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  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-31
Date:   Company
 
  Comment: BOB THE KNOB!
 
  Name:   Bob Hater
Date:   2008-08-31
Location:   Location:Philadelphia, PA
 
  Comment:
Hey Bob(Alaska) When is the last time Playboy or Penthouse ran a "Women of Alaska" spread? Never...because they are F--Cking ugly. Checkout the "Girls Of The Southeast Conference" .Then go jerkoff to you dictionary.( Printed and delivered by a Teamster)
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-31
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
If you are attempting to view the court records through the KCC site, they ceased posting updates after their web address was posted on this board.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-31
Location:   Location:Akron, OH
 
  Comment:
To Bob (Boob) in Alaska, Go fuck a moose.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-31
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Bob in AK. who cares how you spell something .What do you do for a job spell check.
 
  Name:   monkeyman
Date:   2008-08-31
Location:   Location:Hodgkins, IL
 
  Comment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKTaYH21SxQ and your a bunch of monkeys without contracts lol.
 
  Name:   BOB
Date:   2008-08-31
Location:   Location:Anchorage, AK
 
  Comment:
KNOXVILLE------------you really are one big dumbass, What the fuck does "SALEING" mean---------------------------It really is no wonder IBC's sales suck---------You teamsters are a bunch of fucking monkeys with a contract.
 
  Name:   BOB
Date:   2008-08-31
Location:   Location:Anchorage, AK
 
  Comment:
KNOXVILLE------------you really are one big dumbass, What the fuck does "SALEING" mean---------------------------It really is no wonder IBC's sales suck---------You teamsters are a bunch of fucking monkeys with a contract.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-31
Location:   Location:Boonville, MO
 
  Comment:
You people in Louisiana......keep your heads down!! We're thinking about you around the rest of the country!! Good luck!!
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-31
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
there is still nothing on the court doc. about any of the company saleing anything,
 
  Name:   teddy
Date:   2008-08-31
Location:   Location:Sacramento, CA
 
  Comment:
just becaue you poop your pants dosent make you a bad person...........it just really funny!
 
  Name:   DICK H.
Date:   2008-08-31
Location:   Location:Sacramento, CA
 
  Comment:
some people say I am a DICKHEAD so I guess I am a shoe in to get a job with Orowheat in Yuba City,CA. You IDIOTS with Y.C. Orowheat leave Jerry alone he is a great guy
 
  Name:   no way
Date:   2008-08-31
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
hey buffalo where all in the same boat. worrying wont solve anything.so just enjoy your weekend however short it is. and be sure we workers will survive always have always will.good luck from biddeford
 
  Name:   Pete
Date:   2008-08-31
Location:   Location:Buffalo, NY
 
  Comment:
Any news on the Northeast? I'm sorta caught in between. I have 15 years in, late forties so I can't take an early retirement. Are we sold or closed, or neither? Thanks.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-31
Location:   Location:Los Angeles, CA (Hostess)
 
  Comment:
It's Labor day weekend, take a couple of days off, you deserve it! Nothing is going to change in the next couple of days so quit wooring about it, go out and have some fun.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-30
Location:   Location:
 
  Comment:
sat Aug. 30th 2 drivers screwed up their orders for today. it was an order adj. day. I think were 9 days out now with no adj. for 2 weeks. anyway manager blames drivers and tells them be glad this mistake wasnt taken out of your check. when he should be thankful it wasnt taken out of his check for not checking orders like hes supposed to. typical IBC manager not taking responsibility and blaming someone else.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-30
Location:   Location:Orlando, FL
 
  Comment:
Bad news that I might not be part of the dieing ship S.S. IBC ??? we might be the lucky ones,say what you want I'v heard that weve been sold to everyone and the only post i'v read that makes sense is the guy who said very few know whats going to happen.At this point im wishing were sold so I can either work for a viable company or move on.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-30
Location:   Location:Columbus, GA
 
  Comment:
all right, how many of you pussies went to work today? you didnt have the balls did you?
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-30
Location:   Location:Decatur, IL
 
  Comment:
to all u dickhead managers out there. your time is coming soon. your big heads and egos will not take u far. u think u are safe think again. yes labor may be trimmed first, but dont think u are safe. you will probably be replaced much sooner than us.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-30
Location:   Location:Hodgkins, IL
 
  Comment:
nobody on this site gives a fuck about politics. this is not why we come to this sight. keep your worthless opinions to yourself we dont care dickhead. we come here to talk about the company, not mcain or obama. go to another site with that bullshit. idiot
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-30
Location:   Location:Charlotte, NC
 
  Comment:
Anonymous from Kansas City. Do you know who the Buyer is for the Merita label and the Southeast Bakeries? Thanks...
 
  Name:   tj
Date:   2008-08-30
Location:   Location:Sacramento, CA
 
  Comment:
has jerry pooped his pants agian? hope not, the whole thing STINKS his reputation has been SOILED. we need to WIPE the slate CLEAN.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-30
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
Only Area that is sold off is Merita label and bakeries that produce most of southeast.Rest will survive at least till jan this is fact not fiction .Jp morgan chase would not increase DIP money without influx of cash .Sorry for bad news but it is good news for rest of country!
 
  Name:   Freddy, The Fresh Guy
Date:   2008-08-30
Location:   Location:Columbus, IN
 
  Comment:
st Louis.......dude if the message board bothers you so damn much, change your fucking homepage. No one makes you look at it. That goes for all the people that get on here and accuse people of lies and other shit... Its a message board, take from it what you will. Some Idiots post bullshit one here, some dont.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-30
Date:   Web site
 
  Comment: Believe it or not, folks! America is turning back time and we get to once more see what our Nation and its' people can do when faced with horrific odds over just who controls this once great nation we call home. Will it be the individual voters with a beating heart or the many heartless corporations and their hired guns? Thanks to McCain and his VP pick, the useless political promises will stop and be replaced with retort and battle gear. The Democrats will now have to step out from behind their speech writters and face off with the Republicans over real life issues and not some pipe dream. I hear our bell of liberty now ringing throughout our nation for all the right reasons, one more time before I die.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-30
Location:   Location:Billings, MT
 
  Comment:
please come to this plant and talk to each worker one at a time and you will find something out about this plant.
 
  Name:   let it be
Date:   2008-08-30
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
remember to put our sights on placing the key employee idea to both the rank and file.if a company does not care about all their workers they are doomed to fail. im not accusing the company of this but merely saying all people in this company are important. honey goes farther than vinager.and rome did not fall in one day but it did fall.
 
  Name:   ted
Date:   2008-08-30
Location:   Location:Boonville, MO
 
  Comment:
who gives a rats ass about philly phuck philly phuck philly phuck philly
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-30
Location:   Location:Columbus, OH
 
  Comment:
Saint Lousi, why do you take a fucking hike? You think no one knows what they're talking about? Then dont' read it, asshole.
 
  Name:   st louis
Date:   2008-08-30
Location:   Location:St. Louis, MO
 
  Comment:
not one of you idiots know what the hell you are talking about . lets see ,aaaaa i think or mabey boonville, or jersey, or, whoever, get your facts together, and quit being so GD stupid and keep writing all this idiotic shit on this web site. if we shut down we shut down, live with it you assholes, quit second guessing what is going to happen, find out all the facts and then talk about it. until then SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-29
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
Burning the midnight oil "my ass", They've had four fucking years, get real "buttlick"
 
  Name:   Dirty Sanchez
Date:   2008-08-29
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
Obama, ...Larry Sinclair , bad Birth Certificate and raised a Muslim. Won't be long until he steps down.
 
  Name:   Clyde
Date:   2008-08-29
Location:   Location:Emporia, KS
 
  Comment:
Having a male president since 1776, has been like the United States of America 1789 was the first president
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-29
Location:   Location:Philadelphia, PA
 
  Comment:
whats going on in philly anyone knows? Everyone talks about every where else but philly.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-29
Date:   Web site
 
  Comment: Well folks, following McCain's VP pick you can bet ObomaNation took a fatal blow. Maybe Biden can do an overnight sex change for the democratic party however he can't think like a female and this is what the Republican party now brings to the Presidential table. Having a male president since 1776, has been like the United States of America thinking with only the left side of one's brain. Obama had the first choice and believe me, he blew the chance to become the President when he failed to pick Hillary. Obviously, he drew the line on change here and limited his own party's election in the process. Watch the political fur fly now!
 
  Name:   Tom
Date:   2008-08-29
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
IBC is NEVER going to make money. The baking industry isn't able to support all the fat cats at the top. They've been playing a shell game with accounts ever since they bought CBC. It's all finally caught up with them. It's over.
 
  Name:   RRF
Date:   2008-08-29
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
As explained earlier this week, the legal documentation will be presented to the court next week after Labor day has passed. For those who are checking the KCC link for court documentation, note the disclaimer at the bottom stating that information listed may not be complete as the site lists for the conveniance of the public. There has been a marked lack of activity on the KCC site since this address was posted onto this board earlier in the week. We will find out the details beginning Tuesday.
 
  Name:   One who DOES care
Date:   2008-08-29
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
Listen guys we will hear more after the holiday, please believe me if it wasn,t true I wouldn't post it, it will move quickly and sales of brands and bakeries I mean. again listen to facts not rumors!
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-29
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
thanks in the know thanks for nothing
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-29
Location:   Location:Northwood, OH
 
  Comment:
http://www.kccllc.net/ibc Go to court doc this should help some out with info.
 
  Name:   no way
Date:   2008-08-29
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
thats what i thought
 
  Name:   no way
Date:   2008-08-29
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
post the link dink
 
  Name:   In the noshit
Date:   2008-08-29
Location:   Location:Akron, OH
 
  Comment:
It`s official "In the know" is now a certified ahole.
 
  Name:   Dick Weed
Date:   2008-08-29
Location:   Location:Akron, OH
 
  Comment:
In the know is more like NOT in the know. There is nothing on the court site to reflect any sales, other than the thrift store properties in LA.
 
  Name:   Bill
Date:   2008-08-29
Location:   Location:Cincinnati, OH
 
  Comment:
How do you get to the bankruptcy court site?
 
  Name:   In The Know
Date:   2008-08-29
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
hey you guys, look on the court doc. it is starting now, here we go, southeast Bimbo's and weston, norteast closing down, deep south sara lee west mostly bimbo's and sara lee, flowers sat it out, fly must have scared them
 
  Name:   no way
Date:   2008-08-29
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
hellllllllllllllllllllllllloooooooooooooooooo
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-29
Date:   Web site
 
  Comment: It matters not upon what their workforce can do, but upon their corporate assholes and self-serving others who hover about like starving vultures in search of their next meal. Corporations today act out their misson on earth, just like fools destroy whatever, without a reason or a purpose! Too Dumb to Rule in America, should be their sign!
 
  Name:   Jerry
Date:   2008-08-29
Location:   Location:Buffalo, NY
 
  Comment:
Oh my goodness...I just got to the branch and there's nothing there!!! No trucks, no employees, no product.... nothing! I can't believe it! Then I farted and realized I was dreaming. Oh, well. I think I'd better call in sick on the 30th just to make sure I'm okay. Tee hee, hee. I wonder if the branch will be there on Tuesday.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
There will be no more than normal midnight oil burning at KC this weekend. All is in the hands of the legal team at this point. All that can be done has already been done with the same result. It is now out of our hands.
 
  Name:   merc
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
are the boys in headquarters woking this weekend? I bet they have a half day friday, off saturday, sunday, monday and so will your union business agent. i urge everyone to call their locals this weekend and holiday, you will get an answering machine beginning at noon friday
 
  Name:   BOB
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Anchorage, AK
 
  Comment:
YOU IBT DOPES HAVE BEEN SOLD DOWN THE RIVER.............. More twists and turns in I.B.C. saga (Bakingbusiness.com, August 28, 2008) by Josh Sosland --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bankruptcies are never pretty, but the bankruptcy of Interstate Bakeries Corp. took an especially ugly turn this week with two public declarations by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. In the first, the union asserted it had reached an agreement with Ripplewood Holdings L.L.C., a would-be buyer of I.B.C., but the deal has been held up by "balking" creditors at the 11th hour. "These banks and hedge funds are once again going to disappoint all of the 23,000 employees of Interstate, just like they have disappointed the nation with the mortgage debacle," said Richard Volpe, who heads the Teamsters baking industry team. In a self-congratulatory announcement three days later, the Teamsters said a new pact between the key parties had been reached after the union "worked through the night" to bring the sides together. None of these statements was confirmed by other parties, and exactly what transpired remains murky. But it is abundantly clear by the statements that the Teamsters are anxious to deflect criticism from their members and other I.B.C. workers. With time running out on debtor-in-possession financing, the question of whether I.B.C. will emerge intact looms as large as ever. The Teamsters clearly are on the defensive about the thousands of jobs imperiled by the union’s strident opposition to reaching an agreement with management even after other, larger unions had come to terms with the company.
 
  Name:   gagging jung
Date:   2008-08-28
Date:   Employee
 
  Comment: If anyone calls out you will be fired! On the spot. It's not worth your jobs
 
  Name:   1800 CALL OUT
Date:   2008-08-28
Date:   
 
  Comment: only a fool would work this saturday . Why make Jung rich and ruin your holiday. use your sick time while we still have it. we're out of business soon anyway.
 
  Name:   ted
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Anchorage, AK
 
  Comment:
its weton not westin idiot, and bimbo owns entemanns in the west
 
  Name:   mole
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
reality bites back!
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Columbus, GA
 
  Comment:
there is no feakin way I am working on Aug 30. Im taking the day off!
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Yes, I can see Westons' plan..Let's take over the entire US, it worked so well for IBC!! Nothing easier than trying to control all the regional markets from the Atlantic to Pacific.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Hostess, you are full of it. GWB has no affiliation with Ripplewood. Do you even understand how they distribute, where their plants are located, what existing contracts they have, how they us independent distributors and contracted deliverymen??? Grupo Bimbo already has EXCLUSIVE rights to distribute Entenmanns and Thomas products from GWB in the southwest/west.
 
  Name:   Dirty Sanchez
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
Yes, I'll believe someone named anonymous? I guess it's a DONE DEAL? LOL!
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Los Angeles, CA (Hostess)
 
  Comment:
Listen,this is how it will end up. George Westin is involved with Ripplewood Holdings. They want to bake and distribute their own products. They want the employees of IBC to bake and distribute their products like Entenmann's,Thomas Muffins and Sunmaid. Their agreement with Bimbo or Orowheat to bake and distribute these products is coming to an end.In the end,we will distribute Wonder,Hostess,etc. along with Westin's products.This is where all this is headed.You can't prove me wrong because i'm right. Have faith IBT members,it is going to be all right.BELIEVE IT.
 
  Name:   Dirty Sanchez
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
Dem cards,... day never lie! ..........
 
  Name:   Dirty Sanchez
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
Damn,...... Ms Cleo, I should have married that witch when I had my chance!
 
  Name:   Dirty Sanchez
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
I wouldn't put any money on the ripplewood deal. We just went though 250 million fucking dollars! Now who would stupid enough to throw more money at us? I would be shocked if it happened.
 
  Name:   wondering
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Wayne, NJ
 
  Comment:
Boon ie,you said the co. will sell off the Lesser brands they own.what are they?
 
  Name:   wondering
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Wayne, NJ
 
  Comment:
Boon ie,you said the co. will sell off the Lesser brands they own.what are they?
 
