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Timeline: The History of Hostess
1925: Hostess brand is founded when Continental Baking Co. buys Taggart bakery, which makes Wonder Bread 1930: Interstate Baking Co., which later buys Continental Baking Co., is founded in Kansas City, Mo. 1930: Twinkies sponge cakes are invented by...
Tags: Financially Distressed Companies, Bankruptcy, Symptoms, Tasty Baking Company, Lady Gaga
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Hostess: 110 potential buyers in talks to buy baked good lines
NEW YORK (AP) — The future of Twinkies is virtually assured. Hostess Brands Inc. got final approval for its wind-down plans in bankruptcy court Thursday, setting the stage for its roster of snack cakes to find a second life with new owners —...
Tags: International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Financially Distressed Companies, Labor Legislation, Bankruptcy, Interior Policy
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Jobless claims decline as Sandy impact wanes
The number of people filing for unemployment benefits for the first time declined last week, a sign that the impact of Hurricane Sandy on jobs is starting to wane. The Labor Department reported that 393,000 filed for initial jobless claims during the...
Tags: Hurricanes, Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment Benefits, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Homemade Twinkies: Sweets that satisfy
So many cookies to bake, so little time! Today at OrlandoSentinel.com/thedish check out new twists on holiday treats. But before I retreat to the test kitchen to spend my morning dashing through the dough, grab a cup of coffee and let's dish: Twinkies...
Tags: Campbell Soup Company, Maytag Corp., Dining and Drinking, Elections, Restaurants
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Commentary: Ding-dong, the Ding Dong is dead
Like a lot of people, I met the news of Hostess Brands closing with something between melancholic shock and shoulder-shrugging resignation. Never a huge fan of Twinkies, I was relieved that I finally got to eat a deep-fried one at the L.A. County Fair...Tags: Safeway Inc., Los Angeles Times
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Mail Call - Nov. 28
“Why doesn’t the federal government bail out Hostess, so that we can have our Twinkies and our cupcakes? They bailed out the auto makers.” — Hagerstown “I got our bill the other day, on recycling, so I said I wanted to...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Rentals, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Festive Events, Mitt Romney
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How About A Federal Bailout For Twinkies?
The Hartford CourantI had the same thought as George Will the other day. Yeah, I know, it shook me up pretty badly, too. The thought was this: If the Federal government can save the big car companies from bankruptcy, why can't it do the same for Twinkies? Good question,...Tags: Democratic Party, Elections, Barack Obama, Roy Rogers
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Sunrise Bakery Receives Last Shipment
Channel 2 NewsThe Sunrise Bakery will remain open until the last Twinkie is gone, after receiving its final shipment Monday afternoon. In a press release, Kathleen Seibel, Hostess Brands' bakery outlet district manager, announced plans for the final shipment, but... -
Digesting the Twinkies' lessons
"All Gods were immortal." -- Stanislaw Lec WASHINGTON -- And also brands, the gods of the marketplace. Earthquakes may strike, dynasties may fall and locusts may devour the crops, but Oldsmobile and Pan Am are forever. Never mind. But about the...
Tags: International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Labor Legislation, Financial and Business Services, Breads, Unions
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Bittersweet question: Is Hostess management or union getting just deserts?
With all the sugar-frosted eulogies for Twinkies, Ho Hos, Wonder Bread and other foodstuffs from Hostess Brands, one might forget that about 18,000 jobs hung on the fate of the bankrupt company. Sorry, Mom. Guess we're still filling up on snacks and...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Loyola University Maryland, Breads, Companies and Corporations, Strikes
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Twinkies
Blogging with Bill WhiteI had a personal connection to the recent announcement that Hostess Brands was liquidating Hostess and its subsidiary Drake's. Both are former unofficial sponsors of my Christmas Lights Tours, because tour regular Devil Dog was an employee and used to....... -
The Twinkies truth: My kids don’t know these packaged cakes
Moms At Work - Orlando SentinelMy kids have never had a Twinkie. This is a fact that neither I nor they, nor even my husband who has a certain love for packaged cake products, realized or cared about — until last week's announcement that Hostess was shutting down. Then, as...
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