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11-16-2012 , 05:52 PM

#26

Mark_K

Fast Food Value KING

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Ho-Ho's! We hardly knew ya...

(BTW, the pro move was to get Zingers... Same stuff but more goodness for the same price)

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11-16-2012 , 05:56 PM

#27

Dids

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NO ****ING POLITICS IN OOT. BITCH ABOUT UNIONS ELSEWHERE

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11-16-2012 , 06:16 PM

#28

tylertwo

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Deep fried Twinkies - Fried until slightly crisp on the outside, covered in hazelnut chocolate with whipped cream piled on top. At the very top of the dessert food chain no longer.

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11-16-2012 , 06:50 PM

#29

pwnsall

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unions should change their name to funions

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11-16-2012 , 06:55 PM

#30

Howard Beale

Formerly red

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Haven't had a Twinkie in years but now must try to have a last one. I live in Fountain Hills, AZ. What's the line that the locals haven't gotten the news and there will still be some at the local gas station market?

Last edited by Howard Beale; 11-16-2012 at 06:56 PM. Reason: i have to stop for gas neway.........

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11-16-2012 , 06:59 PM

#31

Krax

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never had twinkies

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11-16-2012 , 07:05 PM

#32

Ron Burgundy

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I used to eat the occasional hostess chocolate cupcake or twinkie when I was a kid. Then I learned how to make real cakes and realized hostess made ****ty products.

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11-16-2012 , 07:17 PM

#33

AUGUY55

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11-16-2012 , 07:56 PM

#34

tonymark01

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Zebra Cakes > All Hostess offerings

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11-16-2012 , 08:26 PM

#35

lonely_but_rich

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11-16-2012 , 09:22 PM

#36

jb9

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Originally Posted by GEAUX UL

There's very little chance these factories and workers will ever make twinkies again.

Right -- cause if I paid a few hundred million for a brand of snacks, the last thing I would want to do is hire experienced staff to make them when, instead, I could have all the joy of hiring inexperienced staff.

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11-16-2012 , 09:59 PM

#37

Burdzthewurd

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Went to a few CVS' in Boston tonight, all the Hostess shelves were totally cleared

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11-16-2012 , 10:05 PM

#38

Double Down

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The most depressing thing about the Hostess employees being laid off is that they won't have the appropriate comfort food to turn to.

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11-16-2012 , 10:52 PM

#39

jb9

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If I worked there, I'd have a 3 year stockpile of Devil Dogs. Much easier to pair with red wine than Twinkies.

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11-16-2012 , 11:00 PM

#40

#Thinman

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This is ****ing bull**** man.

****ING BULL****

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11-16-2012 , 11:46 PM

#41

Dynasty

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Originally Posted by Mark_K

(BTW, the pro move was to get Zingers... Same stuff but more goodness for the same price)

I stopped by a Target and Albertson's supermarket on the way home tonight. The Twinkies and Cup Cakes were sold out. But, about a dozen Zinger boxes were in both stores (Chocolate, Vanilla, and Rasberry). I left empty-handed.

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11-16-2012 , 11:52 PM

#42

Mark_K

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I bought my Walmart's last box of Raspberry Zingers. Everything else was gone except for those 100 calorie Hostess snacks.

Weird to see a whole section of shelving empty like that.

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11-17-2012 , 12:00 AM

#43

Mark_K

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Originally Posted by jb9

From my reading of the Hostess problems, if someone was to redo the Hostess brand, no way are they going to use the existing infrastructure. They have a bunch of mini manufacturing bakeries (?) spread across the US. They basically created a ton of overhead and resulted in a really crappy efficiency.