  Name:   Suomynona
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Sacramento, CA
 
  Comment:
******BREAKING NEWS******


Today I visited with Ms Cleo in an upstate New York federal prison. She claims all will come to a head as soon as the Bar None Sock Puppet completes his negotiations with IBC!

Film @ eleven.


In the meantime...


Visit Ms Cleo NOW for your FREE READING!

And remember to put some money on her books when you leave!
 
  Name:   BM
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
Ripplewood's Mr Murphy was at local 550 on Tuesday.The deal will go thru.Mr Vople statement about greed today was his way of saying the teamters are going to give back more than the original planned.The plan is back loaded..meaning what we give up now we will get back at the end of the contract if the company is making money.Keep the faith.we will survive!
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
Boonville was correct whether some admit it or not. When Volpe "announced" that a deal had been made with Ripplewod and the teamsters, Boonville observed correctly that Ripplewood never confirmed it or filed the necessary paperwork. Volpe is under tremendous pressure to obtain an agreement ar make gestures toward an "agreement" in order to save face among the International. Unfortunately, as predicted, this deal could not happen. It has become too late for IBC to be "saved" in the present form or as the teamsters would like. The teamsters are fully aware that the court will be presented with legal filings to sell-off certain assets/areas. The final details are now worked out on which offers, and there are several, were evaluated and have been given the green light to act upon. The press release was aimed to shed as much blame as possible off of the teamster negotiating committee and once again on to the creditors. The timing of this was critical, we can all come to the obviuos conclusion, within the next several days the "deals" will be petitioned to the bankruptcy court.
 
  Name:   Dirty Sanchez
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
Yes, chains and padlocks for some areas. No doubt.
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
look ripplewood is not giving any money to the current managment to blow managment must be replaced ibc is not going to give up control of company workers are not going to work for half pay chop it up and let creditors get paid they have been waiting four years that it nothing more to discuss if they couldn't agree this past year its not going to happen get the chains and paddlocks out!
 
  Name:   Dirty Sanchez
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
The biggest problem with corporate America today is this focus on quarterly profits and not looking for long term success. This obsessing with out sourcing and off shoring. Both blue collar and white collar lose jobs. Hey maybe one day your new boss will hire a Psychology PhD from India (over the internet) for a quarter of your salary, That would suck, Yes?
 
  Name:   Dirty Sanchez
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
Boonville, MO, Keeping them their longer then needed? I won't bother going back to look at your posts. I'm only stating nothing would have helped them get out of bankruptcy, It was to late for any deals or give backs to help. Why would you want us to give back money when I.B.C.'s fate was sealed? I think you knew that from the start.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Boonville do you think IBC will do anything or just get more money.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Boonville, MO
 
  Comment:
BIDDEFORD: Good post...thanks for putting the text out there for everyone to read. Now...THINK about this: Do all of you recall when Volpe FIRST introduced Ripplewood to IBC? REMEMBER when he said HE had worked out a deal with RIPPLEWOOD and all IBC had to do was accept it and all in the world would be ok? Remember I told you that IBC would disect that "deal" before they decided to accept it? Do you recall that IBC never did accept it? AND NOW, Volpe claims that "greed" is entering the picture and the CREDITORS and Ripplewood can't come to agreement and he "hopes" they can work something out? Remember me saying something about the CREDITORS have NO interest in getting involved in any "deal" with the Teamsters? Oh, and DIRTY, I never blamed the Teamsters for putting IBC in bankruptcy...just for keeping them there longer than needed.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Grand Rapids, MI
 
  Comment:
How do you like that Jerry shits his pants now he is running for president instead of running to his van for some fresh pants!!
 
  Name:   E.C.J
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
sounds like to me Volpe is trying to save his face and DAMNED be the rest of US!!!! can't even trust our union leader
 
  Name:   no way
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
then why all the hype last week when they said they had a deal this isnt good at all. the 30th is a go screw the banks.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
Text of Director's Message: Interstate Bakeries Update A Message From Director Richard Volpe We understand that many of our members are anxious for news about Interstate Bakeries Corporation and what may or may not occur with its bankruptcy situation. We are following this situation very closely and are actively engaged in talks. Ripplewood Holdings has made an offer that has not been completely accepted by the banks that secure debt in the company. Ripplewood and the financial institutions are continuing to meet for talks to hopefully come to an agreement. These financial institutions have been seeking many concessions from our members and it is the position of the Bakery and Laundry Conference that they are allowing greed to take over, while the livelihoods of 23,000 hardworking men and women, 10,000 of whom are Teamsters, are impacted. Ripplewood and the banks are currently trying to work through their differences and the Conference is remaining vigilant and informed on these talks. We expect a decision to be forthcoming. The Bakery Conference endeavors to keep members up to date on news that affects the bakery industry. Please visit this site frequently to check for further updates on Interstate and other firms. source: http://teamster.org/c-clamp.aspx?id=2138
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-28
Date:   Web site
 
  Comment: For those that still believe JUNG walks on water and saves souls too, here's your sign! IDIOTS ARE PEOPLE TOO!
 
  Name:   mole
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
http://www.inews3.com/play.php?first=Dick&last=Hurtz This is the candidate IBC and the Teamsters are supporting.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Alexandria, LA
 
  Comment:
I am floor supervisor for this company, and I think this guy Fly is wrong, we have great employees here and they should be informed of what is going on, and for the record some of us in management try to do what is right for both the employees and the company, we have to foloow the rules layed out by K.C.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
this just in, the great and powerful FLY will open his own bakery when his is closed down, he is all seeing and all knowing. follow his leadership, sorry i had to get my shot in
 
  Name:   refriggindiculas
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:Akron, OH
 
  Comment:
Go to the teamsters website-go to bakery/laundry-read the directors update. There still is no deal. From now on do not believe anything coming out of Volpe or Hoffa`s mouth.
 
  Name:   lance
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:New Bedford, MA
 
  Comment:
Ohh MY GOD jerry in yuba city is running for president!!!! watch this news story!!!! you have to click on the "play" tab, it's very small http://www.inews3.com/play.php?first=jerry pooped&last=his pants
 
  Name:   RUDY RODRIGUEZ
Date:   2008-08-28
Location:   Location:San Diego, CA
 
  Comment:
TIJUANA EXPRESS, ARE YOU READY TO GO BACK TO WORK? IT WILL HELP YOU LOSE A LITTLE KILOS.
 
  Name:   mole
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
more info to come out after the holiday.....
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Waterloo, IA
 
  Comment:
If all goes as we are being made to believe and IBC will survive only in the midwest, it will be interesting to see how IBC treats their undefunded pensions as Central States Teamster pension plans are the most severely undefunded. I can't see how the employees IBC will be relying upon to grow their business successfully will share the enthusiasm when their pension fund is taken over by PBGC and their promised benefits are reduced by 50%. Yea, that would sure motivate me!
 
  Name:   BOB
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Anchorage, AK
 
  Comment:
FLY: It's time to shut your uneducated weakass trap. You are a fucking idiot that takes pride spewing worthless shit on this worthless website. Everyone here knows you are a real dumbass. --- --- now SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU LOSER!
 
  Name:   Dirty Sanchez
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
I don't think this well ever be over! .....I.B.C. is like a cocker roach after a Nuclear Blast.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Henderson, NV
 
  Comment:
Is it over yet? Fuck this company called IBC
 
  Name:   management
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Jacksonville, FL
 
  Comment:
Change is good and thats what we need...........................
 
  Name:   Dirty Sanchez
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
Boonville, maybe one day you'll come to realize that the workers shouldn't have to pay for the mistakes of managements and what you're doing is evil and the people you work for are evil and they're ruining this country! Maybe one day?
 
  Name:   Dirty Sanchez
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
Boonville!!! You finally admitted it!!!! The company caused this bankruptcy by overextending, In other words it wasn't the unions fault! I never thought I see you print the truth about what really happened. Thanks
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
if you guys don't know how to bake bread you won't sell anything the competions bread is 100 times better jung could shrink the company down to his back yard if you don't fix what's in the bag you will fall right on your face !
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
boonville that is nothing but a pipe dream that even you don't believe yourself proof that you quit ibc the fact is the people running ibc only know how to lose money that is a fact just ask jp morgan chase so you now expect us to believe they can make a profit buy leaving the biggest markets and scurrying to the middle states Pipedream just like that stupid path to market vidieo I mean honestly boonville you would know does jung cut a few lines of coke before he comes up with these half baked ideas .cant wait to see how long you guys last .....
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
there's only two ways to make ibc a profit have workers work for half pay or clean out the fatcats!!!!
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
you all can point at me I can take it but when the shit hits the fan I bet there will a hunt for that guys head you know who he sent you that stupid dvd another waste of money ...
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Boonville, MO
 
  Comment:
Damn, FLY...you just don't get it, do you? IBC is going to emerge as a company...a smaller, leaner, regionalized company. The problem is that IBC tried to stretch coast to coast, border to border, all at one time by buying up other companies. It didn't work. You used to like to compare other companies' umbers with IBC's....remember that? Name ONE of them that stretched coast to coast border to border like IBC did. IBC will shrink in size, but will be better off for it. It's number one and two costs, labor and commodities, will shrink accordingly. The monies realized from the selling off of lesser brands, facilities, and the exit from some markets will be utilized to pay off debt and to grow the company in the existing regions. The face of the labor face working for IBC will change as well, with different work rules, different methods, and smaller numbers of employees.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
K.C. don't let fly drag you down to his level, we (all on this board) have caught fly lieing and just getting the whole work force in an uproar. so no one really believes that mother fucker, he is one YOU guys in K.C. should have weeded out long ago and all teamsters know it is the truth.
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
never said we didn't have great employees you assholes in KC keep them all in the dark and its bullshit we are not kids we can take the truth even if the truth is we will soon be ripped apart by the buzzards and there is no employee that would not agree with me about this all you fucks in KC are so arrogant there even till the end we will see how smug you guys are when the reaper is standing over your head with his sickle in his hand! and I can't even believe that you guys think you all are going to have a small central states ibc its all or nothing my friend .what are you guys planning haveing a mecca of all the ibc fatcats to come to central states to work ibc would be bankrupt two months after emerging ......
 
  Name:   RRF
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
Fly, when will it ever sink in that there are many, many excellent employees that have real concerns. All that you seem to care about is creating duress among them. Never any constructive criticism from you. The facts are what they are. Take them or leave them. If you folllow the case and the literally the 1000's of documents which include the SEC filings, you would learn something. you might even gain a little knowledge of how things ended up this way. You can blame the board of directors, you can blame the shareholders, you can blame Ralston, blame Continental, you can blame the teamsters, you can blame your co-workers, but what's the point? The company became too large for its own good, ran the profit centers against one another instead of working together to beat the competition. Everything had a part in it. They leveraged/borrowed themselves to the brink...then the jump in commodity prices pushed them over. A lesson of don't put up the farm as collateral to borrow money. If you became lost trying to follow the link, then try kccllc,net/ibc. This will give you some insight other than just MFing everbody and everything. There are a tremendous amount of great employees trying to do their job no matter what happens. Either accept the facts or go cry on someone elses shoulder.
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
kc we all know that shit about checking courthouse the fact is that jung is a sneaky motherfucker he talked to employees when he needed to get that bakers vote to try and get that 400 million from silverpoint that bullshit interstates future website has not been updated since may 9 that's three fucking months the workers aren't as stupid as you think they know there goner get fucked but at least communicate to let them know when to bend over.....i hope to god that monarch and jp chase rip this company to pieces they total deserve it!!!!! asswipe!
 
  Name:   RRF
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
Sorry, but there are very few who know entire plan, by design and for obvious reasons. The best advice for employees will be to watch the legal filings that occur. This can be done by looking under the bankruptcy court filings. The address is www.mow.uscourts.gov. You will see a link on the right lower side of the bankruptcy court page that will connect you to the IBC case. Follow this and check the court documents tab. They normally update the daily filings later in the evening. Check daily and do not listen to people getting off by causing anguish among others. This is where you will find and learn what is happening to the company and what the real story is. Bottom line is: Look for movement in this case either late Friday this week or sometime next week after the Monday holiday is over. Time is very close to running out on IBC as it stands. As I said, only the very top echelon have the whole picture but it has to become public knowledge soon. Good Luck to all. Note; This is also where you can examine the Monthly Operating Reports as they are entered in the record.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Hodgkins, IL
 
  Comment:
speak for yourself biddeford. its quite a big bun and bread holiday for us.
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
that's the whole problem with company that fucking board every move they make is wrong and causes us to lose money clear out board and jung and his gang of knitwits let the employess buy the company then your make some money how hard are the workers going to work with a knife sticking out of there back!
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
K.C. when will we hear about the final plans of IBC? please don't lie to us as some have in the past
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
Legal team meeting with board this week fianalizing plans. Next week court will be presented with documentation.
 
  Name:   no way
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
its not a bun holiday. and i dont believe we"ll hear anything next week either.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
KC i think it will be after labor day before any news ,they don't want people mad on last big bun weekend.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Hodgkins, IL
 
  Comment:
peoria you are exactly right. our managersdo the same thing. show up late and leave early 4 out of 5 days a weak. we have two shipping managers that work the same hours. one is supposed to be on nights but is allowed to work days. and they wonder why every thing gets screwed up at night. then the day and midnight shifts have to run around picking up the slack. this company is a joke. can not complete simple task. dirct loading is a joke. yes it keeps the floor clean, but other than that it only makes peoples jobs harder and more confussing. hey booneville thanks for saving our managers asses by makeing buns for us. these idiots fucked up and would have ended up short 500+ racks because they were two stupid to schedule production. nothing will ever change with these people running this place.
 
  Name:   I aint missin u at all....
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:St. Louis, MO
 
  Comment:
You people and this site has to be the laughing stock of the country...LOLOLOL...Move the fuck on already...I check this site about once a month, and its like a broken record on here...SSDD!
 
  Name:   One who DOES care
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
NO ONE IS IN N.C. FROM HERE who is this FLY GUY and why is he lieing to everyone? you all will know by the end of the week what is going on,please don't listen to rumors, listen to the facts
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Rocky Mount, NC
 
  Comment:
Fly no one is here, try lieing to Flowers for a change
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Charlotte, NC
 
  Comment:
no FLY no one is here or at the bakery i drove by there you are a lieing,no good piece of shit, yankee shit, i don't mean all you people up north just FLY, goota an idea go live with your dad a while maybe he can make you quit lieing
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-27
Date:   Web site
 
  Comment: I'm glad that something in America is rising since IBC quit making bread (translation: committed suicide) in Southern California. Brains is apparently not the best suit in his corporate closet. Maybe he should consider changing his line of work to making targets instead. He can start with putting bull's-eyes upon IBC's long list of brand-name labels gone bad, for use by his market competition. Who I might add, looks at him and thinks Santa Claus came early this year and filled their Xmas stockings with undeserved good-will and a new high-water mark for their sales departments.
 
  Name:   Peoria Driver
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Peoria, IL
 
  Comment:
One who Knows, I have been to my accounts today, have you?I try and not miss a sale.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Jacksonville, FL
 
  Comment:
Come on, guys, We all know that if the flysays it, it must be true! We all know that he wouldn't talk OUT OF HIS ASS, would he?
 
  Name:   Peoria Driver
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Peoria, IL
 
  Comment:
Onw Who knows: your probably another one of those take it easy route ones.
 
