in 2000, with net earnings of $89 million, down from $126 million the year before. Organized labor troubles and rising fuel prices, along with the unexpected flooding of the Rocky Mount, North Carolina Merita baking facilities, were blamed for the decline. The company also suffered a setback of a different sort in August 2000, when a San Francisco court awarded $126 million to 18 Wonder/Hostess bakery em

With the separation of Interstate's computer business from the core baking operations, Dale Putnam, head of Interstate's bakery division, was named chief executive officer of Interstate in January 1982. Putnam moved Interstate headquarters back to Kansas City, its historical base of operations. The company then looked to focus all of its attention on baking, as well as on improvements in two areas: plant efficiency and market penetration. Although the company had already spent $100 million upgrading its manufacturing facilities in the late 1970s, it planned to continue its efforts in this area, in hopes of increasing its profitability to a level consistent with that of its two largest competitors. Despite these efforts, Interstate struggled in the early 1980s. The company was saddled with the financial consequences of DPF's failed computer business, the declining demand for white bread, its staple product, and stiff competition from other national bakers. A proposed merger with another independent baker, American Bakeries Company, never materialized, and Interstate was forced to close additional baking plants that were no longer profitable. In May 1983, Interstate closed out a four-year period of declining financial returns with a loss. The bad news continued in 1984, as Interstate racked up $4.2 million in red ink. At that time, the company appointed a new president, Robert Hatch, a veteran of General Mills, who came on board just days before Interstate's bankers demanded payment on $36 million worth of loans. In an effort to get the company out of the shadow of its computer-leasing losses, Interstate took another $21 million writeoff and cashed in its $37 million pension fund to pay off the banks. 'We're trying to put our financial house in order,' noted B.J. Hinkle, Interstate's chief financial officer, in Barron's. Termination of the pension plan, Hinkle reported, has 'given us time to slow down a little bit and evaluate our product line.' The pension plan was replaced by another retirement package. Interstate next decided to emphasize strong brand marketing, rather than relying on price to differentiate its products from those of its competitors. The company, therefore, increased its spending on advertising by two-thirds. Interstate also attempted to sell its western operations to the Good Stuff Food Company of Los Angeles for $55.1 million, but this deal ultimately was abandoned. As Interstate moved into the late 1980s, its efforts to recover appeared to be bearing fruit. Sales of white bread had stabilized, and the company also began to introduce new products, such as coffee cakes, pecan rolls, pudding pies, and a wider variety of breads. To keep manufacturing efficiency high, Interstate shut down five plants and spent $109 million to modernize 27 others. In addition, in 1986, the company also made a series of acquisitions, in the hope of filling in marketing gaps. In May, it purchased the Purity Baking Company, of Decatur, Illinois, which made Sunbeam breads, and in December, Stewart Sandwiches of Utah was brought into the Interstate fold. Stewart Sandwiches sold frozen and refrigerated products, such as roast beef and turkey sandwiches. Interstate reported $13.4 million in earnings for the year ended May 1987. Later that year, the company continued its string of acquisitions, purchasing Landshire Food Products, Inc. and Stewart of Northern California, Inc., the partner of its earlier acquisition. In addition, Interstate bought the Langedorf cake and cookie operations of the Good Stuff Food Company. Interstate's most significant financial move during 1987, however, was its withdrawal from the financial markets through a leveraged buyout. IBC Holdings Corporation (IBC) was formed to buy up all of Interstate's outstanding stock, and Interstate was taken private by its management, with the help of a group of investment banking houses, in September 1987. Following this move, Interstate parent IBC made a major acquisition, purchasing the ten bakeries of the Merita/Cotton's Bakeries division of the American Bakeries Company for $132 million. Shortly after this purchase, the president of Merita, Charles A. Sullivan, moved over to take command of IBC, becoming president and CEO. With the contribution of the new Merita unit, and its own revitalized operations, IBC's sales grew strongly in the last years of the 1980s. The company reported sales of $855 million for 1988, which rose to $1.1 billion by May 1989. In May 1991, IBC Holdings Corporation changed its name back to Interstate Bakeries Corporation, before the company once again went public, selling stock on the market in July 1991. Through this move, Interstate was able to raise $250 million to pay down its debts, which were holding down the company's profits, despite the company's increased efficiency and sales. With increased cash flow and reduced debt level, Interstate was able to decrease its expenditures on intere

