No more twinkies or hostess cupcakes or wonder bread???*UPDATE*

[wishuwerehere]

And I'd forgotten Hostess also does those powdered mini-doughnuts. Oh no! Love 'em!

Throw in some chocolate milk, now you're talkin'.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

November 21, 2012 at 1:40 pm

Judge says Hostess must return to 'liquidation scenario'

By Dawn McCarty and Phil Milford
Bloomberg News

Hostess Brands Inc. must return to a "liquidation scenario" after mediation with its bakers' union failed to avert a shutdown that may eliminate more than 18,000 jobs, the judge overseeing the Twinkie maker's bankruptcy said.

Chief Executive Officer Gregory Rayburn told U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain that 15,000 Hostess workers will be fired Wednesday to allow them to start collecting unemployment benefits. The company is seeking Drain's permission to close so it can begin asset sales that a financial adviser estimated may yield about $1 billion...

From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121121/BIZ/211210396#ixzz2CtBcNND2

 

[Confusion]

It might be time to buy stock in Little Debbie.

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Walmart Bidding For Hostess Brand

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/retail_snack_attack_eK37WAVBuETyUBoFC26B4J

 

[womanfish]

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/twinkies-real-ones-back-store-shelves-july-6C9590050

 

[Elley Mae]

Great! Husband and I split the last Ho Ho last night.

 

[Betty P]

I'm boycotting them. They robbed their employee's pension fund and treat workers badly.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Boycott-The-New-Hostess/122832591247269

 

[deca]

Not sure if it has been mentioned- but there is now a store brand knockoff and the Little Debbie's knockoff. Both are good, but taste differently than Twinkies.