Bimbo

Orowheat crown of the bread comes apart

Last week I bought a pack of Tia Rosa whole wheat tortillas. Half of them were rotten with mold. I tossed the pack out. This week I bought another. Every one of those tortillas had big spots of mold! The tortillas were not out of date. I called, complained, and was offered coupons. Rather than tempt fate, I requested a refund for the two packs. I now have a month to wait for corporate to cut me a check. I’m sorry to say I will not want to eat anything made by Bimbo in the future; I just don’t trust them to provide wholesome food. I’ve posted a picture of some of the tortillas up on the front page to illustrate my point. I wish Bimbo well in the future and hope that they will be able to get back on track.

I’m such a fan of BIMBOs…
BIMBO Bakery corporation that is. Not too many people recognize the BIMBO brand name (
), and most snicker at the name as I did before I started winning things from them. To shed some light on BIMBO, they own the brands:
— Sara Lee
— Ball Park
— Boboli
— Francisco
— Oroweat
— Entemann’s
— Thomas’ English muffins
— And their own BIMBO brand with the white bear in a chef’s hat
So now that your «Ah-​Ha» moment has past, all of you have finally realized that you too have had close encounters with BIMBOs and never even realized it! For some of you out there BIMBO encounters are a pretty common occurrence. You should bookmark their website (
) for the reasons below:
BIMBO never entered my RADAR until we won a year’s supply of bread from them! Rather than loaves of bread arriving at your doorstep, they send you 52 coupons worth $ 3.50 each for you to go and try anything they have to offer. Good stuff, but it even gets better; we won twice more and went to two Major League Soccer games at the Home Depot Center featuring the LA Galaxy vs. Chivas USA all on the bankroll of BIMBO’s. Of course the Galaxy won both games :). While they aren’t the major sponsor for Chivas USA anymore, you still see Chivas fans with BIMBO on their shirts — very appropriate in my opinion! So not sure if we were that lucky, or it’s just so easy to win — because for the bread contest, there are 10 winners each week! Enter all their contests via their website.
As far as the bread quality goes, this may not beat fresh bread from local bakeries; but given their vast distribution network, this is one corporate bakery business that tries to cover all the bases to satisfy customers from all walks of life. Bimbo Bakeries USA is the American corporations of Grupo Bimbo from Mexico. They are the largest baker company in the United States.
So go get you some BIMBOs! I did and was very satisfied!