in a total of 36 different plants. The company's regional strengths were in the Midwest, the West, and upstate New York. On July 25, 1969, Interstate changed its name to the Interstate Brands Corporation, to reflect the broader scope of its activities, which now included canning as well as baking. The company had become the third largest wholesale baker in America. Its best known products were the Butternut and Blue Seal bread brands, and Dolly Madison cakes, which were distributed across the country. Interstate sold its canning operation in 1974 and resumed acquisition of properties that fit in with its core line of business, baking. In December of that year, Interstate bought Nolde Brothers, Inc., for $500,000. Hard Times in the 1970s Then, in 1975, Interstate became the object of an acquisition itself. The company's unwanted suitor was founded in 1961 as the Data Processing Financial and General Corporation, based in Hartsdale, New York, a suburb of White Plains, where the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) was located. Data Processing, which changed its name to DPF, Inc. in 1971, leased IBM computers to other businesses throughout the 1960s. In 1970, IBM introduced a new computer model, and DPF's equipment instantly became obsolete. The company lost $43 million over the next five years, until it finally got back on its feet in 1974 and began to look for a company to acquire that would allow it to diversify its activities, since the computer leasing field no longer seemed tenable, as IBM continued to step up its pace of new product introductions. In 1975, DPF decided that Interstate Brands would be a good business to buy. 'We wanted a sober, solid, low-technology business,' DPF's chairman later told Forbes. In June, DPF offered to buy 43 percent of the outstanding shares of Interstate. Immediately, the baker sued to block the acquisition, but its request was denied. Interstate Brands then, in turn, announced that it would purchase Farmbest Foods, a dairy products processor, from Philadelphia-based I.U. International Corporation. Interstate planned to issue a block of 375,000 shares of common stock to purchase Farmbest, which would have reduced the amount of stock DPF could control to only 37 percent of the total outstanding shares. DPF sued to block this move, and finally, after additional wrangling, DPF acquired Interstate for $37 million. In the wake of this purchase, Interstate's headquarters were transferred to Hartsdale, New York. The company's new owners set out to wring greater profits out of its operations by upgrading facilities. 'Almost nothing had been done here in terms of capital enhancement of the business for some years; some areas needed nothing more than a Band-Aid, while some needed major surgery,' one DPF executive told Barron's. To modernize Interstate's plants, DPF embarked on a program that saw 17 factories closed and 19 new properties purchased during the last five years of the 1970s. As part of this program, Interstate announced in 1976 that it would undertake the construction of a new $5 million bakery in Montana. The following year, the company shed the Nolde Brothers subsidiary and purchased the Silver Loaf Baking Company. Other acquisitions during this time included the Eddy Bakeries division of General Host and Mrs. Cubbison's Foods, Inc., a bread stuffing maker. On February 27, 1979, DPF fully completed its merger with Interstate. Two years later, the acquiring firm sold what was left of its computer operations to a group of former managers and changed the entire company's name to Interstate Bakeries Corporation. Although Interstate earned a $50 million tax break from the collapse of the computer outfit, ultimately, the bakery operations were left with a heavy financial burden to bear. By the start of the 1980s, Interstate was operating 36 different plants, selling bread and cakes in 30 different markets. Seventy percent of the company's revenues came from bread, with 30 percent derived from cakes. Although sales of white bread had grown stagnant, as people became more health conscious, sales of variety breads, such as Interstate's Pritikin diet bread and Sun-Maid raisin bread, which carried a higher price tag and had a longer shelf life, had benefited from this trend. In addition, Interstate looked to benefit from the general recession gripping the economy, since a poor economy, paradoxically, meant good news for bakers. As one Interstate executive explained to Barron's, 'Downturns in the economy always see people eating more bread than they might otherwise do.' Interstate's cake business, which was supported through heavy advertising, offered higher profits than its bread sales and also was relatively immune from the effects of a poor economy, since, some analysts noted, people tended to keep treating themselves to sweets when they could not afford more expensive luxuries. Back on Solid Ground by the Late 1980s With th

