Little Debbie Maker Acquires Bakery

Prairie City Bakery offers more than 125 varieties of individually-wrapped and bulk food service products.

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(BUSINESS WIRE)  McKee Foods, best known for producing the Little Debbie brand of snack cakes, has announced its acquisition of Vernon Hills, Illinois-based Prairie City Bakery. Prairie City Bakery was co-founded by Bill Skeens more than 25 years ago and now offers more than 125 varieties of individually-wrapped and bulk food service products, including Big Cinnamon Rolls, danish, Down Home Cookies, Classic and Premium Donuts, Donut Holes in a Cup and Ooey Gooey Butter Cakes. They sell into the convenience, food service and in-store bakery channels. 

McKee Foods will continue using the Prairie City Bakery brand name and Prairie City Bakeryโ€™s existing distribution channels. Additionally, McKee Foods will retain all Prairie City Bakery employees and existing Vernon Hills offices.

McKee Foods has annual sales of $1.4 billion and employs more than 6,200 people at four U.S. plants. In addition to the Little Debbie brand, it also produces goods under the Drakeโ€™s cakes, Sunbelt Bakery and Fieldstone Bakery brands.

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