[ale] Way OT - the death of Twinkies

[Jim Kinney]

On 11/16/2012 09:13 PM, Jay Lozier wrote:
> On 11/16/2012 08:36 PM, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
>>
>> Surely some of us are old enough to remember our Moms packing 
>> Twinkies in our school lunch.
>>
>> Now that the Hostess Company is about to die because the bakers union 
>> thought the company was bluffing when it said it would close its 
>> doors without concessions, folks are reacting to the presumed death 
>> of Twinkies, and the also iconic cupcakes.
>>
>> This feature by AP food editor J.M. Hirsch is a good read:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/cbphcq6
>>
>> Sean
>>
>>
> I still like their cupcakes. I read they were in bankruptcy and one of 
> the unions was not being very cooperative. So, I am not surprised.

Yeah. They filed for bankrupcy in Jan 2012. Other than deep fried, who 
eats those things? It _is_ cheaper than embalming....
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