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14. Their product has been just sucky in the last few years.

Fri Nov 16, 2012, 01:23 PM

Nov 2012

They've cheapened the product so much that it tastes really not good. I've gotten so I prefer Little Debbie for cheap bakery.

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HOSTESS Spinning BOGUS Story: NO profitable company shuts down over a spat with labor. [View all] kpete Nov 2012 OP

Yet they could afford to do this........... thelordofhell Nov 2012 #1

OMG! What a bunch of greedy, slimy motherfuckers! Absolutely disgusting. kysrsoze Nov 2012 #2

A smash-and-grab. The 1% have killed the Twinkie for personal, short-term gain. Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #7

Disgusting. I hope the creditors continue to challenge those priorities. Overseas Nov 2012 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author TeeYiYi Nov 2012 #16

I don't know if Hostess was taken over by vulture capitalists, but... JohnnyRingo Nov 2012 #17

They were. Pab Sungenis Nov 2012 #26

Actually, IBC was the original Hostess company founded in 1930 railsback Nov 2012 #35

Wrong. Pab Sungenis Nov 2012 #37

well heaven05 Nov 2012 #22

Looters harun Nov 2012 #28

The greedy bastards at the top bleed the company dry and get out while the going's good. bulloney Nov 2012 #33

Yep PD Turk Nov 2012 #3

Wonder whether it may now be time for a replay of Flint 1937 - n/t coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #4

Scanning the article 1KansasDem Nov 2012 #5

Unfunded pensions? They've been skimming the profit into executives' pockets. SharonAnn Nov 2012 #6

yeah, if you believe the *crap* coming out of corporate. the pensions are "unfunded" HiPointDem Nov 2012 #43

The bad management was hired by the Venture Firm that bought Hostess thelordofhell Nov 2012 #47

They've shut down their corporate website already. MineralMan Nov 2012 #8

I think they would have re-opened FreeBC Nov 2012 #9

they've been looting it for more than 10 years, how much time do they need? HiPointDem Nov 2012 #44

Have they actually filed? SoapBox Nov 2012 #10

they announced this almost a year ago... iamthebandfanman Nov 2012 #11

Like blowing your head off to save money on aspirin. JohnnyRingo Nov 2012 #12

+1 Johonny Nov 2012 #34

Their product has been just sucky in the last few years. EC Nov 2012 #14

I much prefer Bimbo these days. kentauros Nov 2012 #23

uh -- mexico cheap labor non-union HiPointDem Nov 2012 #45

Okay, well, not everyone's perfect :) kentauros Nov 2012 #52

Same here - it's like eating plastic or something. DaveJ Nov 2012 #31

The bright side could be 2naSalit Nov 2012 #15

Let them go...Little Debbie & Entenmann's.. Historic NY Nov 2012 #18

little debbie = southern non-union 7th-day adventist chicken torturer HiPointDem Nov 2012 #46

Bad Management is right!! Illinoischick Nov 2012 #19

anothern "Bained" company. mulsh Nov 2012 #20

Where do you see the part about them being profitable?????? cbdo2007 Nov 2012 #21

Hostess was Bained Flatpicker Nov 2012 #24

+1. That term 'bained' ought to be in the Urban Dictionary. closeupready Nov 2012 #40

+1. but some democrats are only interested in 'baining' when it's done by the republican HiPointDem Nov 2012 #48

What kinda ding dongs are in charge there anyway? Blue Owl Nov 2012 #25

The Comic strip "Over The Hedge" has been doing story lines about the end of Twinkies alfredo Nov 2012 #27

All the silk mills in Paterson, NJ closed down at the turn of the century no_hypocrisy Nov 2012 #29

Twinkies are bullshit non-food libodem Nov 2012 #30

no Flatpicker Nov 2012 #32

ok libodem Nov 2012 #38

no worries Flatpicker Nov 2012 #42

True dat libodem Nov 2012 #50

no, it's not. & fyi sugar is a preservative. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #49

AgDay and WJHG-TV have weighed in on tsuki Nov 2012 #36

Probably, it was a foregone conclusion closeupready Nov 2012 #39

Hostess has filed bankrupcty twice. It was very poorly managed. dem4ward Nov 2012 #41

The reason they are shutting down is because it was found that savannah43 Nov 2012 #51

There sure is a lot CEO's crying in their soup about the Democratic process of this country. aandegoons Nov 2012 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author brokechris Nov 2012 #54

Hostess wasn't profitable. gmurnane Nov 2012 #55

Piss poor management! Not labor costs! B Calm Nov 2012 #56

that is how i saw it. i had been hearing about hostess woes way before now. agree and seabeyond Nov 2012 #57

Welcome to DU! hrmjustin Nov 2012 #58