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Title: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: skyblue1 on April 17, 2012, 12:09:43 PM
No more Twinkies?

NEW YORK — The maker of Twinkies and Wonder Bread heads to court Tuesday to try to throw out its union contracts in a battle that leaves the iconic baker’s future very much in doubt.

Hostess Brands, which makes Ding Dongs and a variety of other sweet treats, is asking the bankruptcy court in White Plains, N.Y. to tear up labor agreements, which would, among other things, allow Hostess to change how it funds union pensions. The hearing is expected to last two days.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, together represent more than three-quarters of the 18,500 workers at the company.

The Teamsters have vowed to strike if the judge agrees with management’s request and dumps the labor deals.

But both management and the unions agree that the company is unlikely to survive a strike.

“We would no longer have cash to keep operating,” said Hostess management in a letter sent to employees on Monday. “All Hostess Brands operations would shut down and liquidation would begin. The 18,500 jobs, plus the health insurance that comes with them, would be lost for good.”

The company filed for bankruptcy in January, it’s second trip to bankruptcy court since 2004. And management has said that the investors who are financing the company during bankruptcy would pull out if there is a strike.

Hostess was founded as Interstate Bakeries in 1930, although ........


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Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 17, 2012, 12:11:10 PM
 People like me will waste away to nothing!  :emosad:
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: midlifeaspie on April 17, 2012, 12:11:32 PM
Ewww.  Good riddance.  :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 17, 2012, 12:13:10 PM
Ewww.  Good riddance.  :zombiefuck:

 No more Twinkie defense for me chubby criminals!  :bigcry:
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: skyblue1 on April 17, 2012, 12:22:16 PM
Ewww.  Good riddance.  :zombiefuck:

 No more Twinkie defense for me chubby criminals!  :bigcry:
Perhaps something worth hoarding?
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: Jesse on April 17, 2012, 12:24:34 PM
That sucks. but its not like I eat junk food all that often anymore
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 17, 2012, 12:56:20 PM
Ewww.  Good riddance.  :zombiefuck:

 No more Twinkie defense for me chubby criminals!  :bigcry:
Perhaps something worth hoarding?

 I wonder how long they would keep, with all the preservatives!  :apondering:
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: P7PSP on April 17, 2012, 01:01:58 PM
Another old comp[any down the drain.
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: Jesse on April 17, 2012, 01:03:28 PM
I dont even think Budweiser is an american company anymore
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 17, 2012, 01:09:24 PM
Another old comp[any down the drain.

 When I was growing up, we used to eat a lot of bread from the Wonder Thrift Store!  8)
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: P7PSP on April 17, 2012, 01:25:18 PM
We had one here too.
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 17, 2012, 01:28:16 PM
We had one here too.

 I used to take bread right out of the freezer to make my peanut-butter-and-jelly
 sandwiches, it was easier to spread peanut butter on the frozen bread.  :)
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: Icequeen on April 17, 2012, 02:18:42 PM
Ewww.  Good riddance.  :zombiefuck:



 No more Twinkie defense for me chubby criminals!  :bigcry:
Perhaps something worth hoarding?

 I wonder how long they would keep, with all the preservatives!  :apondering:

Found one when I was a kid, my dad was moving the neighbors fridge and it had somehow gotten behind it. At least 2 years old, still soft in the wrapper when you poked it.  :zombiefuck:

Never really liked them, even when I was a kid.  :dunno:
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: skyblue1 on April 17, 2012, 08:22:37 PM
I dont even think Budweiser is an american company anymore
Belgian I believe
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: skyblue1 on April 17, 2012, 08:29:32 PM
We had one here too.

 I used to take bread right out of the freezer to make my peanut-butter-and-jelly
 sandwiches, it was easier to spread peanut butter on the frozen bread.  :)
I really liked frozen bread as a kid

Mom wouldnt let me eat, unless I would say something at the table, so I usually didnt eat with the family.

Didnt bother me, I would raid the freezer and swipe a couple of slices of frozen bread.

