AUCTION
Gateway Milling Co., bankrupt,  
by order of Secured Creditor
4100 S. Ricketts Road
Bartonville, Illinois
(5 miles South of Peoria)
Wednesday, April 6, 2005
starting promptly at 9:00 a.m.

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Additional items are listed at the bottom of the page.

Baker’s Supplies: over 4,200 bags of various flours by Pillsbury, ConAgra, General Mills, Bay State, and Puratos and others, over 550 pails of fruit fillings by Puratos and Gourmet Select and Lawrence foods; over 400 pails of icing by Puratos; assorted bread flours and pastry and cake flours; assorted bakery mixes and cookie and donut mixes; sweetened coconut; emulsions; conditioners; sesame; caraway; almonds; pecans; raisins; cinnamon; shortenings; fry oil; Sprinkle King assortments; dry malt; cake boxes; donut boxes; pizza rounds; bags; over 43 tons of sugar; salt; corn syrups; assorted chocolate ingredients; butters; nuts; much more.  

Frozen Foods: over 690 cartons of frozen pies; assorted bagels, breads and cookie doughs; pie shells; croissants; pastries; rolls; streudels; cobblers; eggs; donuts, scones and muffins. Brand names include Mel-O-Cream; Arnie’s Bagelicious; Nancy’s, Parco, Maplehurst, Gabby’s, United Pies, Concepts2 Bakers, Chef Pierre, Sara Lee, Country Home Bakers, Dessert Innovations, FathersTable, Gonella, and others. 

Misc: (9) skids water softener pellets; (10) skids of ice melters.

Also, we also have a number of livestock and animal related foodstuffs, such as mineral blocks, 6-tons of cottonseed hulls, 2-tons of beet pulp with molasses; and 8-tons of BarnLime. Bone Meal; bird feed; Ultralyx; and Tuffy’s cat and dog foods. 

see the sale day catalog for full listing of the items to be sold.

A 10% Buyer Fee will be added to all purchases.

Absentee Bids: If you are unable to attend the auction sale, we can bid for you. You must submit a blank check accompanied by a bank letter guaranteeing payment to Cotten Commercial Auctioneers, Inc. in the amount of your maximum bid plus the Buyer's Fee, if applicable. We will bid for you as if you are actually present.
Inspection: Inspection from 2 to 5pm on April 5th, and from 8 AM on sale day. Although every effort has been made to publish reliable information regarding the property to be sold, Cotten Commercial Auctioneers, Inc. makes no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy of the information contained herein. For this reason the buyers should avail themselves of the opportunity to inspect the property to be sold prior to the auction sale. Any announcements made day of sale shall take precedence over prior advertising or printed matter.
Removal of Purchases: All purchases must be removed from the premises before 5pm April 11, 2005. All purchases become the Buyer's responsibility at the time of sale, and the Seller and the Auctioneer assume no responsibility or liability for loss, damage, or injury to persons or property before, during, or after the auction sale. Movers and riggers must provide a valid certificate of insurance prior to dismantling any equipment.

There is a truck dock and also ground level loading. There will be a fork lift and operator on site to facilitate loading. Part of the sale will be in a freezer, so dress accordingly. There will be a lunch concession on site.

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Cotten Commercial Auctioneers, Inc.
Illinois License #044000115