So Who is it Boonville?Key Dates: 1930: Interstate Baking Company is formed in Kansas City, Missouri. 1937: Interstate merges with Schulze Baking Company, Inc. 1943: Interstate purchases Supreme Baking Company of Los Angeles. 1954: Interstate acquires Ambrosia, Remar, and Butter Cream Cake Companies. 1969: Interstate changes name to Interstate Brands Corporation. 1975: DPF acquires Interstate Brands. 1981: Interstate Brands becomes Interstate Bakeries Corporation. 1987: IBC Holdings Corporation is formed; Interstate becomes private company. 1991: IBC Holdings becomes Interstate Bakeries again, goes public. 1995: Interstate acquires Continental Baking Company. Company History: Interstate Bakeries Corporation is the largest independent baker in the United States, producing breads and cakes in more than 60 bakeries across the country. The company distributes its products under a wide range of brand names, including Sunbeam, Dolly Madison, Wonder, and Hostess. Founded in the 1930s, the company grew by acquiring other regional and national bakers. In the late 1970s, it was purchased by a failing computer leasing firm, whose financial difficulties troubled the company well into the 1980s. By the start of the 1990s, however, after more than a decade of modernization, Interstate had recovered to take the lead in its industry by buying out its largest competitor. Origins and Expansion: 1930s-40s Interstate, a company based in Kansas City, Missouri, was founded in 1930 by baker Ralph Leroy Nafziger. Nafziger came from a family of bakers, and he produced wholesale bread loaves packaged in a distinctive country-gingham wrapper, which were resold in grocery stores. Seven years after its incorporation, Interstate merged with another, much better established Kansas City baker, the Schulze Baking Company, Inc., which had been founded in 1893. This move was the first of a series of acquisitions and mergers that Interstate undertook over the course of the next several decades, as the bread baking industry changed from a highly fragmented field, made up of a large number of small, independent, local operations, to a more consolidated industry, with a few big producers of national brands. Interstate's next acquisition came at the end of 1943, when the company bought the Supreme Baking Company of Los Angeles, whose plant it had previously rented. Seven years later, the company also bought the O'Rourke Baking Company of Buffalo, New York. With the purchases, Interstate sought to extend its geographic coverage into new areas. The Postwar Cake Boom Interstate's growth through acquisitions remained steady throughout the 1950s. In 1951, the company bought Mrs. Karl's Bakeries, located in Milwaukee. Three years later, the company moved aggressively into the cake baking industry, purchasing the Ambrosia Cake Company, the Remar Baking Company, and the Butter Cream Baking Company. Four years later, Interstate also acquired the Campbell-Sell Baking Company, based in Denver, Colorado. At the end of the decade, Interstate added to its cake franchise when it purchased the Kingston Cake Bakery, in Kingston, Pennsylvania. In 1960, the company strengthened its standing in the Midwest when it acquired Cobb's Sunlit Bakery, of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Over the next two years, Interstate purchased the Schall Tasty Baking Company of Traverse City, Michigan, and the Sweetheart Bread Company. Other important acquisitions during the 1960s included Hart's Bakeries, Inc. After its long period of steady expansion, Interstate also undertook a consolidation of its operations, closing some plants. The company's Buffalo bakery, once owned by O'Rourke's Baking Company, was sold. In addition, Interstate closed its Butter Cream Baking Company plant and its Schall Tasty Baking Company factory. At the end of that year, the company's net sales reached $191 million, up from $124 million in 1959, through a period of steady growth. Interstate began to expand again in the late 1960s. In March 1968, the company bought the Millbrook bread division of the National Biscuit Company. This division included seven bakeries, located in upstate New York, which produced bread, rolls, cakes, and doughnuts for distribution throughout the region. In addition, Interstate took possession of a fleet of about 700 delivery vehicles in the acquisition. This brought Interstate's overall total of motor delivery trucks to about 4,000. In August 1968, Interstate moved outside the baking industry for the first time, acquiring a food processor, the Baker Canning Company, and its subsidiaries, Shawano Farms, Inc. and the Shawano Canning Company, companies that canned peas, beans, and corn at three canneries in Wisconsin. Its products were sold mainly to institutions and were distributed through six warehouse facilities. By the end of the 1960s, Interstate was baking bread in 30 different cities throughout the United States, in a to

Any truth to the rumor that Arnolds is buying Butternut in the Cincinnati area ?

