Goodbye Twinkies

[BGKYSmoker]

I wonder how long i can hold out from eating any?

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• BGKYSmoker
• Nov 16, 2012

 

[daveomak]

Did you drive 30 miles to find those beauties ???

Strange way that all came about...... I still can't believe it...  You are one lucky dude to have those......

 

[BGKYSmoker]

Did you drive 30 miles to find those beauties ???

Strange way that all came about...... I still can't believe it...  You are one lucky dude to have those......

Got em at FoodLion bout 1 mile east of me.

 

[desertlites]

The end of an era. Ain't had a twinkie in prolly 45 years,nor wonder bread for that matter. what hurts is another huge lay off.

 

[diggingdogfarm]

I'm sure somebody will buy the name and rights.
Too well known of a name and product to completely disappear.
We'll see!


~Martin

 

[linguica]

I'm sure somebody will buy the name and rights.
Too well known of a name and product to completely disappear.
We'll see!
~Martin

X 2....I can,t believe that  successful and profitable  products like Hostess, Colombo, and Wonder will just disappear. On the lighter side, I tore down an end display in a grocery store and found a package of Twinkies that was pull dated 8 years earlier. They looked fine and didn't taste too bad either. I read some where twinkies will last for twelve years. Don't worry, be happy.

 

[venture]

Not on my "to eat" list.

Just a name that came out later in my life.  I kept it in mind if I ever needed a defense for killing somebody that just seemed to need it?

The name will live beyond our years.  They spend millions to create brand recognition.  Somebody in China will soon be serving your Twinkie fix!

On a lighter note?  With all that sugar, would they ever spoil?  Would even ants dare eat them?

Good luck and good smoking.

 

[linguica]

Not on my "to eat" list.

Just a name that came out later in my life.  I kept it in mind if I ever needed a defense for killing somebody that just seemed to need it?

The name will live beyond our years.  They spend millions to create brand recognition.  Somebody in China will soon be serving your Twinkie fix!

On a lighter note?  With all that sugar, would they ever spoil?  Would even ants dare eat them?

Good luck and good smoking.

Has anyone ever seen an ant on a Twinkie?  Maybe we can learn something here.

 

[fpnmf]

A big thanks to the confectioners union..the teamsters said the contract was good enough..sheesh...18,500 people outa work...somebody convince me this makes sense....

 

[s2k9k]

A big thanks to the confectioners union..the teamsters said the contract was good enough..sheesh...18,500 people outa work...somebody convince me this makes sense....

I don't know everything that went on with the strike but I did read about an 8% pay cut....now they have a 100% pay cut.....hmmmmm?????

 

[diggingdogfarm]

Stupidity rules the world anymore!!!!!
It's no surprise!

List of the 27 brands affected:

Baker's Inn
Beefsteak
Blue Ribbon
Bread du Jour
Butternut Breads
Colombo
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
Twinkie
Toscana
Wonder Bread

~Martin

 

[chef jimmyj]

Seriously, I really think Unions have out lived their usefulness. When convincing employees, in this economy, that anything other than a raise is the only way to go seem ludicrous to me. Some 16 years ago the Union at York PA Catapillar refused to negotiate and over a thousand employees, mostly living in York, lost there job when the Plant closed. The area took a huge hit and is still trying to recover. The folks across the street a York Harley Davidson were not so stupid and kept their jobs. When the contract comes up and the economy sucks there are give backs, when times are good they get Raises, but no matter what they have kept their JOBS! I have been a member of one Union or another for most of my working history but come on folks use your head...JJ

 

[shmoker]

So, are we gonna have some kind of ceremonial Twinkie smoke-off to commemorate America's favorite snack cakes?

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• shmoker
• Nov 17, 2012

 

[billmc40]

Seriously, I really think Unions have out lived their usefulness. When convincing employees, in this economy, that anything other than a raise is the only way to go seem ludicrous to me. Some 16 years ago the Union at York PA Catapillar refused to negotiate and over a thousand employees, mostly living in York, lost there job when the Plant closed. The area took a huge hit and is still trying to recover. The folks across the street a York Harley Davidson were not so stupid and kept their jobs. When the contract comes up and the economy sucks there are give backs, when times are good they get Raises, but no matter what they have kept their JOBS! I have been a member of one Union or another for most of my working history but come on folks use your head...JJ

I dont want to start a flame war here. Anytime I took concessions, the CEOs of the company never seemed to hurt and always got thiers back plus more, before the lower hourlies got just a part of it back. Funny how that happens. Depends on what side you are on before unions are bad.

BillMc

 

[hambone1950]

“The crisis facing Hostess Brands is the result of nearly a decade of financial and operational mismanagement that resulted in two bankruptcies, mountains of debt, declining sales and lost market share,” the union said yesterday in a statement. Hostess “attempted to resolve the mess by attacking the company’s most valuable asset -- its workers.”

Wage Cuts

In the past 15 months, Hostess has unilaterally ended contractually obligated payments to the workers’ pension plan, and demanded cuts of as much as 32 percent in wages and benefits, the union said in the statement.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/business/bloo...-18-000-Close-After-4044206.php#ixzz2CPz2P2Kq

Just sayin

 

[ecto1]

I can't say I am going to miss them much but I don't like how they are going away.

 

[mike johnson]

Its not the unions fault. The company was hurting in a bad way way before the strike. Sure the strike hurt them a bit more but this wasnt their first bankruptsy and to lay it all on the union workers is IMHO BULLSHIT. Lets see the wages of the ceo,cfo and the board members to see what they were getting paid and if they took cuts before the blame goes to anyone else.

 

[big casino]

it sucks about hostess, but I really think somehow this company will get back to work, it was just too big of a name  to fold for good, but in case there is a gap in twinkie supply check out this brand

I actually prefer them over hostess

http://www.mrsfreshleys.com/

 

[roller]

I have only eaten about 4 of them in my whole life...I am a Honey Bun man myself....

 

[BGKYSmoker]

Seriously, I really think Unions have out lived their usefulness. When convincing employees, in this economy, that anything other than a raise is the only way to go seem ludicrous to me. Some 16 years ago the Union at York PA Catapillar refused to negotiate and over a thousand employees, mostly living in York, lost there job when the Plant closed. The area took a huge hit and is still trying to recover. The folks across the street a York Harley Davidson were not so stupid and kept their jobs. When the contract comes up and the economy sucks there are give backs, when times are good they get Raises, but no matter what they have kept their JOBS! I have been a member of one Union or another for most of my working history but come on folks use your head...JJ

Beings i was a resident of Lancast County at the time i do remember the CAT plant. Didint they move the plant to Vietnam or something like that?