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Twinkies Are Coming Back This Summer!

Brett Alan — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:18:31 +0000

There are so many preservatives in them that everyone thought they would never go away. Unfortunately, they did go away for awhile when Hostess went belly up last fall. People went out and paid enormous amounts of money for a single box. Now, they're coming back!

Twinkies Coming Back This Summer

Dale Mussen — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:31:45 +0000

Twinkies, Ho Ho’s and all the other famous Hostess Bakeries snacks seemingly lost to the ages could be back on the store shelves by this summer after a joint bid by two private companies won the rights to the products by default. The $410 million dollar offer by Apollo Global Management and Metropoulos was the [...]

There Is a Petition for Obama to Nationalize Twinkies

Jeremy Taylor — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 19:45:38 +0000

When the US auto industry was in jeopardy four years ago President Obama stepped in with a bailout package. Now it's the American junk food industry that's in peril, with Hostess Brands closing up shop and heading for liquidation, and some want Obama to take an even more drastic step.

Daniel B. of Kansas City has started a petition for the president to "Nationalize the Twinkie industry."

Will The Twinkies Be Saved??

Josh — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:58:52 +0000

It looks as if Hostess is avoiding a company shut down, at least for the time being. Hostess and the Bakers Union have agreed to mediation. The semi-good news comes after the maker of the popular “Twinkies” announced that it would attempt to liquidate after workers walked off the job last week. The two sides [...]