Comment: To Whocaresanymore...so, what are you personally doing to help salvage the company? I gave back 4 weeks of vacation time. And my 45000.00 a year job I QUIT. And they still can't save money. They prolly took my $ and painted the floors with it over the weekend.

Summer is once agin here, That means crap product poor sales and unneeded overtime I have been wating for years to be able to throw a party when the turd known as IBC gets flushed!!!!!!

Hint...................One of the companies that is buying part of I.B.C. has bought from them before.

it takes money to waste money...i suggest the bean counters take a trip to alaska the week after july 4th to monitor the quantity of product thrown away that week.plus on my people,plus on.

real estate 101--you must rennovate your house when putting it up for sale,that way you can sell it for a profit.Anyone else notice the "rennovations" going on at the bakery yet?WE ARE BEING SOLD PEOPLE!

Booneville, I defended you,what a fraud. I guess the others were right.

If Entenmans/Orowheat takes control, You can count on three things. 1. Jung is gone 2. Teamsters are out the door and routes will be I/O's 3. There will be a quality product in the package.

Sorry web master can you fix web site

Web can you fix web site

There is no sales meeting, the BROCKS are having a family reunion at Peter Pan Park Saturday.

Is there a plant sales meeting here Saturday?

Where's the thrift stores now that the economy is in the hopper? Just read a article on msn money on how to cut costs on bread products-they suggest going to a off price store. Well, where the fuck are they?

Oh come on.....very few sales increases are the result of the sales rep doing a exceptional job. most of our displays are sold at the buyers and account exec level and we have to follow through on those programs regardless of the price or item. At this bakery the stale percentage goal is 8% and when you are competing with private label, a 4.00 loaf of bread is not going to sell. Most of the grocery stores are using our ad items for comparison shopping. If we have a promo for 2/5 they will sell their PL at 3/5 and set up their display right next to yours effectively killing off any incremental increases. In this economy as a consumer what would you buy? California is a bit different from the rest of the country in pricing. Orowheat is closing in on a 5.00 loaf of bread and the other companies are soon to follow suit. instead of raising prices we as a company need to look at how we can sell more product and lower our returns. Their is a profitable line of demarcation. Employees are a companies number 1 asset and I do believe that not only our company but many companies across the nation has forgotten this.As a company you want quality people working for you and to insure that you can attract these candidates you must provide a valuable pay and benefit package, if not then you suffer. Pay and benefits have gone backwards these last 5 years and it was not the employees fault much to managements dismay. Most of the bankruptcy proceedings were the fault of that wonderful severence package to Sullivan which brought on huge volume of lawsuits regarding non disclosure of company earnings so select management could dump their stock.

I really get a kick out of all the management that thinks the unions caused this company to tank. UNQUALIFIED MANAGEMENT ran this company into the ground, nothing else. Open your eyes!

To Whocaresanymore...so, what are you personally doing to help salvage the company? Are you doing anything with your sales to make money, or have you just given up. You can't put it all on management.

I really get a kick out of all you posters who bashed Boonville, but miss him so much when he's gone. I can tell you that most of what he's posted has been true. The bottom line now is that the company continues to burn cash and it's looking more and more like selling pieces to competitors will be the best option. Whether these buyers take the union contracts depends whether the company (or the potential buyers) are able to achieve further modifications, including path-to-market and health benefit adjustments.

As of May 3, 2008 the Company had borrowed $53.6 million under its $200 million .......to lose 9.4 millionfor the 4 week period. WOW, now that's a smart business practice!!! It won't be long now.

ronn sunn> whoever you are your an idiot. get a life pal its clowns like you that suck on here. its been pretty good lately until jerks like you come on. GROW UP

BROCKVille: Did you go underground or just too busy sending out resumes to respond???

Oh BOONVILLE where are you? I bet you work for Bimbo's now!!!! don't you?

HELP! Anyone else out there start making a union pension contribution out of paycheck because IBC would not make the annual increase?

Another reason why IBC is so fucked up in Decatur A new chief engineer who doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground. I have never seen the man do a damn thing but act stupid. hat a moron where did we get the idiot from. His name is Tim Mahoney Todd has more of a clue

FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKKKKK. ALL OF YOU.

