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===Mexico=== Wonder Bread was produced in [[Mexico]] by [[Grupo Bimbo]],<ref name="Grupo Industrial Bimbo History">{{cite web|title=Grupo Industrial Bimbo History|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/grupo-industrial-bimbo-history/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231090547/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/grupo-industrial-bimbo-history/|archive-date=December 31, 2012|access-date=July 20, 2012|publisher=Funding Universe|df=mdy-all}}</ref> the largest baking company in the world.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sales up, profits down at Grupo Bimbo |url=http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/10551/Sales_up,_profits_down_at_Grupo_Bimbo.html |journal=British Baker |last=Leek |first=Martyn |date=July 31, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018021521/http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/10551/Sales_up,_profits_down_at_Grupo_Bimbo.html |archive-date=October 18, 2015 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Grupo Bimbo acquired the Mexican rights to the brand and factories in 1986 when it purchased the Mexican subsidiary of [[Continental Baking Company]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoovers.com/company/Grupo_Bimbo_SAB_de_CV/shfhti-1-1njhxk.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125123055/http://www.hoovers.com/company/Grupo_Bimbo_SAB_de_CV/shfhti-1-1njhxk.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-25 |title=Company Search β Company Information | website=Hoover's Company Profiles}}</ref> In 2013, Grupo Bimbo lost in their bid to acquire Hostess bread brands, including Wonder Bread (U.S.), to Flowers Foods during the liquidation of Hostess Brands ([[Old HB]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.retaildive.com/news/wonder-bread-may-be-purchased-by-major-mexican-retailer-grupo-bimbo/86981/|title=Wonder Bread may be purchased by major Mexican retailer Grupo Bimbo|first=Joan|last=Brodeki|work=Retail Dive|date=January 7, 2013|access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2013/02/28/news/companies/wonder-bread-flowers-foods/index.html|title=Flowers Foods buys Wonder Bread from Hostess|first=Chris|last=Isidore|work=CNN Money|date=March 1, 2013|access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref>
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