Ah yes, good times
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 17, 2012, 08:34:39 PM
We had one here too.

 I used to take bread right out of the freezer to make my peanut-butter-and-jelly
 sandwiches, it was easier to spread peanut butter on the frozen bread.  :)
I really liked frozen bread as a kid

Mom wouldnt let me eat, unless I would say something at the table, so I usually didnt eat with the family.

Didnt bother me, I would raid the freezer and swipe a couple of slices of frozen bread.

Ah yes, good times

 Now you can have all the bread you want, fresh or frozen.  :hug:
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: skyblue1 on April 17, 2012, 08:36:12 PM
We had one here too.

 I used to take bread right out of the freezer to make my peanut-butter-and-jelly
 sandwiches, it was easier to spread peanut butter on the frozen bread.  :)
I really liked frozen bread as a kid

Mom wouldnt let me eat, unless I would say something at the table, so I usually didnt eat with the family.

Didnt bother me, I would raid the freezer and swipe a couple of slices of frozen bread.

Ah yes, good times

 Now you can have all the bread you want, fresh or frozen.  :hug:
LOL, yep, I can....and hardly ever eat any now. Maybe I should start freezing it.
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 17, 2012, 08:39:06 PM
We had one here too.

 I used to take bread right out of the freezer to make my peanut-butter-and-jelly
 sandwiches, it was easier to spread peanut butter on the frozen bread.  :)
I really liked frozen bread as a kid

Mom wouldnt let me eat, unless I would say something at the table, so I usually didnt eat with the family.

Didnt bother me, I would raid the freezer and swipe a couple of slices of frozen bread.

Ah yes, good times

 Now you can have all the bread you want, fresh or frozen.  :hug:
LOL, yep, I can....and hardly ever eat any now. Maybe I should start freezing it.

 When we make peanut butter sandwiches at work now, I use frozen bread.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: skyblue1 on April 17, 2012, 08:41:31 PM
We had one here too.

 I used to take bread right out of the freezer to make my peanut-butter-and-jelly
 sandwiches, it was easier to spread peanut butter on the frozen bread.  :)
I really liked frozen bread as a kid

Mom wouldnt let me eat, unless I would say something at the table, so I usually didnt eat with the family.

Didnt bother me, I would raid the freezer and swipe a couple of slices of frozen bread.

Ah yes, good times

 Now you can have all the bread you want, fresh or frozen.  :hug:
LOL, yep, I can....and hardly ever eat any now. Maybe I should start freezing it.

 When we make peanut butter sandwiches at work now, I use frozen bread.  :thumbup:
and then toast them?
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 17, 2012, 09:15:18 PM
We had one here too.

 I used to take bread right out of the freezer to make my peanut-butter-and-jelly
 sandwiches, it was easier to spread peanut butter on the frozen bread.  :)
I really liked frozen bread as a kid

Mom wouldnt let me eat, unless I would say something at the table, so I usually didnt eat with the family.

Didnt bother me, I would raid the freezer and swipe a couple of slices of frozen bread.

Ah yes, good times

 Now you can have all the bread you want, fresh or frozen.  :hug:
LOL, yep, I can....and hardly ever eat any now. Maybe I should start freezing it.

 When we make peanut butter sandwiches at work now, I use frozen bread.  :thumbup:
and then toast them?

 No, we sometime have cold PBJ's in lunch bags for the residents.  Using frozen bread
 keeps me from tearing the bread while spreading the peanut butter, it's a great easy trick!  :thumbup:
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: Phallacy on April 17, 2012, 10:47:50 PM
 :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 17, 2012, 10:50:44 PM
CBC, that is cruel.  What does peanut butter do to their dentures? 
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: Lestat on April 18, 2012, 01:01:13 AM
As for how long those things last, never eaten one, not being a yank, but from everything I've heard, they have a half life not a shelf life.
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 18, 2012, 05:20:16 AM
CBC, that is cruel.  What does peanut butter do to their dentures?