Win, Lose, or Draw, Crieg Jung will walk away with a pretty pennie too! Thanks for all your efforts.

Just think what we could have done with all the money we have lost over the last few years. Chuck Sullivan cut himself a nice deal before he retired.$850,000 a year plus consulting and travel fees including air fairs, etc. Pretty nice to stay home and do nothing while the rest of us are sweating our butts off! How much $ did Alverez and group walk away with. Should of stayed in school like my folks told me.

Alexandria,it don't matter if thier lazy or not,WE CAN"T COMPETE WITH 2 FOR A DOLLAR that flowers puts out.even at 99cents,we just can't compete,everyone is tight with money now a days,YOU DO IT(buy the cheaper item)when you go to a Walmart.get over it,worry about yourself.

Alex Waco, you are a COWARD! Hiding behind others names and intials. Using other peoples names to do your dirty work. You don't fool anyone. Your attitude shines thru. You and Mike Akers are 2 of a kind. Gutless trouble making cowards! What a dickless whimp you are.

Anonymous from Alexandria, you obviously know very little about Route Sales.

with all the law suits going on i see why a company has to file for bankruptcies. If people would actually get off their backsides and start working and quit complaining more sales would be generated.. I know the location im in we have a couple of lazy salesmen that should not be on a route. But with the spinelessness of leadership these employees can get away with whatever they want to, for instance we have a salesman giving up opportunities to flowers because he claims he dont need or doesn't want the extra money.

Boonville here is a thought,why dont you and Jung go to another company and play like you guys know what your doing and see how long that company floats. In other words why don't you and Jung leave and maybe we can get a REAL CEO in and bring us back to #1 again

As reflected in the MOR, the Company reported net sales of $224.1 million for the four week period ended May 3, 2008. The Company's net loss for the four week period ended May 3, 2008 was $9.4 million

no wonder this company is so screwed up. EXAMPLE: IT WAS RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT SOME OUT PURCHASED PRODUCT WAS PRICED WRONG. FOR OVER A YEAR NOW SOME PRODUCT WAS PRICED $.01 THATS RIGHT ONE PENNY OVER COST. SO HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF POTENTIAL PROFIT HAS EXCAPED THIS OUTFIT. SO INSTEAD OF EXPLAINING IN CALLING OR A LETTER ibc DECIDED TO CHARGE $2.00 A PACKAGE PRICE INCREASE. AND WHO DO YOU THINK Takes the brunt of the insults and complaining?(WEdo! the salesmen) what an outfit! i only wish we could find out how much money was lost at the mistake in wholesale pricing at just that one kind of product. if i wasa gambling man i just bet thousands. At least thru summer we now here have a regional brand EDLP special in one super chain so should be able to make some money. quality is a major (or should say lack of quality) issue. who the hell is baking the bakers INN. its been garbage all week.

Dream on, Big J, thats not what your wife told me.

The end of IBC is coming, almost time to celebrate! Shut her down!

In responce to the post from Rocky Point,NC., that sounds like the typical jerk mgr. ibc would hire. I'd whip out my big Johnson and set her straight.

See you in September.

Ask your union rep for INFO??? What a novel concept! I'll just go and ask Rocky for info. I'm sure he'll say something like... " Oh come on, you guys. You know more than I do. I'm on a need to know basis Bra. What do you know?"

rocky mt.,do you punch out for lunch?if so,she can't do squat shit about you going outside for lunch,it's not a prison it's a place of employment.another way around it would be the next time a rt. goes up for bid,bid it.although we rt. guys hardly EVER have time to eat,we're like the energize bunny,we keep going and going til we're done.try doing 16/20 stops a day,where everyone wants service by noon or the doors shut tight.

john,STOP KISSING UP TO BOONIE,if you want info,ask your union rep,if he tells you nothing,than nothing is new to report.GOT IT.what a kissass.

We had some surprise visitors in the mid atlantic on Monday. Boonville why did you not tell us who was coming to dinner??

these things that confront us all will work out .believe me there is always a way out of it all.god did not make an imperfect world not to have ways out of all of it. maybe its time to pray for our company.

