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Post by Joe Cocker on Nov 16, 2012 12:21:51 GMT -5
Big talk on Bay Area radio today, as Hostess union members were calling in. One caller said it was the new GREEN GAS carbon tax that is coming on board in the first of the year. The cost of modifying the bakery to the new California standards, as California is always the leader of GREEN.
Campbell Soup Leaving California
I'll have to find some Hostess snowballs just for the covering. RIP
Dam I miss the Mother's Angel Chocolate Chips Cookies.
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Post by danceswithdogs on Nov 16, 2012 19:46:46 GMT -5
Hostess to Liquidate, Lay Off 18,500 After Crushing Union Fight Gotta love those unions.....can't reach "agreements" so now the laid-off employees can pump up the jobless numbers and make Obama look good.....LOL. ....and let the bidding wars begin.... Hostess' demise sparks Twinkie online frenzy Get ‘em while you can. The impending shutdown of Hostess Brands and its iconic snacks led to an online surge of would-be buyers seeking to get their hands on Twinkies before its too late. As of midday Friday, nearly 900 items for sale on eBay were Twinkie-related, including single-size snacks, unsealed boxes and even lunchboxes, baseball cards and magnets. One seller in North Carolina even set a price of $5,000 for a single Twinkie. “The news is out,” the listing reads. “Hostess Brands Inc. has filed for bankruptcy and has decided to end productions of their snack cakes. This is your opportunity to own a piece of history, a delicious piece at that. You are bidding on a single Twinkies that will be protectively packaged and shipped to the winning bidder.” Sellers were also offering other Hostess icons, including a box of Ho Ho’s for $59.99, a Wonderbread golf ball for $5.99 and “one of the last boxes” of Hostess cupcakes for a whopping $100,000 despite their Nov. 27 expiration date. Another seller in Texas is asking an eye-popping $250,000 for one box of 10 Twinkies.  “Item will be insured and picked up locally after payment in full,” the listing reads. “This is a great collectors [sic] item that can be passed down to family members and will only gain in value!”  It has been said the cockroaches and Twinkies would be survivors of a nuclear holacost......now it looks like the cockroaches are the winners in the end.  |
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Post by Joe Cocker on Nov 19, 2012 11:25:26 GMT -5
Hostess owns the following brands in the United States:
Baker's Inn
Beefsteak
Blue Ribbon
Bread du Jour
Butternut Breads
Colombo, sourdough bread bakery, based in Oakland, California[32]
Cotton's
Di Carlo
Dolly Madison
Drake's
Dutch Hearth
Eddy's
Good Hearth
Holsom
Home Pride
Hostess
J.J. Nissen
Merita
Millbrook
Mrs. Cubbison's Foods
Nature's Pride
Parisian
Standish Farms
Sweetheart Bakery
Twinkie
Toscana, sourdough bread bakery, with Colombo and Parisian Bakery, part of the San Francisco French Bread Company, acquired by Hostess in 1984[32]
Wonder Bread
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