  Name:   One Who Knows
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Peoria, IL
 
  Comment:
Peoria Driver: I know who you are and you really shouldnt be bitching about not taking care of business. You are one of the worst offenders.
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
rocky mt you are the winner that's where they are nc but don't worry boys they will be bring the grim reaper tour to you all in the next few days Fly out have a great week you all . ha ha
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
still don't believe hu .the funny thing is that the only chance you boys have to survive is if a yankee volpe and ripplewood can steal ibc away KC wrote you guys off long ago sorry but truth hurts!
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Rocky Mount, NC
 
  Comment:
Well fly lieing again no one is here
 
  Name:   Peoria Driver
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Peoria, IL
 
  Comment:
General Sales Manager John A, worries more about taking care of management and former management and not on sales. Our Product quality is crappy , we constantly get shorted and low and behold no one knows where it is or where it went.Shpping is a joke,Management leaves early, has no clue how to get product to depots or what they did send.They need a shake up and put people in place that care about the company and sales.We have accounts that arent getting recalled, that complan they run out and John A just ignores it, drivers in this plant other than the few and rare are more like management, lets see how fast we can get out and in and get paid for being at home, and then complain we arent making money.Our job and Managements is and should be Sales and Customer satisfaction.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Birmingham, AL
 
  Comment:
kc isn't here fly your a jack off
 
  Name:   Peoria Driver
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Peoria, IL
 
  Comment:
If more spent time selling bread than spreading rumors and gloom and doom , perhaps IBC would be in better shape.Instead of who is going or staying, perhaps we should complain about those issues that hurt the bottom line.Poor quality, failure to recieve the product ordered, lack of management to worry about or help grow sales.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Charlotte, NC
 
  Comment:
no one is here from kc either fly quit lieing
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Alexandria, LA
 
  Comment:
OH no one is here from kansas city either
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Alexandria, LA
 
  Comment:
STOP spreading lies again Fly you don't have a clue, your info is just shit you think up
 
  Name:   E.C.J
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
FLY well where are the warn notices?? we didn't get one yet, and there is no one here from KC. get your lies right at least, EVERYONE no one is here from KC, there is nothing said about warn notices, FLY is making up stories again he don't know his ass from a hole in the ground
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
knox what are you going to do when the same boss who has been giving you the kooliade and telling you everything is fine hand you your WARN notice shake his hand or punch him in the face !!!!!j
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
NO ONE GOT A WARN NOTICE HERE FLY, YOU TRULY ARE A COCKSUCKER, I THOUGHT YOU WAS WORKING FOR FLOWERS ANYWAY WAY DON'T YOU GET ON THEIR WEBSITE AND FUCK WITH THEM YOU BASTARD
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
still think your WARN notices aren't coming don't you guys done there feel stupid that you gave in to jung consessions demand right away look how jung rewarded you all with a kick in the ass out the door dumbasses:::::!!!
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
still think your WARN notices aren't coming don't you guys done there feel stupid that you gave in to jung consessions demand right away look how jung rewarded you all with a kick in the ass out the door dumbasses:::::!!!
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-27
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
hey boys in the southeast I hear the grim reaper is down there this week have you seen any of them they came from KC yesterday I told you guys merita would be first !!!!
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Birmingham, AL
 
  Comment:
There is no corporate jet.
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
hopefully the jet crashes into the ocean and sharks rip your body apart when all that is left is your skull I will be thru your eye hole fuckface !
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Charlotte, NC
 
  Comment:
Mr. Jung and Fly family, Since you are on the east coast don't forget to kiss the Merita label good by. Fly you can collect some bags with the Merita label on them and sell them on e-bay. They will .be highly collectable
 
  Name:   C. Jung
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
Note to self: #1. Fly family and myself on corporate jet to east coast for Labor Day weekend. Stop at Biddeford on way to thank them for the terrific job they are doing for me...oops, sorry, I mean for IBC. #2. Collect nice bonus check for job well done this holiday.
 
  Name:   ala the god
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Hodgkins, IL
 
  Comment:
dont you teamsteers on the east and west coast realize you will get 40 virgins when you sacrifice your job for the midwest.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Sacramento, CA
 
  Comment:
I went to see my psychic Miss Information and she read the Tarot cards and said everything would be fin. She also read my palm and said we would all be getting raises!
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Florence, SC
 
  Comment:
Biddeford, It won't be long for you either. If I were you I would pick up a old truck and start plowing snow in the parking lots. You will atleast have a job until next July. How is Kribby doing these days?
 
  Name:   Bob M
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
wondering Volpe must have come off those claims.The last union meeting for 550 was in the last 6 months and he said its either more concessions or liqudation.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
hey knox-my-bosses-ass, let me ask you some simple ?'s what is your route average? if it is less than 4000 to 5000 it shouldn't be on the road. how much does it cost to transport bread or cake via trailer to depots around the country from here or from georgia? my route does 8500 to 9000 a week and the company made it that way. the transports that we get some are from georgia. now the company made it that way too. so if you can answer those questions truthfully i am all ears to your reason of economics. but if you can't thats ok just keep on pounding out that route, working 50-60 hours a week for a FUCKING WALMART WAGE.
 
  Name:   wondering
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Wayne, NJ
 
  Comment:
Bob m,you must be kidding me,are you serious about the( no more concessions) from volope?he said and i quote,teamsters will give NO more concessions,AND would rather see the co LIQUIDATE before it does.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
We just will not know anything until next week. The legal filings will start and we all will see together what will happen. We speculate all we want but the company still owns the company at this point. Will the court order liquidation? Will IBC run out of operating funds? Will the teamsters be able to save something, especially the pension plan? My personal feeling is things will not go our way, but nobody except at the very top and the legal team knows what the plan is. My guess is Volpe is out of the loop along with Ripplewood. Too many issues needed resolved and handled in the big picture and I have not seen it, and we certainly have not seen any announcement from Ripplewood to that effect. Continue to hope for the best.
 
  Name:   Bob M
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
Anonymous if thats true ..what all the new deal shit?
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
IBC still owns the company. They are DIP Debtor-In-Possession. They petition the court. The teamsters do not have any legal right to petition the court unless it is with approval/conjunction with IBC. The teamsters are virtually out of the picture at this point.
 
  Name:   Bob M
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
Remember the BK courts job is to get the most money FOR the creditors.Not IBC! This 'new' deal will give the creditors the most money.Not liquidation.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Biddeford, you really are a moron aren't you? You just do not get it. Let me explain Economics 101...The same house you(Biddeford) buy, would cost 36% more for you(Biddeford) than if it was located in Tennessee(me). The cost of living in Biddeford(you) is much higher than the cost of living in Tennessee(me). The same brain size capacity of knowledge(you) is obviously LESS than the same brain size capacity(everyone else). Enjoy your new job collecting unemployment. Note: call the office for directions, do not attempt to locate on your own.
 
  Name:   Bob M
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
The deal is between the teamsters, ripplewood and the secured creditors.So just maybe we might get to vote on a proposal.If we do I'm not just going to give up a $65,000 a year job.
 
  Name:   no way
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
ya im with u jersey not even a rough draft of what went down they must be hiding something. and if you read what was said by the teamsters very carefully it does state that they tried to save as many jobs as possible. thats a big loophole in my book.then again volpes job is bakery and laundry no bakery probably no job someone else could handle the laundry part.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Birmingham, AL
 
  Comment:
IBC isn't making the deal. The deal is between the teamsters, ripplewood and the secured creditors. The Company has nothing to do with this.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Birmingham, AL
 
  Comment:
IBC isn't making the deal. The deal is between the teamsters, ripplewood and the secured creditors. The Company has nothing to do with this.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
well there is a flash for everyone. the east and west are to be sold. NO SHIT FUCK HEAD we are the only ones that are making the money. i give 1-2 years after the deal or no deal is made before the central dies like a wounded deer in the woods. cmon people use a little common sense and stop smoking the corncob pipe. the ones who pass judgement on the east and west are the who are most jealous of us. we make more and get more than they do so they put all the blame of the companys' shortfalls on us. wel you can go fuck yourselves. to the people in knox and in kc, you heard here 1 to 2 years of survival and you will be done then who will be laughing last. you keep making your 28 to 33 thousand a year while i make my 48 to 56. you have to realize that ,that is not my fault. that is where people want to live and what they want to buy. sorry but you do need a lesson in demographic economics.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
Don't yo love it when you pay dues to be told "you WILL vote for it'. Got to love the frank and open discussion on these issues with our members.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
Don't you guys realize that if a deal is made, it is being made by iBC to only protect the core of the company, the Midwest. Nothing else is on the table to save. How else do you think the company can raise operating capital, repay creditors, pay legal fees, and most importantly...get approval from the court??????? West and East coasts are sacrificed as only possible method to get MONEY..End of this story.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
What vote are you talking about Bob? There must be something on the table first. Next week, we will more than likely see IBC petition the court to void the contract along with petition the sale of assets(including your area). The only thing you can vote on is whether you should grab another job now before the end comes and your coworkers grab what is available out there or stick around to the bitter end. The deal was killed off last year. The Ripplewood deal is a farce and only an IBC drone can't see it.
 
  Name:   Bob M
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
Hey Knoxville, TN You WILL vote for the concessions or you WILL be out of a job.The company WILL be forced to liquidate. What don't you get ?
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Akron, OH
 
  Comment:
"Dead Men Walking" is the theme at the plant today. On the bright side, this is probably the last holiday we will have to go through! No answers from anyone in management. They are as lifeless as the rest.
 
  Name:   Bob M
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
When did Volpe say "No More Concessions".Without concessions the doors will close very soon and maybe even with concessions.
 
  Name:   pissed off
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Wayne, NJ
 
  Comment:
This is B.S.....how can we not even get details of the deal Hoffa and Volpe have struck? I am tired of paying dues every month only to hear we have made some sort of deal but I can't get specifics! I though Volpe said a year ago.."NO MORE CONCESSIONS"....is he not a man of his word? We do we talk the talk??? We have egg on our faces. At least the bct guys knew more was comming and were able to admit it up front. I am paying this months dues with doubt! If we are going to give again then lets do it and be done with it!!!! Fed Ex is hiring...might be time to jump ship.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Why would anyone vote to lose 100 dollars a week. That means working Monday for free. The company does not have enough management to run the routes every Monday when everybody is calling in sick. Face it the Union is screwing us more than the Company. Facts are Facts!!!!
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
With the realization that next week they will likely start seeing how the end of the company plays out, many are either finishing their routes, finishing their shift at the plant, figuring how much they will receive on unemployment, looking around at their competitors to see how they will fit in with new owners, or apparently performing volunteer work for the McCain campaign by making ideolgical statements of no substance on employee message boards.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Charlotte, NC
 
  Comment:
Knox, The Fly is not done with his route yet. Give him about a hour to start posting.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
where is all the lies about the company today?
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Date:   Web site
 
  Comment: Based upon news reports today, humans in America have been reduced to compete with animals for their food supply. All thanks to their politicians and several other notable conditions like joblessness, homelessness, without basic medical care necessary to sustain life of earth, tainted beef, poultry and vegetable recalls and mounting death rates therein and who knows what blight will come tomorrow, folks? Armageddon is now viewed as rising in America!
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Hodgkins, IL
 
  Comment:
This is history folks, For the first time the truth has been told....about Obama, Hilary, and the DNC at large.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Anonymous. Obama & Hilary are correct. Their entire base are brainless idiots.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Date:   Web site
 
  Comment: If you haven't caught the gist now playing out before the Democratic National Committee, it's one wherein they are playing down voters right to choose verses their own (DNC) rights to deny said voters their most basic rights. After Hillary and Obamba get through dealing from the bottom of the deck, Democratic voters will be reduced to third-world citizens. These two idiots must believe their entire voters base are brainless individuals looking for their next free meal and hang on their every word like puppets. First Howard Dean takes state rights to vote away, then the DNC restores these rights. Now Hillary is jointly runing for President with Obama, but not really. It's an Obomanation, folks. A place where common sense is MIA!
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
T minus 7 days and counting until we will get some news. Court being petitioned to sell assets!
 
  Name:   no way
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
alright anon from biddeford i dont know who you are. but you just got ibc out of bancruptcy. well said standing O from the growd.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
to booneville, it is really not that hard to figure out. volpe goes to the creditorsfor one reason only, cuz the people who have been in charge and running this shithole can not run it anymore. the higher ups have put this company in a hole that is almost impossible to get out of. of the employees that work here, how much of them are people that do not have a purpose for this company? everyone that wears a white or light blue managerial shirt has no need. now take all of those salaries and benefits and total up together and what do you get? a waste of time and effort. you take care of the people who makes the company go round not the people in the big leather chairs.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
Vern Busby??? didn't this knucle head just finish school of some kind? how much will he have to pay back to IBC?
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Decatur, IL
 
  Comment:
Good news at our bakery. The idiot of all idiots is finally leaving. Good-bye Vern and good luck wherever you go just be gone.
 
  Name:   wouldntyouliketoknow
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:Emporia, KS
 
  Comment:
why be sorry for his no good do nothing ass?? RECP ................Comment: When is CP gonna get back? I need me some eye candy! RECP. BTW, sorry Bill
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-26
Location:   Location:San Diego, CA
 
  Comment:
Western States Teamsters Pension Fund is 98% funded and solid like a rock. There are no pension liabilities in the western states. So the west looks mighty fine for a buyer.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
to in the know, fuck you,look at it this way, you've already lost your job, you just don't know it yet or are you a suckass who can't keep his mouth off Jung's dick? all I did was ask a question, you say you know well seems to me you know NOTHING another FLY!!!!! prick!!!!
 
  Name:   Dirty Sanchez
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
Dave Bowman: You see, somethings going to happen. You must leave. Heywood Floyd: What? What's going to happen? Dave Bowman: Something wonderful. Heywood Floyd: What? Dave Bowman: I understand how you feel. You see, it's all very clear to me now.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Well put, Bob @ Jamaica....
 
  Name:   Bob M
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
Jung wants IBC to be a small stand alone company with NO unions to deal with.IBC will then be out of BK and he can collect his bonus
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Birmingham, AL
 
  Comment:
What, exactly, was Jung's plan all along?
 
  Name:   Bob M
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
This was Jung's plan all along.Cancer would be too good for him and his buddies.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
When Bethlehem Steel had their union contracts voided in chapter 11 bankruptcy court, the government(PBGC) took over the pension plan. Retirees lost approx. 50% of their benefits plus lost their health care. If you were the teamsters, wouldn't you give away the farm to try and save jobs and the pension plan???? Does not look good.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Volpe is renegotiating the contracts, Why? Simply put...He knows the end is here. There is nothing left but try and save face with the members. There will be no agreement that flies in the end. Too little, Too late. Chapter 11 permits management to petition the court to void labor contracts and substitute whatever terms it chooses. Properly stage-managed and set in motion, the restructuring process can steamroll the union, peel away retiree benefits and dump pension obligations onto the PBGC — the US government’s Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. The teamsters are out of options......period.
 
  Name:   ST LOUIS
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:St. Louis, MO
 
  Comment:
everyone from boonville is an idiot you all dont know shit if anyplace closes down it should be you guys cause you guys dont know what the hell you are talking about!!!!! get your facts straight for a change
 
  Name:   Bob M
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
Boonville I hope you and the rest of managment die a slow and painful death just like IBC.Remember you cocksuckers ran this company into the ground.Not the teamsters.So fuck you very much.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Birmingham, AL
 
  Comment:
Volpe is the one renegotiating your contracts.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:St. Louis, MO
 
  Comment:
teamsters rule,without us you all would sink to the bottom of the ocean, st louis rsr;s keep this company going . without us you woulld all sink in shit. i say again dan murphy you are an asshole
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Boonville:IBC DOES have contracts with the Teamsters but they want to renegotiate contracts that were agreed to in good faith. Stop lying about it & tell the truth for once.
 