H.R. IS IN CHATSWORTH BRANCH RESEARCHING SETTLEMENT PACKETS. HERE COMES THE WITCHUNT!

hey Boonville where have you been? you said one thing then said it wasn't you who posted it then you fall silent, well what is the news now? every Friday we watch and listen for BIG NEWS which I may add NEVER comes out, Is the company up for grabs? or is this again rumor? see management like yourself who do things which you have done destorys faith in upper manangement so YOU did this to yourself deal with it

to open your eyes, they have to use dirty trays we never have enough to run on holiday weeks u see when 4th of july comes we will be short lol lol and i love it shows how shipping dept is run what a way to run a company it's a big joke

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Anyone know where Hitleroff went to after he got fired as the Chief?

Kevin K. you are on vacation, stay off this site. The routes are not going up for bid. Quit your snivilling. PLEASE !!!!

There will NOT be any global bidding on routes.You're dreaming.

WHAT SHOULD A MAN DO - Go drown your sorrows in a watemellon and then head to KFC and have a chipotle fried chicken drumstick and then you can go shoot your brains out. Same thing happened to me; ma daddy screwed my wife and now my wife is pregnant with my little brotha. YOU REAPS WHAT YOU SOWS.

I often visit this sight when I want to be amused by wit and humor while I read comments posted by those who constantly bash management. I have witnessed what I feel is a great “example” of management looking out for the welfare of others. A few months ago the General Manager at the Rocky Mt. bakery was, how do you say…..FIRED!! The reason was due to the poor quality of the product that was being produced. A new person was brought in from outside the company and given the title Plant Manager. You will be delighted to hear that the very first day on the job she immediately took down all of the signs that were reserved for the Department heads in the parking lot. The second thing she did was paint all new lines for the parking spaces. It was now a free for all….who ever gets to the bakery first gets the best parking spaces. Those evil department heads can park like everybody else!! The next order of business was to close the large break room where 50% of the office employees and, I’m not sure the percent of inside workers, went to smoke and eat their lunch. They were banished to the small break room on the far side of the bakery that can only be reached after you put on a hair net and walk through the bakery. Quite a stroll to say the least! Most of these folks, in an effort to save body energy and the few minutes they are allotted time to eat and or smoke, simply went outside to their vehicles to eat their lunch or have a smoke. The Plant Manager decided this was unacceptable that these employees would go outside and smoke in their car or even worse, eat their lunch in their vehicle. She was even observed by many as she would stroll the parking lot looking for those standing outside their car smoking…THOSE EVIL SMOKERS!! She has now posted a new rule and it states that “anyone caught eating their lunch or even smoking in THEIR car can be TERMINATED.” These folks no longer can choose between their personal vehicle or the break room on the far side of the bakery…..THEY MUST NOW GO TO THE BREAK ROOM. The parking lot is OFF LIMITS. Department Heads are no longer called Department Heads….their new title is TEAM LEADERS. Employees are no longer employees they are now TEAM MEMBERS. So there you have it…no….. not Path to Market…….Path to Far Break Room. And all the other Team Members in the bakery have been saved from those EVIL people who go to their cars to eat and SMOKE!! God Save the Queen!!!

The reason we haven't heard anything from boonie is because he found out that everything he told us is not true.

WHERE'S DOC PHILLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nobody cares about Boondoggy, that is probabaly him writing his own questions, then answering them. Oh Boondoggy, where have you been? Not to worry, I've been here and around, no new news to report, so I've just been laying low.

Hey snitch, why would all the routes go open for bid. what the heck are you talking about?

MARK MY WORDS,,,, ALL ROUTES ARE GOING UP FOR BID (GLOBAL). YOU MAY DISSAGREE, BUT I HAVE A VERY RELIABLE SOURCE. I'L KEEP YOU POSTED...........

Booneville, where have you gone? I have defended and relied on your info for along time now. Have you deserted us? Have you left the company? What is up with the Little Debbies people being seen in our tri-state area in the plants? I thought the deal with the investors was close,whats the hang up?

G'Day Mates, I have been looking to find where those BROCKIES are hiding. Anyone in the outback or billabongs seen those blokes? Have they gone underground into the sewers? GRIKEY!!

"THE" Boonville never said they were going to split up IBC. Someone posting under Boonville

Yeah, It will be great when we merge senority and all you oroweat people with less than 15 years will get laid off.

