Showing posts with label Hostess. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hostess. Show all posts

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Junk Food Resurrection: Twinkies Set to Return Soon!



Junk food enthusiasts now have reason to rejoice...junk food staple Twinkies will be returning to store shelves as of July 15!!!

Late last year, it was thought that the oh-so-scrumptious sponge cake treat with the non-decomposing cream filling was lost to distraught Americans forever when the Hostess manufacturing company filed for bankruptcy after an acrimonious labor strike with Unionized workers.

 The company is now back up and running once again under new ownership and a much leaner financial structure (unlike the people who gobble down their fat-laden treats). The company promises fans that Twinkies will be back on store shelves just in time for summer fairs and carnivals, where Deep Fried Twinkies are considered a delicacy and harden the arteries of citizens everywhere!

The company also promises that the golden sponge treats will taste exactly the same as you remember. The boxes will now feature a witty new tag line "The Sweetest Comeback in History of Ever!" Other popular Hostess products such as Ho Hos and Ding Dongs should follow suit and make their grand returns to grocery stores everywhere over the course of the summer.



Saturday, November 17, 2012

Sweet Emotion: Hostess Closing Shop/No More Twinkies or Ho Hos

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There was a desperate run on Twinkies after Hostess announced Friday it’s going out of business amid bankruptcy and labor strife.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/twinkie-maker-hostess-close-cites-nationwide-worker-strike-article-1.1203105#ixzz2CStMsoei
 There has been a mad-dash run on junk food staples Twinkies and Ho Hos after the Hostess manufacturing company announced it was closing shop after more than 82 years in business, leaving a terrible economic impact in its wake. 

A small  union's stubbornness during contract negotiations is receiving the lion's share of blame for the closing, which will put more than 18,000 Americans out of work just before the holiday season as well as the loss of all-important tax revenue from local factories and outlets that sell Hostess products. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January of this year. 

After the closing was announced yesterday, fans of the company's baked goods headed out in droves to their local outlets, loading down on boxes of the tasty treats before they disappear from store shelves forever. Some of the company's outlet stores in the North East US sold out of their complete stock in a matter of hours, with panicked buyers snapping up boxes in a feeding frenzy.

Boxes of Twinkies and Ding Dongs were being listed at online auction site eBay for hundreds of dollars each. White bread staple Wonder Bread also flew off the shelves. "I guess I'll have to keep a hundred loaves of Wonder Bread in my freezer," said one harried consumer, her shopping cart piled high with bread.

More bad news for news-weary Americans as another staple that has been a part of all of our lives for so long fades to black...








A small union's stubbornness in contract talks with Hostess is being blamed for the shutdown of one of America's snack food icons, the loss of 18,500 jobs just before the holiday season and much-needed tax revenue from hundreds of plants and shops across the country.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/16/hostess-brands-to-liquidate-lay-off-18500-after-crippling-union-fight/#ixzz2CSu0ONqd
A small union's stubbornness in contract talks with Hostess is being blamed for the shutdown of one of America's snack food icons, the loss of 18,500 jobs just before the holiday season and much-needed tax revenue from hundreds of plants and shops across the country.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/16/hostess-brands-to-liquidate-lay-off-18500-after-crippling-union-fight/#ixzz2CSu0ONqd
There was a desperate run on Twinkies after Hostess announced Friday it’s going out of business amid bankruptcy and labor strife.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/twinkie-maker-hostess-close-cites-nationwide-worker-strike-article-1.1203105#ixzz2CStMsoei
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