   :lol1:   There are other sandwich options for those who don't eat peanut butter.
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 18, 2012, 05:22:45 AM
As for how long those things last, never eaten one, not being a yank, but from everything I've heard, they have a half life not a shelf life.

 That's kind of what I was thinking, with all the artificial ingredients.  :nerd!:
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: midlifeaspie on April 18, 2012, 08:44:21 AM
We had one here too.

 I used to take bread right out of the freezer to make my peanut-butter-and-jelly
 sandwiches, it was easier to spread peanut butter on the frozen bread.  :)
I really liked frozen bread as a kid

Mom wouldnt let me eat, unless I would say something at the table, so I usually didnt eat with the family.

Didnt bother me, I would raid the freezer and swipe a couple of slices of frozen bread.

Ah yes, good times

 Now you can have all the bread you want, fresh or frozen.  :hug:
LOL, yep, I can....and hardly ever eat any now. Maybe I should start freezing it.

 When we make peanut butter sandwiches at work now, I use frozen bread.  :thumbup:

Peanut butter and honey on frozen french toast isn't bad.
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 18, 2012, 08:49:45 AM
We had one here too.

 I used to take bread right out of the freezer to make my peanut-butter-and-jelly
 sandwiches, it was easier to spread peanut butter on the frozen bread.  :)
I really liked frozen bread as a kid

Mom wouldnt let me eat, unless I would say something at the table, so I usually didnt eat with the family.

Didnt bother me, I would raid the freezer and swipe a couple of slices of frozen bread.

Ah yes, good times

 Now you can have all the bread you want, fresh or frozen.  :hug:
LOL, yep, I can....and hardly ever eat any now. Maybe I should start freezing it.

 When we make peanut butter sandwiches at work now, I use frozen bread.  :thumbup:

Peanut butter and honey on frozen french toast isn't bad.

 Peanut butter and seedless raspberry jam on semi-frozen white bread ...  :autism:
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: Lestat on April 18, 2012, 10:08:01 AM
Seedless? nooooo! jam has to have the seeds in it, or its no longer jam, but jelly.

I make a pretty good blackberry jam when its blackberry season, and there is a great sodding glut of blackberries to be had. That is, when I am not busily turning them into pies, adding them to porridge, eating them right off the bushes etc.
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: earthboundmisfit on April 19, 2012, 07:14:54 AM

I don't eat much junk food, but I do like twinkies. They have even started dipping them in chocolate.


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I wouldn't worry about the products drying up. Some other company will buy them out and continue making them.
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: P7PSP on April 19, 2012, 07:48:48 AM
Little Debbie is too much competition.
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: renaeden on April 20, 2012, 02:52:18 AM
We don't have Twinkies here in Australia but some of our cakes could probably come pretty close.

I wish I was one of those people that likes peanut butter but I just don't. Some jams are ok though. I haven't had a sandwich in a long time.
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 20, 2012, 03:01:00 AM
We don't have Twinkies here in Australia but some of our cakes could probably come pretty close.

I wish I was one of those people that likes peanut butter but I just don't. Some jams are ok though. I haven't had a sandwich in a long time.
    Any  kind of sandwich?  :orly:
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: renaeden on April 20, 2012, 10:09:22 PM
Yes any kind. But about 5 minutes ago I had a piece of bread with cheese and onion on it heated up in the microwave. That was nice. :)
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: wayne23 on April 20, 2012, 10:28:21 PM
  :green:
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: renaeden on April 20, 2012, 10:38:38 PM
  :green:
:welcome: wayne23. :)
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: Phallacy on April 20, 2012, 10:59:51 PM
Yes any kind. But about 5 minutes ago I had a piece of bread with cheese and onion on it heated up in the microwave. That was nice. :)

Put some roast beef and bbq sauce on that and you would have a helluva sandwich. :drool:
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: wayne23 on April 20, 2012, 11:04:33 PM
thnx  :)
Title: Re: Strike Threat at Hostess Could Kill Off Twinkies
Post by: RageBeoulve on April 21, 2012, 10:04:41 AM
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