Had a nice Fathers Day bar-b-q. Beautiful down here by the ocean. Cooked up some good steaks, with some great tasting Oroweat french rolls on the side. Sure am glad Wonder pulled out of the area. It will be great when we take over the rest of IBC. Adios madres!

Tom in Buffalo. Grow some balls. You kiss the boss's ass daily, then come on here and talk shit.

How many pesos an hour are we going to get?

boonville where have you been for the last four days.Nothing since you said they were going to split up IBC.

king kong,what position do you have?rt man,baker,shipper,mecanhic?different jobs equal different pension contribution rates.east coast rt men get around $4 .70hr toward thier fund,however,if your in bakery,it's less,locaction in the US is another pension differance too.could be higher or lower.

You want to know why people aren't buying IBC crap? Because when shit went down about four years ago and employees started PISSING IN SALT BUCKETS and throwing MACHINE PARTS INTO LOAVES OF BREAD I made sure to send GOBS of e-mails to EVERYONE I knew with children to NOT buy stuff from IBC. With a full and complete list of everything you guys make. Stuff like that tends to stick around for a while. Absolutely disgusting and I wish to hell that those were just rumors. Unfortunately they weren't.

i have to say w/ 25 yrs w/ this co. i won't see nearly the amount of pension you all speak of,last time i checked >>>6 mos ago 25 yrs was about 900 mo.30 would only be around 2100.00 WTF happened here?

Haven't posted in a while. I see most comments, "news" haven't changed. I dont suspect it will until September. Yeah, I think the 'Union' is all about the upper level bosses. Just like at work, we don't have much input. But I hope all of you who are fathers will have a joyous day and forget about the biz for a few hours anyway. Good luck to all!

open your eyes,i'm totally with you on being pissed off at this co. and union.if your a rt man,you won't need thirty yrs to collect a good pension,i'm at 20yrs,from drakes,and my last pension update i was at 3,500 a month.now i do know drakes was having a higher contribution rate than most other ibc workers,but when they hostilely took us over,they also took over what was in our current contract.we're the reason wonder,hostess rt men are getting a MUCH BETTER PENSION CONTRIBUTION RATE.on another note,i'm with you,NO MORE CONCESSIONS from the simple folks.the union seems to think we're all on the same page with all these takebacks they want from us,if it's done LEAGALLY,i think most teamsters are voting NO.but whose to say what really is going to happen when they count up the votes BEHIND ARE BACKS.

On a brighter note, I just wanted to wish all of you dads out there a Happy Fathers Day! Have a Wonderful day with your families.

We are watching you

to thankful buffalo! i do agree if you have been in union years ago your pension will be nice at 30 years in. thanks for saying recently we have been going backwords. I just think with the way the economy is right NOW. we need and i mean (workers) every penny to make our own ends meet. NO CONCESSIONS. WE GAVE OVER $65 A WEEK LAST CONTRACT. THE FACT THE UNION HAS KEPT US IN THE DARK (I BELIEVE) IS WHAT PISSES ME OFF. THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE WRITTENAND SAID THEY RATHER SEE IBC LIQUIDATE THAN WORK WITH CURRENT IBC AND THEN A FEW MONTHS LATER TEAMSTERS COME UP WITH THIS STUPID PROPOSAL WITH CURRENT IBC INTACT. on a brighter note at least not a lot of name calling on this site lately. does anyone know if this company ever washes their bread trays. i am surprised we get away with such dirty rotten trays!

TOO BAD ABOUT YOUR PIECE OF SHIT VAN.

WHAT CAN A MAN DO;;;;;; Too bad about you losing your minister.

Roger, where are they going to make the product. Bud now owns the building dipshit.

Lakewood get unionized

Hey Roger, The H.R. lady at the bakery told me the start up is going to be late cause they got to hire over 100 people, but she is hiring people to start 1 Sept at full time. The benefits are really good; they got a 401K that puts 18% of your average weekly pay at no cost into your 40IK. They also got health care with an option to not take it in return for cash.

oh well i cant make any changes in this company. so i guess im along for the ride and thats it. i have been working for this place for 35 years and it seems to get worse. i remember a saying that we have to know the things we cannot change,,,, this is one of them