date:Oct 17, 2012
y process and efficiency-boosting packaging equipment.
Hostess also plans to close or consolidate several depots to maximise the efficiency of its distribution network.
The company currently runs 36 bakeries and 560 distribution depots in the US. Hostess has just over half the number of bakeries it had in the mid 1990's.
Also outlined in the strategy are plans to close unprofitable retail stores and a switch of focus to the sale of discounted products approaching their sell-by date. The fir