"Dimitri" > wrote in message
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> "KevinS" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> On Apr 3, 2007, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> Yes, they do [still sell Arnold Bread on the east coast].
>> They are owned by the same people who own Entenmann's.
>> I don't see Oroweat on the list of companies they own.
>
> Sometimes corporate arrangements can be mysterious.
> I went to the Oroweat website. The company name that
> appears at the bottom of the home page is - I kid you not -
> Bimbo Bakeries, Inc.
>
> So, I go to the Bimbo Bakeries website. It says thier brands
> include:
>
> Ready for this? Bimbo is the 3 1 baking company in MEXICO
>
>
> http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...C0A9649C8B 63
>
> COMPANY NEWS; GRUPO BIMBO OF MEXICO BUYS 5 BAKERIES IN UNITED STATES
>
>
> Published: January 23, 2002
> Grupo Bimbo of Mexico, the world's third-largest bread maker, said
> yesterday that it bought five bakeries in the United States for $610
> million in a deal that was expected to double the company's revenue in the
> United States. The agreement includes five plants in Texas, Colorado,
> California and Oregon, as well as the rights to make and distribute
> Orowheat bread, Entenmann's pastries, Thomas' English Muffins and Boboli
> pizza kits in the western United States. Bimbo said the agreement, with
> George Weston Ltd. of Canada, also grants the Mexican company the rights
> to about 1,300 direct distribution routes. George Weston's operations in
> the western United States had sales of $620 million in 2001 and posted
> earnings of $56 million.
>
>
> Dimitri
I was watching a soccer match on TV the other day and I couldn't figure out
why one team was sponsored by Bimbo -- now I know. Thanks
Janet