  Name:   Jason
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Anchorage, AK
 
  Comment:
Eye Ben reedin' this hear bored four sum thyme. Knowbody no nothin' about what's gonna happen. Why donut you all just stop the typin' and work, work, work, like my ghost used to do in the 1940's. Ain't gonna be know IBC befour long. I member the daze when that Jung guy wood bee told straight up: get used two waring a helmet the rest of your life. The TEAMSTERS are comin!! Sure is cold up hear twoday. C-U on the dark side of the moon.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
Starting to see more jumping off the sinking ship as she goes down this week. Some of us are riding her until the bitter end.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
T minus 8 days and counting...count down to court being petitioned to sell off the company in parts...interesting time coming up on which parts go to which of our competitors.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Boonville, MO
 
  Comment:
QUESTION for the followers of Mr. Volpe: Why is it that Mr. Volpe has gone to the creditors ASKING them to side with Ripplewood? At what point did Ripplewood commit adequate financing to outright buy IBC? Why has Ripplewood REFUSED to comment on Volpe's statements? Is Mr. Volpe selling YOUR souls (called successorship clauses in your contracts) in order to save his own ass? Where is Ripplewoods' financing plan that must be filed with the court? What deal has Mr. Volpe reached with Ripplewood to address the 950 million $ pension liabilities? Think about it...IBC had favorable terms with the creditors that unfortunately included a Teamster contract. IBC doesn't have the contract BECAUSE of the Teamsters. Ripplewood has a tentative agreement, but no deal with the creditors on debt repayment. WHY? Could it be that the ones who matter MOST (the creditors) have no desire to work with the Teamsters because Mr. Volpe is playing another shell game a'la Bimbo/Yucaipa? You be the judge.......
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-25
Date:   Web site
 
  Comment: If you're paying more than $1000.00 a month in rent or in home payments, then you can look forward to either eviction notices or home foreclosures taking their effect upon your everday non-working lives currently in the hands of IBC. Nationwide bank repo's are up 184%; Home defaults up 54%; Foreclosure filings up 55% with Foreclosure Rates highest in the states of NV, CA and FL, with one seller of foreclosed property only, now holding over 750,000 homes for sale or ?. Welcome to the new America, folks! Forget 5 penny apples. Think $5 instead. It's called Stagflation Worker Blues! Make sure that you don't get caught in the pending stampede coming to your workplace real soon! And don't forget to thank both your unions and Kansas City corporate on your way out of their buildings for thinking of you and your families welfare.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Cincinnati, OH
 
  Comment:
In the end.............we are sold out...but the question will be who is bought and who will take us over. I for one hope to hear something soon which ever way it goes.
 
  Name:   lone ranger
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Rocky Mount, NC
 
  Comment:
merita bread is a lot better.........sweet sixteen say hostess.....tonto seems to be onto something...........he was booklearned in england...........are you in rocky mt?
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Emporia, profit sharing would imply that the company can turn a profit. Again, the teamsters agreeing to concessions will not save this disaster. Unless, drastic job elimination, sell off of certain areas takes place there will be no profit. IBC has "borrowed" and leveraged itself until it cannot dig itself out. Look at the numbers posted in the MOR for the previous 12 months. Where do you see a majic wand being waved that will save us. Look at the debt owed. When you continue to have liabilities/debt exceeding your income EVERY DAY, you cannot continue. Ripplewood operates as an equity fund for one purpose. Buy low, then divide and sell off the parts to return a profit to their investors for more than what was paid initially. They have no desire to run an albatross of a baking company, they just look for QUICK recovery of outlay of funds. In the end we will be divided and sold. As soon as the holiday is over, then we all will see what will occur. Expect IBC to petition the court to allow sale of assets meaning the east and west. The creditors have to be repaid in one way or another. The company ran out of time and the court is out of patience. Losing as of August 95+ million in 8 months does not indicate that a turnaround is imminent or that IBC can stem its bleeding.
 
  Name:   In The Know...(THE REAL IN THE KNOW)
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
TO:------------------------------- Anonymous Date: 2008-08-25 Location: Location:Knoxville, TN ____________________________________-------Stop asking your fucking stupid ass questions. I can't believe how naive and gullible you are. I told you over a month ago to take control of your future so your family doesn't get screwed.----------------Now shut the fuck up already. Man up-----don't be a loser
 
  Name:   ST LOUIS
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:St. Louis, MO
 
  Comment:
this is the end my only friend THE END sound familar. DOOM AND GLOOM EAT SHIT IBC JUNG AND THE REST OF YOU WORTHLESS MANAGEMENT PUKES . YOU SHOULD ALL HANG YOURSELVES AND DO US ALL A FAVOR, TAKE YOUR MONEY AND RUN YOU BUNCH OF ASSHOLES, RSR"S RULE WITHOUT US YOU GUYS WOULD NOT EXIST. SO BITE ME
 
  Name:   union yes!
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Emporia, KS
 
  Comment:
Anyone that votes no should just quit. No matter what you will never do anything to better this company! This will be an opportunity to for the betterment of the company. Profit sharing is also a part of the deal. Management will have to conform to Ripplewoods changes. Not the other way around. When (not if) this goes thru don't be surprised to see a lot of changes at the top.
 
  Name:   wondering
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Wayne, NJ
 
  Comment:
WELL WELL WELL,it's time for Vetters(bkjudge) to make a VERY BIG choice.will it be CHOP CHOP CHOP,or will he favor the Ripplewood deal?i'm a true teamster but i just think it's too late for all these concessions that NO true teamster will want.it's all but done for this co as a stand alone co.i liked it better when teamster Volope said when this first all started,NO MORE CONCESSIONS.
 
  Name:   Craig
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
THE END IS NEAR!!!!
 
  Name:   stlouis
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:St. Louis, MO
 
  Comment:
the midwest especially the st louis area is always a big seller we strive to make money for this company but they never give us any appreciation for all of our hard work, all they do is complain about losing the nickle and dime convience stores which make no money, put in 50$ of product and take out 49$ of stale way to go IBC we spend 80% of our time working stops tjat run 20% of our business no wonder we are going under, take care of our major stops the nickle and dime stops can go to sarah lee or bunny or whatever , we need to deal with real stops that might actually do some businiss .GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR DAN MURPHY IN ST LOUIS PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE REAL STOPS . GAS STATIONS DONT MAKE MONEY
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
The Ripplewood deal is no deal. It is only a proposal for an investment of capital in return for quick return by selling off portions of the company. Anyone who believes Ripplewood is assuming the pension liabilities is a fool and not a realist. Again, once again, there are other deals pending that will be presented to the bankruptcy court for approval that return more to the creditors than Ripplewood. Wait until 1st week in September, the court will be petitioned to approve deals, watch for the news. The court serves for the purpose of repaying the creditors the greatest percentage of their claims against IBC, it does not serve for what is best for our membership. IBC is only interested at this point in preserving the midwest. They have no choice but to sell off outlying areas for capital to continue running and reorganizing to avoid a total liquidation of all assets.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Date: 2008-08-25 Location: Location:Knoxville, TN Comment: I have a question, why are we still hearing Bimbo's is STILL a major player here in the Southeast? I thought Weston and Sara Lee was gonna buy the southeast, right now as I type we have a Bimbo's rep. here, Why? well an answer please
 
  Name:   stlouis
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:St. Louis, MO
 
  Comment:
A good loyal teamster SHOULD ALWAYS VOTE NO NO NO to ANY consecions brought before the voting body what more do we have to give up to keep our jobs, why in the world would we want to give up thousands of $ a year to keep a sinking ship afloat, I say let it sink dump all present management , sure we might have to look for employment elsewere, but it beats throwing our pride out the window, let IBC sink hopfully JUNG will be the first one eaten by the sharks, then they will puke him up and the lower lifeforms will devoure him up
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-25
Date:   Web site
 
  Comment: Assuming the post is true, now we know why R-Wood and the Teamsters deal will die. The cost is too great a price to pay for labor, simply for the benefit of holding a job in America! Giving up one's constitutional rights is not something to take lightly, folks!
 
  Name:   Teamsters 1
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Peoria, IL
 
  Comment:
One thing you seem to be missing, Ripplewood was brought to the table by the Teamster's. They have an agreement (pending a vote by the Teamster members) with the Teamsters on concessions. Regardless if you are union are not after the vote all IBC workers will have to join a union. That's all workers but management.. This is a part of the master contract between Ripplewood & the Teamsters. This will be binding to the bakers, wharehouse workers, Transport driver & rsr's
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Henderson, NV
 
  Comment:
On what part of the add does it say NON UNION??
 
  Name:   The Profit
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Pomona, CA
 
  Comment:
People,I have heard it said,"there's nothing more dangerous than a little knowledge".We can see that being played out here.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Glendale, CA
 
  Comment:
IBC prepare to reopen The Glendale Facility NON UNION See the AD here: http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/trd/802553102.html
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
I have a question, why are we still hearing Bimbo's is STILL a major player here in the Southeast? I thought Weston and Sara Lee was gonna buy the southeast, right now as I type we have a Bimbo's rep. here, Why?
 
  Name:   A few more out there
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Lenexa, KS
 
  Comment:
St. Louis: You are spot on. I wish more management like Jim Brock would stand up and be honest with us. I'm sure there are a few more out there who cannot stand what's been going on with this company.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-25
Date:   Web site
 
  Comment: Nothing has been said here about the loss in real property IBC experienced in the post-housing boom we now find ourselves in! Why not? Millions of dollars just walked out their backdoor and nobody says shit! Also of interest is IBC's lack of concern when it comes to their labor contracts and unfunded pension liabilities. It doesn't take a stethoscope to tell that IBC is not only dead today, but has been dead for some 10 years or more. Believe me when I say their heirs-apparent and the market vultures are the only ones keeping this company above ground.
 
  Name:   st.louis
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:St. Louis, MO
 
  Comment:
I REALLY BELEAVE THAT 99.9% OF ALL THE RESPONDANTS ON THIS WEB SITE KNOW HORSESHIT ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT, EVERYTHING ON THIS SITE IS TOTAL CONJUNCTURE, MISINFORMATION OR JUST PLAIN STUPIDITY, DONT YOU THINL IBC IS JUST EATING ALL THIS UP KNOWING THAT ALL THEIR EMPLOYEES REALLY DOMT KNOW JACKSHIT,BEFORE POSTING ON THIS SITE YOU SHOULD DO YOUR RESEARCH FIND OUT THE FACTS JUST FACTS FACTS FACTS,NOT WHAT YOU THINK OR WHAT JOE BLOW FROM BOONEVILL OR WHEREVER THINKS, ALL THIS SPECULATION JUST MAKES THIS WEB SITE NOTHING MORE THEN JUST A BIG JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Emporia, KS
 
  Comment:
Brock said he was not going to carry the water anymore.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Denver, CO
 
  Comment:
Is my take J. Brock?
 
  Name:   MoFo
Date:   2008-08-25
Date:   Products
 
  Comment: Wish you made blackberry pie, gotta get me some.
 
  Name:   Thank you Jim Brock
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
MY TAKE (JIM BROCK): Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Finally someone in management that will stand up and tell the truth. Your post 08/23/08 made me stand up and cher! Jim Brock knows IBC.
 
  Name:   Herbie
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Emporia, KS
 
  Comment:
Eat me.
 
  Name:   Thank you for being honest
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
MY TAKE:(JIM BROCK), That was a great post on 08/23/08! Finally someone in management who has had enough to tell it like it is!
 
  Name:   Herbie
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Emporia, KS
 
  Comment:
When is CP gonna get back? I need me some eye candy! RECP. BTW, sorry Bill.
 
  Name:   RUDY RODRIGUEZ
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:San Diego, CA
 
  Comment:
KATHY KOTEX COLUMBUS OH. I KNOW THE ANSWER TO YOUR PROBLEM , ON THIS SITE WRITE TO THE GREAT HEALER TIJUANA EXPESS. MR. M. D.
 
  Name:   Tonto
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Rocky Mount, NC
 
  Comment:
My opinion based on the facts: Merita is being sold after the holiday. (fact 4 & 8) The bakery in Rocky Mt? I can't understand why but the tax issue makes me wonder (fact 6) I don't know it's as simple as one company buying up. I think one will buy bakery, another "merita" lable. Who? Bakery I would guess Weston (fact 3) as they don't seem to have the capacity with their current bakery for all the private lable they are acquiring but yet I don't know if their financially able. They seem the most likely canidate for "merita" but again, money. Bimbo? possibly. I just know it can't be flowers buying "merita" but possibly buying bakery since they are at max cap. in their current NC one, Research sunbeam (fact 9) Besides, flowers just acquired another brand/bakery in Florida last month. But, merita is going to be sold. I feel it in my gut. Since changes that cost $ continue (fact 4, 8 and 7) I believe wonder/hostess will continue in the area. How, dunno. ( PTM only to large chains/drop ship?) With TN picking up the baking. Just my opinion based on the facts.
 
  Name:   Tonto
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Rocky Mount, NC
 
  Comment:
Facts **1 Sara Lee having their own financial difficulty **2 George Weston Co. has a grocery chain in Canada that is causing financial hardship **3 George Weston has slowly/systematically taking over private lable in Walmarts **4 Merita Sweet 16 Donuts now say "Hostess" **5 Wonder Buns could never compete with Merita in the South **6 IBC filed with courts argueing tax value of bakeries in Rocky Mount and one in Florida. **7 new software being checked in NC **8 Merita bread back to tasting well **9 Flowers not allowed by FTC to have "Sunbeam" nationwide **10 Bimbo is building/has built new bakery in Rocky Mt.
 
  Name:   no way
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
how dare we have a dispute with a so called wanna a be BIG company.
 
  Name:   no way
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
how dare we have a dispute with a so called wanna a be BIG company.
 
  Name:   Harry Ballsack
Date:   2008-08-25
Location:   Location:Lakewood, WA
 
  Comment:
Do You Have An Itchy Scrotum? Is Your Scrotum Red, Dry, Flaky, Sagging or Inflamed? Do You Sometimes Feel Burning Sensations When You Urinate? Do you continue to leak for minutes after urination? Do you need to urinate often? Is the tip of your penis inflamed or red? Is there a rash anywhere on your genitals? 1. All Of The Above Symptoms Could Be Caused By Fungal or Bacterial Infections! 2. Some Of These Infections May Not Respond To Standard Medical Approaches! 3. Many Medical Treatments Can Actually Make It Worse And Cause Serious Side Effects! 4. Some Of These Infections Can Last For Many Years If Untreated Or Even If Treated With Standard Medicine! 5. Doctors Often Misdiagnose And Mistreat These infections! 6. These Infections Can Be Caught and Passed On Through Sexual Activity With Or Without A Condom! 7. They Can Also Be Caught With No Sexual Activity! 8. There Is Not Enough Information Out There About These Infections And How To Treat Them Because Men Don't Talk About It! 9 Anybody out there know what to do about it???
 
  Name:   The Profit
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Pomona, CA
 
  Comment:
PLEASE boonie tell us when JESUS will come again and why didn't Barak pick you for V.P.?
 
  Name:   Dirty Sanchez
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
Lay off a quarter of your work force and still lose money? How could anyone not see what's coming? It's only a matter of time now. Ahhh!
 
