Monthly loss widens for Twinkies maker

12/7/2006

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Interstate Bakeries Corp., the bankrupt maker of Twinkies and Wonder bread, said yesterday its monthly loss grew 34 percent in October from September.

The company has operated a bakery in the Toledo suburb of Northwood since 1998.

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court has required monthly reports from Interstate Bakeries since the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in September, 2004.