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  1. 2026

    Hi-Speed Industrial Service sues Hope Baking and East Baking over unpaid invoices

    Lawsuit filed

    Mock, Inc., doing business as Hi-Speed Industrial Service, filed suit on Friday, October 9, 2026, in Hempstead County Circuit Court against Hope Baking Company and its Massachusetts parent East Baking Company Inc., alleging they owe $19,870.66 for inspecting, repairing and replacing electric motors at the Hope, Arkansas bakery between June and September 2025. The complaint pleads breach of contract and, in the alternative, unjust enrichment, and seeks the unpaid balance plus a 5 percent late fee per invoice, attorney's fees, collection costs and interest, with the defendants held jointly liable. It is the third suit against the bakery in the county this year and the second since the plant closed July 25, putting roughly 250 people out of work.

    Stated objective. Recover the unpaid balance plus a 5 percent late fee on each invoice, attorney's fees, collection costs and interest, and hold the two companies jointly liable

    Source excerpt

    • A Tennessee industrial repair company has become the latest supplier to take the closed Hope Baking Company and its Massachusetts parent to court, suing Friday in Hempstead County Circuit Court over three unpaid bills for motor work done at the plant in the year before it shut down.
    • Mock, Inc., which does business as Hi-Speed Industrial Service, says Hope Baking and East Baking Company Inc. owe it $19,870.66 for inspecting, repairing and replacing electric motors at the bakery at 2700 E. Third St. between June and September 2025.
    • It is the third suit filed against the bakery in Hempstead County this year and the second since the plant closed July 25, putting roughly 250 people out of work.
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