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Today marks a sad day for snack food

outlaw51825outlaw51825 Member Posts: 172 Arc User
edited November 2012 in Ten Forward
The Twinkie...has officially died.

Hostess has gone out of business.

It probably wont be the last Snack food Giant to fall in a confluence of a more health conscious society and crippling business laws. Buy them while you can. For they have ceased production.
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  • hortworthortwort Member Posts: 281
    edited November 2012
    NOOOOOOOO!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :( :mad:

    Bailout. Please. Someone. This is more important than anything.
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  • hevachhevach Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Judging from the shelf content at my local Walmart, they've fallen before a host of cheaper knockoff brands which are indistinguishable except by their hilariously copyright skirting names, not health conscious shopping.
  • warpedcorewarpedcore Member Posts: 362 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    A victory for the Unions! Another capitalist brought low by union muscle. When will those capitalist pigs learn their place, comrades.
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  • mastergenera1mastergenera1 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Ive personally forgone the solid treats of my child hood for the liquid ones instead.although ill eat a candy bar or something every once in awhile id rather have a soft drink instead generally.but yea its sad to see such an established company fall to union thugs though.
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  • verlaine11verlaine11 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKuMHFJFkRA
  • hevachhevach Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Before you blame the unions, I suggest you look up the company's court mess from earlier this year. They claim they're going bankrupt due to pensions and medical benefits, but months ago a judge found all of that to be patently false. They cut off most of their pensioners years ago, and the rest last year, and weren't providing their medical obligations since their last bankruptcy. The current strike is because employees haven't been paid in three pay periods.

    The already pay some of the lowest wages of comparable businesses, they've been denying benefits for years, they don't honor their pensions, and then they stopped paying employees and tried to force them to keep working. The things they blame for the company going under they've been excused from paying by bankruptcy settlements since 2004 or they simply stopped doing of their own accord.

    However, the company has been making good on a ridiculous compensation plan for executives that included two 80% annual raises and profit sharing that exceeds 100% of profits, which accounts for nearly all of their current debt. Or was, they did cut off executive salaries earlier this month, to be reinstated in January when assets are being sold off, to make sure they get their fair 118% of what's left.
  • tacofangstacofangs Member Posts: 2,951 Cryptic Developer
    edited November 2012
    I've actually never had a twinkie. . . I'm almost tempted to run out and grab one for the experience of it before I can no longer do it.
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  • soriedemsoriedem Member Posts: 150 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    tacofangs wrote: »
    I've actually never had a twinkie. . . I'm almost tempted to run out and grab one for the experience of it before I can no longer do it.

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! And i've never had a deep fried twinkie yet either. ... oh no! What am i to do now when the Zombie apocalypse happens?

    Last thing i want are fit zombies to deal with!
  • starcommando101starcommando101 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    tacofangs wrote: »
    I've actually never had a twinkie. . . I'm almost tempted to run out and grab one for the experience of it before I can no longer do it.

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  • hippiejonhippiejon Member Posts: 1,581 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    tacofangs wrote: »
    I've actually never had a twinkie. . . I'm almost tempted to run out and grab one for the experience of it before I can no longer do it.

    Seriously.
    Don't Do It, Man.
  • dalolorndalolorn Member Posts: 3,655 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    tacofangs wrote: »
    I've actually never had a twinkie. . . I'm almost tempted to run out and grab one for the experience of it before I can no longer do it.

    I never even heard of them. :confused:
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  • commodoreshrvkcommodoreshrvk Member Posts: 477 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Chocodiles were the best....who does not love a chocolate covered Twinkie!!! Goes straight to the heart...literally.
  • lewstelamon01lewstelamon01 Member Posts: 924 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    For the uninformed: A Twinkie is a roughly 3-4 inch yellow sponge cake filled with a white sugary cream filling (I swear I wish I could do this more Trek-like. Anyone wanna imitate a Vulcan or LCARS?)

    Anyway, RIP Twinkies. You shall be avenged....
    Goes straight to the heart...literally.

    Also goes to the hips and TRIBBLE :D

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  • bitemepwebitemepwe Member Posts: 6,760 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    hortwort wrote: »
    NOOOOOOOO!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :( :mad:

    Bailout. Please. Someone. This is more important than anything.

    Without a Union to offer political support back to the powers that be a Bail-out will not be possible.

    Thats right! Politics killed the twinkie!!!!

