{"article":{"id":206140,"heading":"Interstate Bakeries Withdrawal a Blow to Low and Middle Income Residents","author":"Sol Weiss","created":"2007-08-31 20:03:45","modified":"2007-08-31 20:03:45","last_modified":"Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:03:45","article":"

The shutdown of bread operations of Interstate Bakeries, maker of Wonder and other bakery brands,

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delivers a economic blow to low and middle income Los Angeles County residents.

Included in the shut down are 19 bakery outlet stores, which sell bakery products, including popular Hostess cakes, as a substantial discount to retail outlets, sometimes up to two-thirds.

Some of these outlets also carry restaurant\/hotel products not sold in retail channels.

One customer commented, \"Who cares about the shelf life of what you are eating now?\"



These locations are mainly in Eastern and Southern parts of the county, including outlets in Compton, East Los Angeles, Bell Gardens, El Monte, Burbank, and Long Beach. The company operates none on the West side. The locations can be found at http:\/\/www.bakeryoutlets.com\/storelocator.asp<\/a>

Interstate has operated as a union company. It has been in chapter 11 bankruptcy for three years. The cutbacks and reorganization resulted from the neo-liberal agenda of de-unionizing the American economy.<\/p>\n","contact":"weiss811@ca.rr.com","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Closing of Outlet Stores Means Higher Prices ","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2007\/08\/206140.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}