The end of Twinkies & Ding Dongs

[Soul Crusher]

18,500 Workers Out Of Jobs As Hostess Shuts Down


Hostess Brands—the maker of Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Wonder Bread—announced that it is asking a federal bankruptcy court for permission to close its operations and sell its brands, James O'Toole of CNN Money reports.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/18500-hostess-workers-out-of-jobs-2012-11#ixzz2COTNP7OR

[chaos]

I thought this thread was about RXmuscle.

[Irongrip400]

Hopefully someone buys the brand.

[BigCyp]

I thought this was a thread announcing Kiwiol's return

[Stark]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

18k workers? Jesus Chris

[Coach is Back!]

Unions

Hold them hostage till the company goes under and they're out of a job...brilliant.

[MikMaq]

Who the fuck cares, it's not like were gonna be importing bread from bengladesh. Production will simply be upped from another location.

[Heywood]

Good news for Little Debbie.......

[Nails]

[Ron]

Hostess asked the employees to take a 8% pay cut to keep them in business so that 18,500 could have jobs.   Some of the unions, especially here in California, objected, and prefered to strike and yell and scream.

In the end, they all are out of a job.  They are hoping that another bakery with better benefits will come over and take them under their wings.  It may works for a few bakeries here in California, but the vast majority of Hostess bakeries and their employees will shut down and lose their jobs.

Sad.

[hrspwr]

I blame the healthy eating craze and the war on fat people. this shit needs to stop rtfn. god damn granola eating mutants.

[Tapeworm]

Those things were 6 degrees of perversion from whatever inspired them in the first place.  Fuck fat people and their beloved frankenfoods.  Fuck companies that push pure shit down our throats with their unsolicited advertisements and child targeted packaging.  Fuck 37k tear filled eyes scanning the want-ads for 'Factory Workers Wanted.'

Btw, in Japan a 'hostess' is what they call a whore.  They'd still be in business if they called it Whore Cupcakes.  Did you remember a loaf of Insatiable Slut Bread, dear?  You'd remember that.

[Stark]

Hostess asked the employees to take a 8% pay cut to keep them in business so that 18,500 could have jobs.   Some of the unions, especially here in California, objected, and prefered to strike and yell and scream.

In the end, they all are out of a job.  They are hoping that another bakery with better benefits will come over and take them under their wings.  It may works for a few bakeries here in California, but the vast majority of Hostess bakeries and their employees will shut down and lose their jobs.

Sad.

Let see what the exec leadership got in regards to anual bonues etc etc.

[Nails]

have not really ate a twinkie in years ... i eat cupcakes about once a week maybe

Ron any news if this will affect the CUP CAKE Industry too 

[WOOO]

Hostess asked the employees to take a 8% pay cut to keep them in business so that 18,500 could have jobs.   Some of the unions, especially here in California, objected, and prefered to strike and yell and scream.

In the end, they all are out of a job.  They are hoping that another bakery with better benefits will come over and take them under their wings.  It may works for a few bakeries here in California, but the vast majority of Hostess bakeries and their employees will shut down and lose their jobs.

Sad.

meh

i've never eaten either product

it's all crack to me

making poison is not an honorable profession

[Tapeworm]

Let see what the exec leadership got in regards to anual bonues etc etc.

Qft.  Except you won't see it.  That's the magic of accountancy.  Abracadabra, invisible golden parachutes.

[El Diablo Blanco]

What a bunch of assholes.  All had a job, insurance, a salary but always wanted more and more and in the end lost everything from their greed.  Fuck them

[Stark]

Qft.  Except you won't see it.  That's the magic of accountancy.  Abracadabra, invisible golden parachutes.

You will also not see how large their their golden parachute will be like.

[Soul Crusher]

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[Irongrip400]

Those things were 6 degrees of perversion from whatever inspired them in the first place.  Fuck fat people and their beloved frankenfoods.  Fuck companies that push pure shit down our throats with their unsolicited advertisements and child targeted packaging.  Fuck 37k tear filled eyes scanning the want-ads for 'Factory Workers Wanted.'

Btw, in Japan a 'hostess' is what they call a whore.  They'd still be in business if they called it Whore Cupcakes.  Did you remember a loaf of Insatiable Slut Bread, dear?  You'd remember that.

I laughed out loud, that was good.

What a bunch of assholes.  All had a job, insurance, a salary but always wanted more and more and in the end lost everything from their greed.  Fuck them

I agree with you on this.  People were given their options, and took the wrong one.  I worked for a company, and back in 08, they told us we would take a 15% pay cut, or find other employment.  I took the cut until I moved on.

[littledumbells]

Let see what the exec leadership got in regards to anual bonues etc etc.

  Ditto for the union leaders

[polychronopolous]

I better load up then. Aren't those things supposed to be good for several hundred years?

[Soul Crusher]

When Ding Dongs are outlawed only outlaws wil have Ding Dongs   

[tu_holmes]

Someone will come out and buy up everything... The Twinkie is an american national icon.

[Stark]

Someone will come out and buy up everything... The Twinkie is an american national icon.

No wonder America lost the last two major wars