  Name:   Dirty Sanchez
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
To Boonville, I wasn't being sarcastic when I said "best of luck." This has been entertaining. Best of luck!.... I wonder if they'll keep this site up if we go down?
 
  Name:   Devoted Ho Ho
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:
 
  Comment:
Hi, I have been enjoying my lay off just to let you know.I had a nice summer, got to enjoy my neceices wedding, and two graduations.I have received everything I wished for and have had made some new memories...wow.I have taken my lay off and experienced things I never would have gotten to do.Wow how many people can say that? I got to pick 12 gallons of huckleberries in Idaho at our cabin, swim to our heartsdesire and enjoy the 100 degree days. Now I hear ripplewood has bought us.......... yippee. I am now ready and rested to work and anxious to cut a deal with ripplewood.I have appreciated the time off but also really appreciated my union job with Hostess, welcome back we are ready.Thanks to eveyone who hung in there believing we would make it back and we are ready.......................Devoted Ho Ho Indio california,,,,, hi to my buddy Mitch
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
Guys, quit acting like IBC is going to ask the bank for an extension on paying back a loan. This is the actual funding, it is almost gone and no more coming. Its not a matter of paying back, its a matter of having money to operate.
 
  Name:   In The Know
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
I cant believe you dumbasses are still listening to Bonneville like he is some expert about this. This make for some hilarious reading.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Akron, OH
 
  Comment:
Orlando, daydreaming is over. No more extensions. Time for a reality check. Really, don't you follow the court proceedings and financials. The end is here, so get ready to enjoy whoever your new employer will be. Just wait about a week and then you can start your whining.
 
  Name:   Dirty Sanchez
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
WILL THIS ODYSSEY EVER END?
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Orlando, FL
 
  Comment:
I see another extension coming.I'v been reading off and on about how IBC is done for almost 5 yrs. lol. You people need to stop hearing what you want from Boon and Fly and whoever the fuck else and hangon and ride this bullshit out like the rest of us.Good luck to all!!!
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Decatur, IL
 
  Comment:
Fly, Its bed time. Turn out the lights 2:00am comes early. Let mommy tuck you in.
 
  Name:   not a preacher
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Boonville, MO
 
  Comment:
whats up with the prayer meetings going on in BOONVILLE when they should be working to improove the product. We are on the floor working our butts of to get things done and the holy crew the company people and a couple union guys are sitting in the sanitation office having a prayer meeting insted of praying to save your jobs do something about it stop waisting money on new offices and put it to the equipment and improving the product.
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
so in other words vetters doesn't give a rats ass about 23000 jobs or taking over ibcs pensions to the federal goverment I think the chummy judge vetters may turn sour on jungs dismembership of ibcj
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Akron, OH
 
  Comment:
IBC's credit is tapped out. The train derailed a long time ago.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Memphis, TN
 
  Comment:
FLY, All federal judges are appointed for life
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Boonville, MO
 
  Comment:
WONDERING: Maya Pagoda basically took over Brakeville's job as the "mouthpiece". It is true that IBC still wants to be a "stand alone", just not as it is recognized or structured today. IBC's only option now is to jettison significant parts of the Company, reduce its labor costs, and forge ahead. There were other ways before, but those were eliminated with the passage of time.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Boonville, MO
 
  Comment:
FLY'S Favorite Drink: East River water, mixed with two parts Volpe BS, others' money, and a large quantity of gullibility. Keep drinking the Teamster flavored Kool Aid, FLY.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Boonville, MO
 
  Comment:
BADBACK: I was attached to the Human Resources group out of corporate.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
hey boonville, we are still hearing rumors at the knoxville bakery and at our depot that bimbo's may still be trying to buy the southeast, is there any truth to this rumor?
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Rocky Mount, NC
 
  Comment:
FLY shut the hell up and go to your new job at Flowers like you was bragging about a couple weeks ago, no one on this board wants to hear from your sorry lieing ass, your 2 faced and a homo, no wonder you still live with your mom and grandmother ( God bless their hearts)
 
  Name:   wondering
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Wayne, NJ
 
  Comment:
boonie,if ibc was in such debt,say back in 2002-2003,why didn't they except bimbos offer of 1.2billion?i was just farting around and came upond this juicy bit of info.
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
will ibc around before big brown can beat curlin in the breeders in oct that's a good question. dip money was extended twice already ripplewood is dumping some money in you all will see the train will keep rolling just the shots will be called from NY not kc.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
The DIP financing has been amended once already when it increased to 249.7 million from 200 million. The creditors who have filed are not going to continue waiting for a miraculous turnaround when the company cannot turn a profit and has shown no progress in stemming the operating losses. JP Morgan and others will not and cannot continue to extend funds with no end in sight. When funds run out, I think we see court ordered liquidation of assets. That is why we will see next week the court receiving the documentation for permission from IBC to sell off certain areas(assets) of the company. It really is the only way out for IBC. There will not be any one buyer willing to pony up and assume the liabilities for this disaster that cannot turn a profit. It is the end of the line. In the end, it may be a good thing for many of us.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Los Angeles, CA (Hostess)
 
  Comment:
Boonie,what will happen to all of us? Who will win the Breeder's Cup Classic? Boonie,what about this?What about that? You guys sound pathetic.
 
  Name:   wondering
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Wayne, NJ
 
  Comment:
Boonie,Who is MAYA PAGODA?is what she said have any truth to it?that ibc DOES infact want ,still to be a stand alone co.?
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
boonville is propaganda minister gerbles
 
  Name:   badback
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Buffalo, NY
 
  Comment:
boonville since your not employed at IBC anymore what was your position.
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
remember there is 171 million in notes of debt if people call there notes then ibc would be broke don't see the banks doing that if they really thought the end was near they would be cashing in those notes so you see they really aren't busted basically jp morgan chase and monarch who bought up a shitload of ibc debt are the ones who own the company the selling of brands would hardly cover the dip money they are owed the ship will keep sailing mark my words !
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
We will not see the July MOW report for a couple of weeks yet. Based on the rate of losses, then IBC is out of funds somewhere around the 3rd week of September. They cannot wait that long to react. Deals have to be finalized and approved to secure funds or we shut down period. Without income, and we have lost over 81.5 million as of June 28th, then when the funds are exhausted, there will be no operating money..which means no money for payroll. We should certainly get info. soon I would think.
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
jung is just fucking with people kind of like hitler did with the jews in WW11 doom and gloom and march them to the ovens look I don't like the fuck jung but he has been here for a year and half he's not going to chop the whole thing up and then where a bag on his face in embaresment you will see its allbullshit all of a sudden the bread is coming out better if and when the doors are ready to be chained shut the bread would be coming out like shit just jung using his NAZI mind control tricks !!!
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Boonie, thanks for the information posted today. Based on what you know, you have said basically that the deals are either fianalized already or nearing completion. Will the court be petitioned to approve these next week after the holiday is over? In other words, will we find out for certain next week that we have been split and sold off in some areas? With DIP funding nearly exhausted and unless the unlikely event of an influx of new capital, then this thing breaks extremely quickly doesn't it?
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Peoria, IL
 
  Comment:
Booneville, what do you think will happen with the Peoria area management, bakers and RSR's?
 
  Name:   The Profit
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Pomona, CA
 
  Comment:
It's for certain that new management will not need two home offices, so say "good night sweet prince"in Kansas City.
 
  Name:   Dirty Sanchez
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
Fly, I really think the ship is sinking. Prepare for the worst hope for the best! But it looks bad for the Northeast. I'm Happy it's over!
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Boonville:Please explain how management that leaves on their own free will can qualify for a Golden Parachute.
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
good let more fat cats jumpship ibc could make a profit they wouldn't need no loans to survive you see who ever buys pieces or bits of a sliced up ibc they will need workers the only thing they don't need if managment and fatcats .nothing is going to change jung is just trying to squezze out more concessions they have investors lined up they can't wait to blow that money you all will see look for more extensions and ibc emerge in jan more bullshit all bullshit don't listen to boonville bullshit !
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Charlotte, NC
 
  Comment:
I am willing to bet George Weston will take a few of the Merita plants, keep the label going and compete with flowers. He has already taken the Sun-maid from R.M.
 
  Name:   Dirty Sanchez
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
I always knew it would end like this! Hoorrah!
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Boonville, MO
 
  Comment:
LA: I am not a company "hack", as I am no loonger employed by IBC. I left the Company over two months ago, shortly before Barry Brakeville and a couple of others did. What you fail to realize is that many "in the know" folks have already made or are planning their exits from IBC...moreso to beat the "rush" if you understand what I mean. IBC will not remain in its present form, nor will it be bought "whole" and continue as an on-going enterprise. Those options have long since passed. And, no, 100% of the pension funds are NOT 100% funded. A "new" owner by virtue of the language of the collective bargaining agreements' successorship clauses MUST agree to take on the contracts (as they are CURRENTLY written) and all liabilities that go along with them...pensions included. No one attempting to start or rebuild a business is going to do so with a 950 million dollar liability hanging over their head before they make their first nickle. And certainly not because Volpe asks them to!
 
  Name:   no way
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
ok lets chew on this one. jung has pulled a fast one on all of us. he can ask the judge to through out union contracts at anytime. but wait. all this time he has been brokering deals behind the scenes to sell parts of ibc and still make money with the union workers. hmmm now with buyers in place he can ask judge to void contracts and sell parts off without disrupting product flow.just a thought.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Boonville actually has been very close to the truth with his info for some time. The dates may not have been exactly right, but the general information and deductions have been close. People "close to the truth" have posted here for a long time. Unfortuately, the true people "in the know" are the Board of Directors working with their attorneys/legal staff. We will all find out who has been closest to the truth within the next 2 weeks. I do not think anyone has the hope that IBC will remain whole. It will certainly be chopped apart and pieced off. What routes remain, what facilities stay open, what market share remains, all remain to be worked out depending on the buyers' ability to integrate the acquired market into their respective systems. Many of our competing bakers already have production available within their own plants to take on any IBC business that they acquire.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
Im not sure if jerry really did poop his pants or not. But what is interesting is no one is saying he didnt......just blaming these 2 guys for talking about it..........so he must have shit himself pretty bad
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Los Angeles, CA (Hostess)
 
  Comment:
Why does anyone listen or believe anything BJ Boonville says? This guy is a company hack who tries to talk big but nothing he posts is true. The same management that put us in BK is still in charge making the same boneheaded decisions as always.
 
  Name:   Rsr
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Charlotte, NC
 
  Comment:
Boonie how soon do you think ibc will be losing the merita label .They won't need half the current people when merita is gone !
 
  Name:   Rsr
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Charlotte, NC
 
  Comment:
Well if they were planning to do route cuts like alveraz did it left us with all oldtimers some 65 66 years old .I can't see planning a future company on guys who may not even be alive in 10 years.
 
  Name:   flyshit
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Akron, OH
 
  Comment:
Fly, if this "Vetters", you keep referring to is Judge Venters, he is not running for anything, He is a Federal Judge. If you read his bio he has already retired once. Booneville, this alleged 900mil. pension liability can be erased by the stroke of a pen, you know that. As long as they are current, in their payments, any future liability can and will be subject to the approved plan. It will be interesting to see who objects to whatever IBC proposes next month. Ripplewood has very little "standing" with the court. P.S. Booneville, The University of Akron is notoriously tight fisted. If Akron is a profitable bakery (it is) They would be foolish to sell for the few million U of A would offer.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Boonville, MO
 
  Comment:
RSR: It could go a couple of ways...depending on how the Unions respond. First, it coould be a straight reduction according to seniority. Or, it could be an incentivized buy out plan to try to get rid of some of the deadwood (like FLY). And this is a big possibility because of a few reasons: first, it will be post-BK and there will be cash available to do so. Second, with restructured routes, new ways of doing business, etc. this will be a job that a lot of the old timers (like Fly) won't want to put the needed effort into and would take an incentivized retirement.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Boonville, MO
 
  Comment:
Ripplewood has 950 mil to cover the pension liabilities AND about 750 mil ADDITIONAL to make a purchase of IBC? First question Venters will ask WILL be how Ripplewood plans to cover the pension liabilities. The second he will ask is about the debt repayment. I gotta ask you, Fly...what are you going to do when this ends the same way Bimbo/Yucaipa did? You seem to have a very short memory. You said and did the very same things you are saying and doing today. And I asked the same questions. You gave the same responses. when it all fell in (like I told you it would), you resorted to name calling and acting like a two year old throwing a tantrum. Gonna be more of the same?
 
  Name:   rsr
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Charlotte, NC
 
  Comment:
Boon will these route cuts be through the union by senority like with alvarez did or will ibc keep the best workers.Or will they keep all the oldtimers like FLY around???
 
  Name:   Tom
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Buffalo, NY
 
  Comment:
Fly, if you are indeed the informed one, what about the Upstate, New York area? Are we going to be one of the 'drop ship' areas?
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
oh boonville I forgot you haven't been around lately ripplewood has the cash and there won't be any plan or deals done that are not stand alone .and you just showed the whole twinkie website the problem with ibc to many fatcats with golden this golden that look jung is a reject ceo his salary is only 1.3 million a year look at other co ceo they make 50 60 million a year it will be well worth getting rid of these meatballs and putting some people in charge that know about baking .im glad that you are finally come around to see your fatcat friends will be needing those GOLDEN PARACHUTES tell them keep them close....to all teamsters details will be out teusday or wensday !!!!!!
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Boonville, MO
 
  Comment:
By the way, FLY....if Ripplewood is planning on "buying" IBC, what are they planning to do with the 950 million in pension liabilities? Or hasn't Volpe told them about that like he did with Bimbo/Yucaipa?
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Boonville, MO
 
  Comment:
You're going to see fewer routes (a lot) and probably the end of the Merita line being produced by IBC.
 
