[ale] Way OT - the death of Twinkies

[Jay Lozier]

On 11/16/2012 08:36 PM, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
>
> Surely some of us are old enough to remember our Moms packing Twinkies 
> in our school lunch.
>
> Now that the Hostess Company is about to die because the bakers union 
> thought the company was bluffing when it said it would close its doors 
> without concessions, folks are reacting to the presumed death of 
> Twinkies, and the also iconic cupcakes.
>
> This feature by AP food editor J.M. Hirsch is a good read:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/cbphcq6
>
> Sean
>
>
I still like their cupcakes. I read they were in bankruptcy and one of 
the unions was not being very cooperative. So, I am not surprised.

-- 
Jay Lozier
jslozier at gmail.com

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