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So, what we have here is an Investment Opportunity! I'm off to stock up on some Twinkies. In 10 years, I'm going to be rich selling official, New In Packet, Hostess-branded Twinkies!
+Rubin Dhillon, they'll be collectible, but inedible. Tallahassee was right, ya know.
Ouch 🙂
Because a strike? That blows.
At least I won't be teased by their delicious cupcakes.. R.I.P.
So who's buying the rights to Hostess and their product line?
Nobody…yet.
The Bankruptcy court needs to rubberstamp the closure, and that likely won't happen in the 3 hours left in this week.
I'm in favor of unionization as a means to counterbalance unreasonable employer demands, but this strikes me as an example of "union excess", and I can't say I feel very sorry for the 18,500 people out of work. Apparently, nobody (at all) saw fit to lean on the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Union to compromise, knowing that Hostess was in Bankruptcy and what exactly was at stake.
Fine. Take the shitty contract, but only for 2 years.
Congratulations. Instead, you've been making twinkies on an assembly line since Kurt Cobain was poking a Hole, and today your retirement is being liquidated. Who's the Ding Dong now?
Bwhahaha!
At least they're looking to give compensation to their workers after closure. That says a lot about management. Even if it's a drop to what they would have made otherwise.
+Bryan Lawrence Were they ever? I just had a Twinky today. It was my first one in over 30 years… Not sure it was supposed to be removed from the wrapper. It is more of a novelty.