  Name:   rsr
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Charlotte, NC
 
  Comment:
Boon what about central NC merita is still strong here who gets US ?
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Boonville, MO
 
  Comment:
FLY: Your comment re: a "new" board getting rid of all the fatcats....first, merely investing in a company does not insure removal of any member of a board, let aloone an entire board. Second, Volpe is "begging" creditors to go with him and Ripplewood? Why? How about Ripplewood doesn't have the finances available to put in a competitive bid for IBC, nor will the creditors agree to the same terms and conditions of debt repayment that they extended to IBC and Jung. Third, you ever heard of a "golden parachute"? Most of the "fatcats" you speak of have one. And they will make those "fatcats" even fatter. Each and every one of those parachutes have specific language dealing with a change in ownership, a change in the board of directors, etc. No matter what happens, Craig Jung and those "fatcats" are going to walk away VERY rich men and women. Count on it. These people didn't get to where they are today by thinking like an RSR or hourly employee. Not by a long shot!
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Boonville, MO
 
  Comment:
FLY: They are not going to ask RSRs to buy their routes. The routes will be done away with. The independent distributor will run an operation similar to any of our depots. Except IBC's responsibility for the product will end once the product is on the independent's dock. This operation will be similar to the EB Brown operation going on in KY, OH, WV areas. As for that post form the "Teamster Leader", yeah, right. Anyone who believes anything out of the Teamsters' mouths should be a prime candidate to purchase land in Florida's everglades. The Teamsters have tried an end-around TWICE now (they have REFUSED to negotiate with IBC so don't LIE to anyone) and neither "venture" has proven to be factual. Ripplewood is not BUYING IBC. Do you think for a minute 1) the creditors will buy into anything that has Teamsters written on it? The creditors have already determined that Teamsters are a "problem" wherever they are in whatever capacity, not a "solution". 2) Yucaipa had much more cash available to purchase IBC yet they decided NOT to. Ever wonder why? Especially since the esteemed Mr. Volpe (KNOWING Billionaire Ron wasn't "buying") attempted to present it as such? Just as Ripplewood HAS NOT STATED, Yucaipa NEVER stated that they wanted to BUY IBC. That was just another of Volpe's chicken-shit ploys to drag the process out and try to "save face". As he has done in the past, Volpe will be forever linked with ANOTHER failure and try to deflectr blame for whatever happens to his represented employees and IBC. CHICAGO AREA: Should be safe...will be providing production operations for a much larger area, though...probably stretching into Michigan and Ohio on a large scale
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
yes its true ripplewood will probaly chop areas up in the future but when the board is replaced the first heads to roll will be the fatcats isn't that going to be fun either board goes or teamsters go let's see can the board pack out there products no you need indians chiefs you can throw on the scrap heep the people in charge now only care about saving there own skin bottom line the new owners will be calling the shots would you keep any managers who loss 12 million a month.dont get me wrong this fucks will put up a fight till the death to keep gravy train going.all along the reason ibc got every break in the courtroom was one fed don't want pension mess and jung sold judge on he wanted to save jobs expect a different outcome when ibc presents judge with mass layoffs and fed getting pension fund mess ripplewood will present saving co and prolonging the co all together remember vetters has to run for reelection teamsters could kill his campian run .creditors will make more money with ripplewood then jungs firesale!!!
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Date:   Web site
 
  Comment: I wonder what IBC's last words will be, come judgement day. Will they be words based upon outright candor, past regrets or one's telling its employees more bullshit like their last four years in bankruptcy has played out. Let's make no mistake when it comes to ALVAREZ AND JUNG, folks! Both turkeys were hired as Straw Men to act out and to empty IBC coffers. Apparently, drawing out assets behind closed doors pays better than bringing one back from the dead. The best part is this website and its internet abilities has allowed you and I to see first hand how shit happens at work and to form our own opinions based upon more than corporate conjecture and outright lies to their workforce.
 
  Name:   familyguy
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Hodgkins, IL
 
  Comment:
nothingtolose samething goes on here.managers hideout all day,always have an excuse for their screwup.not held responsible for anything. the managers stick together and gang up on employees when someone complains. this company has written its own deathwish by allowing managers to treat employees like that. Ive never seen a manager earn an honest days pay in 18 yrs. of coarse they blame the union nothing is ever their fault.
 
  Name:   Concerned employee
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Hodgkins, IL
 
  Comment:
Hey Boonville, Whats going to happen with the Chicago area, you didn't mention that area at all.
 
  Name:   doughboy
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:New Bedford, MA
 
  Comment:
i will not be at work on August 30!!
 
  Name:   Teamster Leader
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Lenexa, KS
 
  Comment:
Update on previous posting; This is a very important week in the history of IBC and its teamwork with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters..The past fours has been a great strain on our Union workers and their families, but as Union leader a post should be made..After Seprtember 1st changes are going to be made unilaterally..IBC Leaders are going to try to impose their will their workforce. Threats will be made, letters in Company letterhead will be sent to all employess stating exactly what will happen...We as your ask you to stand tall and dont give in....Conclusion of these business practices will be coming to end soon...We have in good faith negotiated with IBC and they have turned a blind eye..This is the Boards last stand so We plead with you to do the right things....We have not called on a walkout on August 30th so anyone person who promotes this is just asking for more problems,,,,,We cannot show the creditors our resolve by walking out just days before we go to courts seeking approval of our plans...We know things seem shaky but if we as a union can get through these last 4yrs we can get through these last days of IBC Boards management...........Stand Proud!!!!!!!
 
  Name:   Everyone
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Buffalo, NY
 
  Comment:
Ricci, be a man for once. You know who I am, than do something about it. Your a piss poor excuse for a routeman and spineless as a man. What do you use to brush the taste of ass out of your mouth. You kiss managements ass daily.
 
  Name:   DEUCES WILD
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:San Diego, CA
 
  Comment:
DAVE WEST OF MIRAMAR CAL. YOUR TIME IS HERE . ARE YOU READY TO WALK THE PLANK? DO NOT FORGET YOUR CRONIES.
 
  Name:   Young Gun
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
How many other route men out there work 6 and 7 days every week ? If 7 what is the most days you have worked in a row ?
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
boonville did you dream that up in your sleep no body going to buy a route from these idiots they can't be trusted if you lent them 10$ they woundnt even pay you back!!!
 
  Name:   STEVEN SEMAN
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Boonville, MO
 
  Comment:
Has one Looked at this web site ???http://www.unclemelon.com/how_to_eat_pussy.html
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Boonville, MO
 
  Comment:
All sales must go through the BK court. BUT...IBC will announce that it intends or is going to petition the court to make a sale before it actually appears in court. As for Ohio, most likely targets are Defiance and Toledo or Columbus. Akron bakery will most likely be sold to Akron University who has wanted the property for years. Toledo could very well end up Sara Lee or possibly Nickles; Defiance is dead meat. There celarly is no need for five bakeries produciing bread and buns in Ohio. Weston will get Biddeford; Jamaica, Wayne NJ likely to close. Philly most likely bought by Weston. Knoxville most likely ok, Rocky Mount and Memphis either Weston or Flowers, or a split. South Central and West to Bimbo. IBC will have major independent distributors set up in northeast and southeast, will drop ships of product to these facilities by common carrier, or on someone else's truck. IBC will be selling more product via distributorship than it delivers on its own route trucks.
 
  Name:   even
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Sacramento, CA
 
  Comment:
jason and lance both orewheat employees need to stay off this site. let the jerry thing go while you can. youre time is coming soon, anymore of this we will post youre location and address
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-24
Location:   Location:Jacksonville, FL
 
  Comment:
You've endured more than 7 stays of execution, and as a former IBC employee, I'm compelled to remind you this. There is life after IBC and in most cases, it's much better!! Do not wait until the Reaper approaches your front lawn, like I did.. If you don't have Plan B & C in affect, than what are ya waiting for? Good Luck fellas.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Sacramento, CA
 
  Comment:
Hey Fly did Jerry poop his pants or is this a rumor.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Sacramento, CA
 
  Comment:
Fly would know if Jerry poop his pants
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Sacramento, CA
 
  Comment:
Did Jerry really poop his pants?
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
We will all see what happens as soon as this week and holiday is over. With the DIP funds running out in the next 3-4 weeks, things should move fast and we will finally get some info. It now is the last big push of the summer. Good Luck out there.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:San Diego, CA
 
  Comment:
Hey Knoxville, I dont care what they say about you, you're allright with me. Those were some good post today.
 
  Name:   rewrap
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:St. Louis, MO
 
  Comment:
my take; very well put. couldn't be farther from the truth. but this co. doesn't like to hear the truth. there isn't one manager that has the balls to stand up to do the right thing. no one takes the responsibility of their own mistakes. they try to make good employees look bad. won't do a thing about the people, that just stand around and do nothing. like you said about all of the scoring and other things. now they have this 5s program. like this is going to save $$. nothing but a crock. wait until this hedge fund takes over. they don't give a hoot about unions and personal problems, its all about performance and $$. hopefully they clear out all of these so called mgt. especially the back stabbing, idiots sob's on the production floor, also just the whole mgt team. well, i'm glad that you made with 30yrs. at least if worst comes to worst. you can collect your pension. hope that yours is better than mine.....
 
  Name:   Squeeze the Charmin
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Los Angeles, CA (Dolly)
 
  Comment:
Jerry with poopy pants, buy some good toliet paper or maybe you might need some "depends", In case you dont know what those are, they are diapers for adults.
 
  Name:   ted
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Henderson, NV
 
  Comment:
jerry this is hope........ this will help with your poopy pants http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seznjpqtKeU&feature=related
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
No, IBC cannot sell off significant assets such as parts of the company or divisions without going through the court. However, one of the major provisions of Chapter 11 allows a company to void many of its contracts, including union contracts, contracts with suppliers, and real estate leases.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Does anyone know can any part of IBC be sold without going thru BK court;and will it be open court.
 
  Name:   William in Knoxville
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
nothntolose,same story in Knoxville I got a good one.I bet they have burnt a forest of paper in their tenure right there in the maintance shop!!!!LOL
 
  Name:   Paul1978
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Glendale, CA
 
  Comment:
RIPplwood . First three letters of the name describe their m.o. That co. acquired it's wealth , mostly by buying shipping cos., in distress . They than dismantle & sell the parts .
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Los Angeles, CA (Hostess)
 
  Comment:
Mr Boonville according to you,it's Volpe's fault that IBC is in BK,right? It's Volpe and the IBT who cooked the books and made all these boneheaded management calls that put this company on the verge of closing,right.You're just a right-wing hack with no effen credibility,bottom line. If you call Clinton,"blowjob Bill",what do you call that chimp you put in the Whitehouse not once but twice? The only blowjob around here is you,now known as "Blowjob Boonville."
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-23
Date:   Web site
 
  Comment: For those that missed todays Democratic VP announcement at 0300 hrs., it's all about Joe Biden, folks! He is the chosen one to lead this nation with Obama in hand to the promised land. Get your stuff together and put on your walking shoes for the upcoming march to salvation, at last! The problem is that I don't see nor feel any change at hand. It's really nothing but the typical stump speech that we citizens have been hearing for the last 50 years. Where's the Beef?
 
  Name:   nothingtolose
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:
 
  Comment:
I will post his name soon.just want to make sure I like my new job as I have a family to think about.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Boonville, MO
 
  Comment:
To Nothingtolose, What might his name be??
 
  Name:   nothingtolose
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:
 
  Comment:
ran 20% stale this week due to manager putting all his backstock in my store while I was on vac and upper management came for a visit at his depot.It went in at 1.64 and came out at 2.24.Thats $300 dollars we paid that store to keep our bread in the back room for 1 week. and $200off my check not to mention the cost to make the product.I told my boss I was made at him for doing this he denied it and went in my store and found off code and threatened me about it.So here I am to spill all the beans because I have a new job starting in a week.Ive been with wonder for 14 yrs.and have no reason to lie about anything.He does nothing all day except hides out,is not accountable for anything,never looks at orders.He is the king of all liars and always covers his tracks destroying any paper trail.we also have ghost merchandisers where the driver just recalls the store and gets paid an extra $290 a week for it.Im ready to bring the corrupt management down got my ducks in a row .take the first swing motherfucker!!!!!!
 
  Name:   Dirty Sanchez
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
Blah, Blah, Blah......Blah, Blah....etc.
 
  Name:   no way
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
blah blah blah blah and so on
 
  Name:   Tom S.
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Buffalo, NY
 
  Comment:
Hey KC. Not all route guys sit and drink coffee all day. We have a District Manager in these parts (Marshall Haney) who hasn't been right about anything in three years. He pulls down a pretty big penny, along with the sniffing supervisors. Most of the drivers work 10-12 hours per day. I've seen on this board people abusing 'overtime'. There's no such thing for a route driver. We work until it's done, be it 8,10, 12 or more. Why not try an experiment KC? Get rid of all the present upper management and begin again! That would be a welcome change in these parts. They run the branches like a mafia; it's who you know, not what you do.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
Sorry Hodgkins, but there is only one direction IBC can go at this point. You can wake up fro your dream that all will be well now that Volpe has spoken. All the ones you diss have more than likely made the right deductions or really are in the know. Sorry, if your worried that you might finally have to actually work and earn your pay with some new owners.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Hodgkins, IL
 
  Comment:
what a bunch of know it alls on this site: booneville, knoxville, fly, in the know. reality is none of them know a damn thing period. if i didnt know any better id swear each one is a member of management. idiot know it alls that really know nothing. sounds just like ibc managment.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
The "saving face" deal Volpe is trying to make in the end will not make any difference. The plan, no matter who invests, will be chop up the hog and sell the parts. It is the only option remaining and the only out left for the company. Ladies and gentlemen, we will find out details as soon as Labor Day is over and IBC has reaped whatever they can from the last big bun holiday of the year. This is how the game plays out for us. Deals are already being wrapped up, awaiting details in September, teamsters trying to "give away the farm" at the last minute will not make any significant difference. The IBC labels ie: Wonder become PL business for others in licensing agreements. Expect major route consolidation along with closing of bakeries, reduction/elimination of IBC transport division. The question remains...does Ripplewood inject funds to extend IBC operations past September until the sell off begins or will the sell off start in September. Regardless, Ripplewood will get their investment and profit back to THEIR investors by selling parts of IBC.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Boonie, thanks for answering my questions posted yesterday on info. I agree that the Ripplewood deal only is an equity firm investing for quick return to it's investors by chopping up IBC. What do you forsee for Ohio area..are you still going with Sara Lee??? Or think others are taking a slice of the pie?
 
  Name:   Dirty Sanchez
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
I've seen this game played before, They give the people just enough hope to get what they want out of them...Then suddenly pull the rug out and watch them bounce on their ignorant asses! I guess there's nothing to do but put your hands out to block your fall.
 
  Name:   Watching & Laughing
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Sacramento, CA
 
  Comment:
Raider Rick: Last monday you left without covering your ass and Carson City was still in the yard at 5:00am. Didn't Brian Howell say "One more time and you're back to driving". ( he's not driving yet) There you go boys. Looks like management has not done their duty once again. You see, the message here is that no matter how much money gets invested into this company to bail it out of this shit hole. Management will not fix or eliminate a problem that cost this company. At this rate, you might be right Jeff. A lot of you might be gone pretty soon.
 
  Name:   Dirty Sanchez
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
Dude, I can see your point, I see those things going on everyday and it sickens me, We've got lazy workers and management that turns a blind eye or maybe they're just to lazy to do their jobs as well? No accountability, No leadership. No protocol. Yeah I'm ready for the cure....Chapter 7
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Boonville iasked this yesterday , you may have not seen it. Doesn't any sell of part of IBC have to go through BK court first.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-23
Date:   Web site
 
  Comment: When employers find themselves out of business; any employee's they may have had, also find themselves out of a job. Both parties then turn to whatever in order to survive whatever and move on in their lives. Mostly, it's only a matter of age, money, talent, opportunity and the economy where they live. When life deals you lemons, then it's your choice to either make lemonade or turn inward and sour!
 
  Name:   dude
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
dear knoxville if you LOSE your job you should go back to school and learn to spell.I'm already out, and trust me ,there is life after ibc
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
DUDE you can't wait til we go under? you know all you guys have tough talk but if it happens, all we all gonna find jobs that pay what we make now? or are we gonna loose everything we worked for all our lives? jobs aren't easy to find and doesn't seem to be getting any better, who would want a washed up route driver to work for them? not me if i had a company. we need to hang on to our jobs, i don't mean loose all our money we make but hold on to what jobs we have, we could be paying $200.00 a month for insurance, we could be making $10.00 an hour or less. think about it we could loose our lives as we know them now
 
  Name:   Dirty Sanchez
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
Hey Boonville, You sound pretty upbeat. Seems like your new employment agrees with you. Very good! Best of luck
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Boonville, MO
 
  Comment:
geez...one last time: Weston= northeast and parts of southeast. Sara Lee=select parts of Upper Midwest (spelled OHIO). Bimbo=West and parts of south central. Flowers= parts of southeast and Florida. IBC will be left with about 1/2 of the number of facilities they currently have. Product going into markets mentioned will be done by drop ship/common carrier to distribution centers selling for Hostess/Wonder. Hey, FLY, didn't you do this same "dance" about a year ago when brother Volpe announced that he had a deal with Billionaire Ron and Blowjob Bill to buy the company? How did that one end up? Oh yeah...a collossal waste of everyone's time! Didn't you say that Billionaire Ron had BILLIONS to spend on IBC? And now, you think that just because brother Volpe has spoken, the creditors are going to get in bed with the Teamsters and their "investor" of a few hundred million dollars? Ripplewood never said that they were interested in "buying" IBC...only that they were willing to invest in IBC. This is another case of brother Volpe shooting his mouth off and crerating chaos where none is needed. Besides...IBC should have been able to exit bankruptcy well over a year ago which would have meant creditors were seeing REAL payback on their money. They didn't because of ONE factor: brother Volpe and his Teamsters. You REALLY think the creditors are going to agree to do ANYTHING with the Teamsters? Everyone else involved with IBC's bankruptcy have seen the over-inflated, egotistical, assinine, know-it-all, narcissistic brother Volpe and his Teamsters for what they are: the problem and not part fo the solution. Understand that?
 
