Twinkies on the brinky (Updated with news that plants will reopen)

Labor dispute could force company to close down.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/17/news/companies/twinkies-hostess-strike/index.htm?hpt=hp_t2

 

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This last sentence in story tickled me:

"Hall said Hostess' labor costs are $400 per driver per week less than rival Bimbo Bakeries, which makes Arnold's bread as well as Entenmann's baked goods and Thomas' English Muffins."

 

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So that's what he's been up to since retirement.

 

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Typical. The union's ridiculous demands are bleeding the company dry. Think the unions care about those jobs? Hell no.

http://blogs.ajc.com/business-beat/2012/04/17/twinkies-survival-hangs-in-balance/?cxntfid=blogs_business_beat

I guess they'd rather just go on the dole. Dumb bastards. And people wonder why so many companies are moving to right-to-work states.

 

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But just the same Hostess is now owned by an LBO firm.

 

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Selective copy and paste much?

Refusing to participate in the race to the bottom doesn't make someone a dumb bastard. If you can't afford to stay in business unless you're allowed to treat your employees like shit, then you can't afford to stay in business.

 

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Prevailing retail prices for this line are beyond absurd. If that's the best they can do while, this nutritional disaster won't be missed.

 

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It's my fault. I've never had a Twinkie. I've made up for it by having had lots of other Hostess products and subsidizing my best friend's Hostess Fruit Pie habit all through high school.

 

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Mmmmmmmm Hostess cherry fruit pies are heavenly.

 

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I'm sure I've had a Twinkie, but I don't think I've had won since the '80s.

 

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Bought a box of the Cupcakes (orange cupcakes would be the true loss, here) and tried lemon-flavored filling Twinkies from some market at 2 for $4 the other day. Cupcakes were gone in a week, six of the lemon Twinkies are left. truly awful.