Hostess goes Bankrupt!!!!!

[Chainsawmidget]

The cream filling used to be banana flavored, but in WWII, they couldn't get bananas, & they never changed it back.
I think I'll get some Uncle Al's Banana Planks!

Good luck defeating a supervillain with those. 

[akiratubo]

They're going bankrupt because they make the worst-tasting junk food on the planet.

Twinkies were never good as far back as I can remember.  I clearly remember having Mom buy me some because I saw them in Ghostbusters, and thinking the first one I ate was utterly disgusting.  Not only did it taste bad, it made my throat burn and my stomach upset.  Our dog wouldn't even eat them.  However, vile as they are, Twinkies can't hold a candle to those gross, pink snowball things.  They should be relabeled as hazardous waste.  Ding Dongs, Ho Hos, those godawful mini-muffins and cupcakes, and even their superhero endorsed fruit pies all tasted like sewage with sugar on it.

Good riddance, I say ... at least until whomever buys the brand names reintroduces them.

[LilCerberus]

So, I take it you're a Little Debbie fan, like myself.....

They're going bankrupt because they make the worst-tasting junk food on the planet.

Twinkies were never good as far back as I can remember.  I clearly remember having Mom buy me some because I saw them in Ghostbusters, and thinking the first one I ate was utterly disgusting.  Not only did it taste bad, it made my throat burn and my stomach upset.  Our dog wouldn't even eat them.  However, vile as they are, Twinkies can't hold a candle to those gross, pink snowball things.  They should be relabeled as hazardous waste.  Ding Dongs, Ho Hos, those godawful mini-muffins and cupcakes, and even their superhero endorsed fruit pies all tasted like sewage with sugar on it.

Good riddance, I say ... at least until whomever buys the brand names reintroduces them.

[Ed, Ego and Superego]

I think I'll get some Uncle Al's Banana Planks!

I hope NEVER to think the phrase "Uncle Al's Banana Plank" ever again.  Somehow that just creeped me right out.
-Ed

[indianasmith]

I will miss HOSTESS Cupcakes the most.  Especially the ones with the orange icing.  One of the best sugar rushes out there!

[Pacman000]

I haven't had a Hostess product in years.  Now, there's no chance that I'll ever have another.  :(

[bob]

I never liked Twinkees....

[Ed, Ego and Superego]

Heres a DIY version:
http://www.wired.com/geekmom/2012/11/twinkies/

[lester1/2jr]

must watch if you're interested in this

http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000130327

guy from bakers union. I hate unions, but he seems pretty cool

[Pacman000]

This morning the radio said the judge wouldn't grant Hostess permission to liquidate everything yet.  He ordered Hostess and the union to try to work it out.  Maybe there's still hope?

(Anyone else heard about this? An online article would be appreciated.)

[lester1/2jr]

The company is being run by maniacs.

[LilCerberus]

Most establishments are.

The company is being run by maniacs.

[Pacman000]

Tonight's news said mediation failed.  Hostess is going to ask the judge for permission to auction off their assets in the morning. 

[Trevor]

Damn: I never once got the chance to taste a Twinkie.

[lester1/2jr]

It's being run by maniacs who don't even care if they succeed. maniacs in the capitalist sense. Corporatist hedge fund weirdies