  Name:   Dirty Sanchez
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
STEVEN SEMAN, It sounds like you have AIDS but don't worry about it, It will cure itself in a couple of years.
 
  Name:   dude
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
I cant wait to see this company buried by competitors. Goodbye to six hour day rt. salesmen, trailer drivers milking their run, supervisors plussing the routes, mngmt.who think they know everything.I've seen it all for a long time. Now Im out but I wont be fully satisfide until the ship is covered with water.I AM SORRY to the few who do earn their check,but the rest deserve whats coming.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Boonie, employees have legitimate questions. If you have any specific information, why won't you give them some piece of mind by telling the truth as you understand it? Or, are you as heartless as the rest of the upper management? You have given some generally accurate info in the past. At this point in the game, what harm can you do by letting them know.
 
  Name:   In The Know...(THE REAL IN THE KNOW)
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
TO FLY :---------------your done. Nobody will be listening to your shit after this. Shut the fuck now!!! ---------------You are a fucking idiot.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:
 
  Comment:
Booneville..You seem to have so much info. Will they be closing the Thrift stores? I work in a thriftstore in Idaho one of the top selling store they have. Just curious I actually already gave my notice.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Good post "My Take"...you too have seen what happens when people "spin their wheels" to justify their existence/importance at the company. The anmount of senseless and useless reports required is incredible. There are production supervisors now that 10 years ago we would not consider as leads. Too many managers just trying to get through their shift minute to minute as they watch the clock. Any problems, pass it on down the line, bad product, too dark, too light , under baked...hey..get it out the door, out of sight...out of mind. I too have seen alot of the same issues from both production and the sales end. I believe that whatever happens during the next month, we will end up bvbetter no matter who we end up employed by.
 
  Name:   STEVEN SEMAN
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
oooooop's Sorry folk's spelled my GOOD name wrong...........It's....STEVEN SEMAN
 
  Name:   seven seman
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
Men-At IBC.... do you have itchy infected balls that keep your hands on your testicles more than 20 hours each day? I Know i do ...Are you constantly scratching and playing pocket pool? Do you smell yeast or mold when you pull out your dick to piss? Then you definitely have ball fungus. And, what you need to rectify your itchy ball problem is Dr. Ezzard Scrotumballs Super-Medicated Ball Powder with dingleberry extract. Stop digging around in your pants now. Get this product and all of your ball scratching is guaranteed to end! Just think how much more time you’ll have to jack-off when you are relieved of the burden of constantly digging around your balls
 
  Name:   my take
Date:   2008-08-23
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
After 30 years in this company I cant beleive what I see. I have never seen a company hit the skids as IBC did. The parade of people going through KC is staggering. People come in and rape this company and move on. Sullivan started , then Alvarez, now Jung. These people know shit about the baking industry which is a huge problem. Who the hell is on the board of directors? Dont they know anything of this industry? The good ole boy system has run out people who knew what they were doing over the last 10 years. Think of the people who left your areas who knew how to bake a product. The people in KC bog down the plants with their reports they create to make themselves seem important to the operation. I have never seen so many insignificant "reports" in my entire working career. Whoever came up with the bakery daily scorecard should be fired! What a waste of time that is as all the plant managers fudge them before sending them in. The scoring of product is a joke as the production managers hand pick the product for scoring. When others comment on the product, they get all defensive and tell them they dont know how to bake bread so shut up. The plants always falsely report on their evaluations to keep their bosses off their asses. Down time reports are a joke as everyone blames each other for any minute of down time. Production supervisors will stretch 1 minute of lost time easily to 30 mins and blame the problem on maintenance when the problem was the workers taking extra breaks and production falls behind.Most production supervisors have little to no experience and are noting but glorified foreman. Its comical to see them prance around like they have 25 years experience and invented bread! Sales people are blowhards. Just look at the postings on this site. They all think the sun rises and sets on their asses. But then again thats what sales people do, all smoke and mirrors and brag how wonderful they are. This company is a very sick company, it has a cancer that is incurable. The unions are a big tumor on this company and cannot be removed. The profit center directors are all pussies and try to browbeat their subordinates. Too much standardization which impedes quality. Too many layers of managers that dont know a whole lot of quality products. Too many huge egos all around that think they are right, no idea of the team concept in this company. I had to laugh when I met the corporate safety director, he really thinks he is something. The "accidents" and workers comp in this company is outrageous and out of control. There is people on workers comp for years and nobody follows up on them. Well I just realized I could go on forever about the ills of this company.Problem is nothing gets fixed and the problems mount up. Just scratching the surface of IBC's illness.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
If you come from a background in cola bottling, then you have no knowledge of the complexities of the baking industry. A coke plant is a coke plant is a coke plant, etc. in terms of equipment, suppliers, formula. It doesn't change, only the equipment improves. The realm of their cost control is in distribution of product. My take on it is that Jung thinks that Coke was a success because of how it delivered to market. But you cannot compare soft drinks and their shelf life to bakery products and their shelf life. Might as well compare oranges to apples so to speak. Wrong person for the job to say the least.
 
  Name:   Carson City Sales
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Sacramento, CA
 
  Comment:
Attention Sac Distribution: We were wondering if we will get our truck this Monday? Please try to get ours out and let another depot get screwed...Please? You have like 8 people running distribution there and none of you can check if all the trucks are out? Come on now!!
 
  Name:   wonder why
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Hodgkins, IL
 
  Comment:
seriously fly get a life. i thought u got a job at flowers. you are a compulsive lier who just likes to try to piss people off. if u really work for flowers like u say u do why do u care what so ever as to what goes on with ibc. i know if i had a differnt job i could care less what happend. u are full of shit everybody knows it so get lost. fact of the matter is nobody knows exactly what will happen. but a decent person would not make up stories just to rile people up. we all will find out soon enough.
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
why is flowers bakeries selling so much great bread soft tastes great when a person goes to the store to buy bread they don't know the bread was delivered to store by independent contractor the only thing they know is good product .jung keeps putting the cart before the horse fix product first most important instead jung has shit products and trying to find cheapest way to del
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Boonie, are you going to answer the question posed???? If you are a true insider, give us a piece of the puzzle if you actually have the information.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Fly is right about cleaning house of top level management with large salaries and compensation. We have had too many levels of management. Other bakers are running with less than 50% of the management levels we have. Mult-tasking management is one of the reasons other bakers survive. If upper management would ask for input from the people in the field, working the aisles , they would have a better understanding of what we face in the market daily. What sells, what doesn't, you do not have to wait 6 months reviewing sales and stale reports to make changes. we need to react to market conditions quickly. As for the plants, too many are running old, inefficient equipment in old inefficient buildings. Nothing is more frustrating for bakers than to struggle daily with equipment that just wont run correctly. Baking is becoming a lost art in the industry, many of the older mixers and employees who could make adjustments on the spot are retired. Too often, we see employees trained to "run the formula and mixing times by the book" no matter what is coming out of the oven You generally get one chance to make an impression on the cutomer, once they buy a package of product that is sub-par, they won't take another chance with us. They switch to another baker. As long as the company runs and rates the plants/distribution points against one another, we will never work together as a team. It remains, screw the other guy, we want our figures to look better. We need to have a fresh start and look at the bigger picture.
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
mr bakerman I have a ? for you if you guys are so great and I speak for all rsrs why can't you bake eight pk hamburgers that don't roll around in the bag! dumbass!
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
you want some truth remember one thing that does not change in life money talks ripplewood has the money what does ibc have nothing only a long list of debts hundreds of millions of $ the only chance ibc has to survive is if woerkers work for peanuts then they can get a loan to survive its simple cut and dry let's not confuse people
 
  Name:   Bakerman
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Memphis, TN
 
  Comment:
Life will be as normal for a long time for us. We will all have jobs on the inside. Sales is where the problem is. We make it cheap and you guys try to sell it for the price of gold. Get real, I make a great probuct, but again I say, get real. Before you know it you will price yourself out of selling any brand product. If you want to be a private label company, sales is heading us in the right direction.
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
how long will ibc last if they go to central states with all those fatcats even less workers they have tried everthing else the past four years ibc is the laughing stock of all other food co whatever they come up with fails proof is in the pudding 4 years and still losing hand over the wheel and get out of the way why keep fatcats that don't know how to make money they blame the workers ....the only thing they have not tried is thin out managment now kc won't do that to themselves that's why you need new blood!!!!!knoxville you are right about ripplewood hedgefunds only care about the money but the people they plan on bringing in know about baking you will see jung will jump on his sword you can see it in his letter he is worn out and I really don't think he thought the teamsters would just completly ignore ibc managment jungs strong arm tactics have failed
 
  Name:   Rici
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Buffalo, NY
 
  Comment:
Dear Mr. Everyone in Buffalo: Eat me! I can run rings around you, whether it's Ring Dings or not! I know who you are, you're large Richard also known as Big Dick. Another oldtimer who doesn't know squat. Why don't you go in the office and continue your ball licking routine. This boat is taking on water and you should be one of the first to be tossed out to save the rest.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
Knoxville just spoke the Truth folks...
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Face it, if, and a big if, Ripplewood acquires IBC, they have no desire to run a baking company. The baking business has one of the lowest profit margins in all of buiness. Their only goal is to buy low, cut it apart and sell the different parts so the sum of the parts adds up to more than the original buying price. We will once again have to through the question as to our future for another length of time. Yes, upper management will be replaced, more than likely with nice severence packages, but replaced with another group charged with cutting costs, cutting jobs, cutting apart the company. Will they have experiance in the baking indutry, probably not. They will be given the task of cutting up the hog and getting the most out of the carcass. The best case would be to be split and sold off to other bakeries that have the knowledge and experience to incorporate us into their system and turn a profit.
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
the creditors just climbed into bed with hoffa and volpe they want the company to keep rolling see jung want to have workers work for peanuts will not work ripplewoods morgan takes over first day all corp fatcats let go first period under new leadership will be in the black chase and monarch are on board everybody know ibc is to top heavy and we are bankrupt to many chiefs not enough indians good old boys club is over that's why Kc is fighting ripplewood off boonville you said ripplewood could maybe buy a spot on the board how bout stealing the whole show!
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
the creditors just climbed into bed with hoffa and volpe they want the company to keep rolling see jung want to have workers work for peanuts will not work ripplewoods morgan takes over first day all corp fatcats let go first period under new leadership will be in the black chase and monarch are on board everybody know ibc is to top heavy and we are bankrupt to many chiefs not enough indians good old boys club is over that's why Kc is fighting ripplewood off boonville you said ripplewood could maybe buy a spot on the board how bout stealing the whole show!
 
  Name:   soulman
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Los Angeles, CA (Hostess)
 
  Comment:
I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour, thats when my love comes tumblin down. I'm gonna take you girl and hold you and do all the things I told you. In the midnight hour.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Defiance, OH
 
  Comment:
CJ
 
  Name:   E.C.J
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Who said Bimbo's was buying the Southeast??? Fly told us Sara Lee was, or Weston was, or did he say Flowers, hell he lied so much no one knows who he said was buying us, lieing son of a bitch living with his grandma, hiding behind momma's dress tail
 
  Name:   Fly Trap
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Akron, OH
 
  Comment:
Fly, can you name an instance where a federal Judge has kept a bankrupt, money losing company going just so they continue to make pension payments, I know you can`t. The Judge is responsible to the creditors.
 
  Name:   g
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Rocky Mount, NC
 
  Comment:
When will we get a ceo that can see we are competing against ourselfs and close the thrift store or just sell day old bread.They cry about cost why charge so lillte for product .I bet when bimbo buys the southeast the first move they make will be close the thrift stores why give it away even mexicans can figure that out !
 
  Name:   g
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Rocky Mount, NC
 
  Comment:
When will we get a ceo that can see we are competing against ourselfs and close the thrift store or just sell day old bread.They cry about cost why charge so lillte for product .I bet when bimbo buys the southeast the first move they make will be close the thrift stores why give it away even mexicans can figure that out !
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Jacksonville, FL
 
  Comment:
Boonie, answer Knox's question if you know something......
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Cincinnati, OH
 
  Comment:
Well Boonville, your being called out..what do you have????????
 
  Name:   Everyone
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Buffalo, NY
 
  Comment:
Ricci...shut the F--CK up. You can't run a route, and your an asshole.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Florence, SC
 
  Comment:
New product was on schedule to roll out in September. Now told not until Janurary. Several Items will be discontinued in September.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Boonie, you still talk in general terms. What particulars do you really have? If you have true insider knowledge of what we should expect, anything such as the who, what, when, where of any of the deals that will occur in the near future, then post something. Do you still foresee Grupo Bimbo and GWB as the main buyers of the west and east, what about the particulars of anything, please let us know. Show us one of the cards.
 
  Name:   fly
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
boonville are you blind do you not see ibc is getting a good old fashion hostile takeover monarch bought up a shitload of ibc debt they want a payday not pennys on the $ from a liqidation sale ripplewood is stealing ibc away from KC even though vetters is in jungs pocket you really think he will sign off on 23000 workers and have govt takeover pension mess you must surely be doing some good drugs.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
The Teamsters "deal" if it works will be saving jobs in the Midwest. This is the only way to "save face" within the organization, unfortunately it will come at a great "sacrifice" for the members in concessions and jobs. The east and west will be gone before long, sold off to the highest bidders to raise capital and consolidate operations. Many of us on this message board can see that the immediate focus continues to be to get the company through the last big bun holiday of the year. After next weekend things will begin moving rapidly. Be prepared for the sell off of certain of our operations to begin in the next couple of weeks. Good luck to us all.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Boonville didn't you state on this site once before that it has to go before BK court before they can sell any part of IBC
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
looking ahead your a numb ass we never got ot vote on the first plan dipshit.
 
  Name:   no way
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
allright boonie have it your way. if the companies last huuurra is after labor day how about nobody shows up to bake or deliver .fuck us fuckyou
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Boonville, MO
 
  Comment:
Hey, Fly, Dirty...all you's....how's it going? I can see that some things still haven't changed. Let's see...Teamsters: Yucaipa...failed. Ripplewood: failed......now asking the CREDITORS to help them out??? BWWAAAAAAA!! Volpe still hasn't figured it out, has he? He had ONE chance...last year...to come to the table. He chose to go his own way....now the hammer is falling and Volpe is reaching in whatever direction he thinks someone is looking. IBC's "plans" are now made...they are finalized. I TOLD you numerous times...nothing is going to happen until AFTER Labor Day. Whether you view it as such or not, IBC STILL views Labor Day as a major sales day. Once that is past, things are going to start happening extemely quickly. IBC will be announcing its final plan in court on Sept. 30. By then, Teamsters will have been cut by 1/3 to 1/2 of its present size. Bakeries will have been sold, markets will have been abandoned. Ask Hodgkins WHY no new product rollout until after the first fo the year now? By the way, alexandria, you're not up to date are you. Management did NOT get 6 mil in bonuses this year. They withdrew their motion for the bonuses in court over a month ago.
 