    Those TRIBBLE!!
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  • cptjhuntercptjhunter Member Posts: 2,288 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Must, not, stockpile , Twinkies. ...MUST RESIST!
    Hostess products were garbage, but it was a guilty pleasure.
    Tacohead, you have to try it at least once.I recommend a yoohoo, or chocolate milk, to complement the twinkie experience.Try not to be sad when it's over.
  • latinumbarlatinumbar Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    tacofangs wrote: »
    I'm almost tempted to run out and grab one

    "Almost"??? C'mon man. Go get one. Worst case you just let it sit while you decide whether or not to eat it. They do kinda last forever, you know. And if you decide not to, you could probably sell it on eBay as a collector's item some time down the line.
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  • defalusdefalus Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Until today I would have thought that Twinkie was a Tellytubby had anyone asked me about it.
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  • jexsamxjexsamx Member Posts: 2,803 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Do it, Taco, just to say you have. It's one Twinkie. It won't kill you (by itself, anyway), it won't cost an arm and a leg, and it's a dying breed.

    Do it. For teh lulz.
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  • cptjhuntercptjhunter Member Posts: 2,288 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    dalolorn wrote: »
    I never even heard of them. :confused:

    Where do you live? In an alternate universe?;)
  • hawkwing43hawkwing43 Member Posts: 1,701 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Hmmm I was thinking maybe I will buy a few, then lock it away for like 30 years. What would a Twinkie be worth in that time? hehe
  • hawkwing43hawkwing43 Member Posts: 1,701 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Just in case some of your didn't get the offical memo:


    Here it is.


    http://hostessbrands.com/Closing.aspx
  • hawkwing43hawkwing43 Member Posts: 1,701 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Oh and you can say good bye to all of these brands too, they are all under the Hostess name.

    Baker's Inn
    Beefsteak
    Blue Ribbon
    Bread du Jour
    Butternut Breads
    Colombo
    Cotton?s
    Di Carlo
    Drake's
    Dolly Madison
    Dutch Hearth
    Eddy?s
    Good Hearth
    Holsom
    Home Pride
    Hostess
    J.J. Nissen
    Merita
    Millbrook
    Mrs. Cubbison?s
    Nature's Pride
    Parisian
    Standish Farms
    Sweetheart
    Toscana
    Wonder Bread


    Not to metion all 18,500 employees that are now out of work. Sad day indeed.
  • bberge1701bberge1701 Member Posts: 726 Bug Hunter
    edited November 2012
    It looks like Hostess is trying to sell off its brands, so it's possible that some other company may buy Twinkies and start making them again.
  • herbie1966herbie1966 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    tacofangs wrote: »
    I've actually never had a twinkie. . . I'm almost tempted to run out and grab one for the experience of it before I can no longer do it.

    Don't worry... any that are out there will last a couple of hundred years...

    You'll have plenty of opportunity's to try one. ;)
  • crypticarmsmancrypticarmsman Member Posts: 4,115 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    tacofangs wrote: »
    I've actually never had a twinkie. . . I'm almost tempted to run out and grab one for the experience of it before I can no longer do it.

    Don't - STO can't afford to loose a good environment artist such as yourself. ;)

    (I've had Twinkies when I was younger - but I think the sugar rush would be very detrimental at my age now. ;) Twinkies aren't for adults. :eek:;))
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  • hevachhevach Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    bberge1701 wrote: »
    It looks like Hostess is trying to sell off its brands, so it's possible that some other company may buy Twinkies and start making them again.

    Even if not, there's several knockoff brands that are pretty much identical that will probably spread to more stores now. There's one that Kroger stores carry around Michigan that's honestly better than the real deal since it comes in six or seven different flavors.
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    edited November 2012
    tacofangs wrote: »
    I've actually never had a twinkie. . . I'm almost tempted to run out and grab one for the experience of it before I can no longer do it.

    Ummmm .... no. .... We don't need twinkie flavoring in the taco mix.
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  • dalolorndalolorn Member Posts: 3,655 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    cptjhunter wrote: »
    Where do you live? In an alternate universe?;)

    No, just a relatively remote part of Europe somewhere between Greece, Italy, and Hungary. :P
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  • hfmuddhfmudd Member Posts: 881 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Used to be a regular eater of their "fruit pies" (note quotation marks :) ), particularly the blackberry and lemon (cream) sorts.
    I think I'll pick up one last pair at the store later, for old time's sake.
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  • veryth12veryth12 Member Posts: 102 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    You could just make them yourselves...

    Homemade Twinkie Recipe


    Plus you will not have to eat all the chemicals they add so that they never go bad.
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