founded in 2013 . for the original hostess brands see old hb . for the brand of snack cakes see hostess snack cakes . hostess brands llc type private industry food bakery predecessor old hb founded june 2013 june 2013 headquarters kansas city missouri united states products brands such as hostess and dolly madison owner c. dean metropoulos and co. apollo global management website www.hostessbrands.com hostess brands llc is a bakery company formed in june 2013 . it owns several bakeries in the united states that produce snack cakes under the hostess and dolly madison brand names . it is headquartered in kansas city missouri and is owned by hb holdings llc which is owned by apollo global management and c. dean metropoulos and company . 1 the company is separate from old hb which was formerly known as hostess brands inc. from 2009 2013 . old hb is currently under liquidation and sold its cake business to apollo and metropoulos creating the current hostess brands . the current hostess brands was formed as new hb acquisition llc to acquire the cake business hostess and dolly madison brands of hostess brands inc. following the conclusion of the sale hostess brands inc. became old hb inc. and new hb acquisition became hostess brands llc . 2 in june 2013 hostess brands retained the same public relations and advertising firms that had previously worked for old hb . bernstein rein in kansas city missouri will do hostess brands advertising ; lak public relations in new york will handle its public relations for the return of hostess products . 3 the company officially restarted production of snack cakes on june 6 2013 with products officially going on sale on july 15 2013 . 1 of the eleven bakeries operated by old hb hostess brands retained four in columbus georgia ; emporia kansas ; indianapolis indiana and schiller park illinois . 4 the schiller park facility later closed in october 2014 . 5 6 in the summer of 2015 hostess began producing hostess brand bread and buns . the company which previously owned wonder bread never produced bread under its own brand name . the new hostess bread items are carried at certain drug stores and dollar stores . 7 in july 2016 hostess announced it would be going public in an offering valuing the company at 2.3 billion . 8 the deal would see apollo global management and c. dean metropoulos and company become minority owners with the gores group taking a majority ownership position in the firm . 9 references edit a b choi candice june 24 2013 . hostess says twinkies will return to shelves july 15 with wider distribution . star tribune . retrieved july 22 2013 . business name history . missouri secretary of state . july 22 2013 . retrieved july 22 2013 . elliott stuart june 30 2013 . news from the advertising industry accounts . new york times . retrieved july 24 2013 . bomkamp samantha ; cancino alejandra august 20 2014 . hostess twinkie plant in schiller park closes after 84 years . chicago tribune . lobosco katie august 20 2014 . twinkie bakery to close putting 400 out of work . cnn money . hostess bakery plant in schiller park closes . abc 7 chicago . october 19 2014 . http www.bakingbusiness.com articles news home business 2015 06 metropoulos moves hostess into.aspx id % 7ba6282207 02da 4204 8e1e 77641aeb68f2 % 7d chappell bill 5 july 2016 . twinkies maker hostess plans a 2.3 billion stock offering . npr . retrieved 5 july 2016 . cyran ryan 5 july 2016 . a tasty high calorie deal for hostess brands . new york times . retrieved 5 july 2016 . external links edit companies portal official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hostess brands & oldid 743475029 categories hostess brandscompanies established in 2013privately held companies in the united statessnack food manufacturers of the united statesbakeries of the united stateshidden categories use mdy dates from july 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages espa ol edit links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 20 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view