  Name:   Planning ahead
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Lakewood, WA
 
  Comment:
Once again due to shortsightedness you are pointing the finger anywhere you can. You should have taken the original offer but no greedy union members won't even listen to their leadership so now you have to give up twice as much. Go ahead vote no then try to find what you have now even with the $200 less or whatever it is. LOOK LONGTERM
 
  Name:   Fred Fart
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Davenport, IA
 
  Comment:
i suffer from elephantiasis (curse that edema) in my scrotes. in other words i got nuts the size of coconuts. pain in the ass to sit down since i gotta move them to the sides .Is This Normal....For IBC ??Worker's
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Hodgkins, IL
 
  Comment:
I am going to take the cut. After the east and west are parted out I can keep my job.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Alexandria, LA
 
  Comment:
So let me get this right, now Volpe wants us to take an even larger pay cut. Do the math this is double from the 100 buck a week pay cut they wanted us to take before. All this while management just took that 6 million in bonuses. I'd rather see the company sold off in chunks. No way that I am going to take a 200 dollar a week pay cut.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Another idiot(The Profit) spewing his/her ideology. Keep your ridiculous peronal views to yourself or whatever cult you belong to. Leave the board for honest and open views pertaining to IBC.
 
  Name:   no way
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
hey dirty sanchez ill say it for you another extension blah blah blah
 
  Name:   C.Jung
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
Name: Anonymous Date: 2008-08-22 Location: Location:Knoxville, TN Comment: this is the 11 hour saving face for both teamsters (and i hate to say that being one) and Ripplewood, now they will go to the judge and say look we need an extension to carry this out, so guess what we will get another extension Sept.30th end this shit i say well i agree with Knox i see another extension next month
 
  Name:   The Profit
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Pomona, CA
 
  Comment:
Thought for the day,Barak says he wants to tax only the rich.The problem is that he thinks any man with a job making above $25,000. is rich.He says he will only raise taxes on those making over$250,000.(why the class warfare?) I say more power to those who have worked hard to get ahead.The people with money are the ones who create jobs.When was the last time you were offered a job from a homeless person.The bottom line is Barak is a Socialist.....take from the producers and give to the non-producers!! Instead of looking to GOD for our daily bread he wants us to be looking to the government.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Boonville, MO
 
  Comment:
Dear Kathy, Thank you for e-mailing us on your problem. We have just the fix for it. Try our cream filling from one of our BANNANA TWINKIES.Name: kathy kotex Date: 2008-08-22 Location: Location:Columbus, OH Comment: Hi, I am a 26 year old female who just became sexually active with her boyfriend over the past five days. Our sex has been, well, incredible, but due to the intensity and length of time spent having sex, I've noticed some pain and itchiness in the vaginal area. Upon looking at my vagina I noticed that the skin right around the entrance to the vagina has been rubbed raw--even off in some places! Is there a topical cream I could use without going to the gyno (this is rather embarrassing), like a baby diaper cream or neosporin? What do you suggest we do in the future--I am assuming that there were times when there was not as much moisture as there should be--should we always use an additional lubricant?
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Cincinnati, OH
 
  Comment:
COLUMBUS...KATIE...NOT you guys are tards............
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Date:   Web site
 
  Comment: Not knowing just where to hang your hat today, when it comes to knowing the truth of such things like our economy, the best presidential candidate, who's lying and who's dying is nothing new in America but it's fast becoming a world-wide disappointment to tens-of-millions of every-day people who enjoy living their lives without the stench and the need for such drama. Straight talk is what they enjoy best and today's politicians don't speak it. They prefer to use language as a tool of deception and a cloak for hiding. We pay these Idiots millions of dollars to represent us before Congress and the like. In turn, they sell us out like rats upon a sinking ship. It's time to turn their wicked ways into a new day dawning in America, folks. A day in which we can all take a breath of fresh air before joining forces to take our Nation back. We are most certainly in a recession and for a number of senseless reasons. We have more criminals outside our jails dressed in the finest clothes taxpayer money can buy, and the family home is now in foreclosure across America. Why? Big money and lying politicians!
 
  Name:   kathy kotex
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Columbus, OH
 
  Comment:
Hi, I am a 26 year old female who just became sexually active with her boyfriend over the past five days. Our sex has been, well, incredible, but due to the intensity and length of time spent having sex, I've noticed some pain and itchiness in the vaginal area. Upon looking at my vagina I noticed that the skin right around the entrance to the vagina has been rubbed raw--even off in some places! Is there a topical cream I could use without going to the gyno (this is rather embarrassing), like a baby diaper cream or neosporin? What do you suggest we do in the future--I am assuming that there were times when there was not as much moisture as there should be--should we always use an additional lubricant?
 
  Name:   Insider
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
As We Have said before Under performing and Unprofitable markets will be closed just like we did in Southern California. There will be no Exceptions
 
  Name:   Rici
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Buffalo, NY
 
  Comment:
Can you read between the lines? The letter we received yesterday all but said "We tried but failed". A few jobs will be saved. But the truth is, in Western, New York we aren't high on the priority list. We're not UPS. If you can find something, take it. If not, hope there are not too many "concessions". Nice way of saying we're going to cut your wages. Who invented these great words anyway, like 'downsizing', 'concessions'. I know about as much as anyone else. This is just my opinion. Good luck.
 
  Name:   RE: eat my twinkie
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Jacksonville, FL
 
  Comment:
Hey eat my twinkie. I got something for you to eat. I will be at the plant tomorrow night. Come here.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
this is the 11 hour saving face for both teamsters (and i hate to say that being one) and Ripplewood, now they will go to the judge and say look we need an extension to carry this out, so guess what we will get another extension Sept.30th end this shit i say
 
  Name:   SHOVE IT
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Cincinnati, OH
 
  Comment:
I HAVE A NEW JOB.....I will not give notice. I am telling no one. I will just not show up on the 30th. Have fun getting the product out mgmt. its not a pretty route. Don't worry about the threat of keeping my vacation-I already took it. Don't worry about my last paycheck-unless the doors are closed you have to give it. If they are closed i don't care anyway. hahahahahhahhahahahahahahahaha....now my mgrs have to get off their lazy asses and really work..to bad you won't get to swim at home with the family that day...SUCKA. you can stay on this ship. I am done. BTW, thanks for making me look for a new job. I get weekends off now.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Hodgins I am shocked to see that someone from Illinois(the state that gave us Obama, Hilary, & Jesse Jackson) would not vote for a Republican. STOP THE PRESSES.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
The bottom line is this release from the Teamsters was to try to save face and make themselves to look like the good guy when what is done is done and nothing will change it. If you vote for obama he'll do the same thing to this country that the Teamsters are doing to America- screwing o them over.
 
  Name:   HD G
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Schiller Park, IL
 
  Comment:
That will be the day i vote for some anti-union,72 year old senile piece of garbage like mc cain-whats a matter 8 years of that other idiot aint enough for ya,this is the old senile version of bush.Only stupid morons would vote for uncle fester mc cain.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
call out call out call out call out call out call out call out call out call out call out call out call out call out call out call out Aug 30
 
  Name:   Jimmy
Date:   2008-08-22
Location:   Location:
 
  Comment:
If you believe Jung and Volpe then you believe Frank Fitzsimons. But then again most of you weren't around.
 
  Name:   1800 CALL OUT
Date:   2008-08-21
Date:   Employee
 
  Comment: For all the times they made our holidays miserable. For never letting us have 2 days in a row. CALL THE FUCK OUT! they owe us
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-21
Date:   
 
  Comment: call out Aug30 Last chance to get back at those scumbags
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-21
Location:   Location:Cincinnati, OH
 
  Comment:
I still think they want to make certain we are all at our stations for Labor day, then the shoe drops. They are worried.
 
  Name:   Craig Jung
Date:   2008-08-21
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
I am calling out too on Aug. 30
 
  Name:   doughboy
Date:   2008-08-21
Location:   Location:New Bedford, MA
 
  Comment:
im booking off on August 30.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-21
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
ok you know what if jung wanted to sell pieces of the company off he would have done that just to get out of the shit is in but he couldnt. the labels of hostess and wonder are locked up for another 2 years so for any fool to buy this company they would have to have compliance with the ones who count in this business, bakers, truckers and sales. that is why i think ripple and other funds are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. they are realizing that there might be some hope for parts of the country (northeast and some of the south). i really do not think that they will give two shits about anyone west of chicago. i say let them see if they can survive without the more populated areas. in time, everyone will be ok but we as workers cannot concede everything. that is the picture the company wants to paint. overall everyone knows that whomever runs the show will see that they too will come back to us and show that they too will make serious cuts i.e regional mgrs,acct execs, and every fuckin vice president this company has. that there alone will save a big chunk of change in salary and in benes. we should not budge until they make the move first to show us as employees that they are serious about saving this place. if they decide not to make any changes, then let the company die and let us see if they can rebuild what they could possibly have. what used to be a job that was impossible to get into 40 to 50 applications deep, the managers can not even get people off the street to work and if they do they quit a day later. it will be all gone. and the only ones to blame are the fuck-ups that are at the top. words to go by the fish always stinks from the head down.
 
  Name:   Disco
Date:   2008-08-21
Location:   Location:Akron, OH
 
  Comment:
If that letter from Jung is legit, (I think it is). He didn`t say anything about selling off parts of the company. There is no way a press release from the teamsters is going to stop him from selling off parts, if thats what is already underway.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-21
Location:   Location:Cincinnati, OH
 
  Comment:
I agree with Knox. If concessions are made to save the company, in the end it really is about saving the midwest. The rest of us will be sold off. The teamsters know it but, have to save face by "saving" jobs in the midwest. IBC has lost in excess of 81.5 million this year alone. Any investment must be with a promise of selling parts for return on the money.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-21
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment:
Some still don't get it and continue living in dreamland. There won't be any deal in the end. Decisions are already playing out behind the scenes. We will be broken up into pieces and sold off NO MATTER WHO FUNDS US. Talking about accepting concessions is not an option. The "sacrifices" talked about are "us". Get realistic and understand that there is no magic potion that will save IBC at this point. Part of IBC will remain regardless, the balance is being sold and cast off to raise cash. Many of us will be accepting employment with the new owners at their terms which may be better than what we now have.
 
  Name:   eat my twinkie
Date:   2008-08-21
Location:   Location:Jacksonville, FL
 
  Comment:
to all of younnegative minded people that dont want to have a job here,including not accepting concessions,QUITGO
 
  Name:   hope for the best
Date:   2008-08-21
Location:   Location:Buffalo, NY
 
  Comment:
to all,teamster leader is quite correct in the concessions,our BA told us the same thing.but what fools we would be to except it.(which we won't)he did forget to say the hourly folks will be getting Big ($3-$5)hr more in their income.since there are more of them(hr people)it will pass. but as we all know by now,this AIN'T going to happen.this ship is sunk,no more time,things are already in motion,they've already started to part this baby out (thank God).it's over my friends,all we can do is hope that which ever outfit does take over,they'll keep us on.
 
  Name:   hope for the best
Date:   2008-08-21
Location:   Location:Buffalo, NY
 
  Comment:
to all,teamster leader is quite correct in the concessions,our BA told us the same thing.but what fools we would be to except it.(which we won't)he did forget to say the hourly folks will be getting Big ($3-$5)hr more in their income.since there are more of them(hr people)it will pass. but as we all know by now,this AIN'T going to happen.this ship is sunk,no more time,things are already in motion,they've already started to part this baby out (thank God).it's over my friends,all we can do is hope that which ever outfit does take over,they'll keep us on.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-21
Location:   Location:Jamaica, NY
 
  Comment:
Yes, you have given us 4 years of patience and understanding, give us, give us, give us, etc. Don't abandon me before September 30th, be patient, stay the course, all is well, etc, etc, etc,
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-21
Location:   Location:Kansas City, MO
 
  Comment:
LETTER FROM JUNG---------------------------August 21, 2008 To All IBC Employees, In recent days, you may have seen press releases issued by the Teamsters, or read several newspaper articles regarding discussions between representatives of our secured creditors and unions that represent a large number of IBC employees. I thought it important to share directly with you where we stand today. Recently, the bankruptcy proceedings reached a point where our secured creditors felt it necessary to discuss certain terms and conditions with IBC’s large unions. They believed this was necessary in order for the secured creditors to support an amended plan of reorganization and provide financing that is needed for IBC to emerge from Chapter 11. We are encouraged to hear reports of progress in discussions between our secured creditors and the Teamsters. At the same time, you should understand that a number of outstanding issues remain to be resolved before an agreement between all parties is final. As I write this note, representatives from the company, our financial advisors, and attorneys are meeting in New York with representatives of our secured creditors and Ripplewood Holdings LLC to resolve outstanding issues. Assuming outstanding issues get resolved, we will then work with the secured creditors and Ripplewood to develop and file an amended plan of reorganization with the bankruptcy court. The court would then review that amended plan and issue a ruling. This process, if successful, along with ratification of contracts, will take several months. We have taken a large step in the right direction and should all be encouraged and hopeful. Yet, we should also recognize that outstanding issues exist and that patience and understanding will be necessary. Much work remains to be done before the Company can successfully emerge from Chapter 11. I want you to know that your hard work and continued commitment to the Company and our Customers is recognized and appreciated during this time of uncertainty. Thanks! Craig Jung
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-21
Location:   Location:Sacramento, CA
 
  Comment:
equity firms are like mortgage brokers....they initially broker your note then sell the note to the highest bidder. While we have been bought some time we are not out of the woods yet. Look for negotiations to continue with all interested parties. This company could still be pieced out.
 
  Name:   no way
Date:   2008-08-21
Location:   Location:Biddeford, ME
 
  Comment:
im with you rocky mountain im still taking the 30th off. there is not enough time. to present a proposal then mail out ballots and supposedly count votes somethings fishy.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-21
Location:   Location:Cincinnati, OH
 
  Comment:
Something has to give soon, DIP funds run out in a couple of weeks.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-21
Location:   Location:Rocky Mount, NC
 
  Comment:
Deal or No Deal..Just because the Teamsters and an equity firm have some agreement, the terms which will not be released until everyone gets the company through the holiday, does not mean all is well. Any deal must be presented to the bankruptcy court and to the debtors. There are several proposals/bids already presented and under consideration. What is best for the debtors will more than likely be how it plays out. Regardless, IBC will be split apart in the end. A deal with an equity firm is a deal with the devil. In the end, we will be sold into pieces whether next month or next year. in the end, the investors and debtors want their money. They are not going to wait as the company bleeds money, it will be sell assets to raise capital, sell assets to raise operating funds, sell assets to pay back investors.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-21
Location:   Location:Birmingham, AL
 
  Comment:
Buffalo...this isn't IBC's deal...this is the Teamster's deal...deal with it. You all insist on blaming the company even when they aren't involved.
 
  Name:   Anonymous
Date:   2008-08-21
Location:   Location:Knoxville, TN
 
  Comment: