TWINKIES ARE DEAD:...

HOSTESS IS DEAD SO ARE THE HOSTESS CUPCAKE I LVOED THOSE THEYRE REALLY POPULAR IN MEXICO.. (im mexican ole)
THOUGHTS.. IM REALLY SAD...

AH I HEARD ABOUT THIS EARLIER TODAY
THE WORLD,,
ITS GONE,,,, GOODBYE.......

(((((((((( nooooooooooooo I loved the hostess stores r.i.p twinkies and hoho and ding dongs and my favorite bakery store. :/ it was the only good store with cheesy popcorn and jelepeno Cheetos.

HOw DID ThIS EVEn haPEN WHaT

i don't rlly like twinkies but mAN THIS IS A SHOCKER HElp

!!!!!!!!!!!!111!1!!!HOWI!1!!!!!!!!!11!

???? Twinkies are gone.. Forever? *gets down on knees* Nooooooooo! Why???? How has this happened??!!!!

I never really ate those kind of stuff. I never ate a Twinkie in my entire life.
But that's pretty sad, I love sugary stuff. ;w;
RIP Hostess

NOOOOOOO
I LOVED TWINKIES
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOOOOOOO
I havent had much twinkies in my life D:(well maybe just 8,but they were good)I LOVED THEM.
HOSTESS YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.

NOOOO!!!!!!!!
SOMEONE SAVE MY SOUL!
HOSTESS ID DEAD!
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

\NO MORE PINGÜINITOS NO

No more twinkies...? I'm starting to get depressed now.

Why didn’t Hostess workers believe the threats?

That’s one of the questions we’re left with now that Hostess Brands, the maker of iconic snacks such as Twinkies and Ding Dongs, said Friday it is closing its plants and letting go some 18,000 workers as it moves toward liquidation following a strike by some of its workers.

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In an announcement posted on its Web site, the company said it was “sorry to announce that Hostess Brands, Inc. has been forced by a Bakers Union strike to shut down all operations and sell all company assets.” CEO Gregory F. Rayburn said in the statement that “we deeply regret the necessity of today’s decision, but we do not have the financial resources to weather an extended nationwide strike.”

The striking Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Union had been cautioned: In a move the Wall Street Journal called “a sort of warning shot,” three plants had already been shut down, eliminating 627 jobs on Monday. On Wednesday, the company said it would be forced to liquidate if enough employees did not return to work by the end of the workday Thursday. This was also not the company’s first bankruptcy.

Maybe the gap in trust between management and the union had simply grown too wide. The last CEO, Brian Driscoll, had seen a big salary increase. He was abruptly replaced by Rayburn earlier this year, who was the sixth head of the company in the last decade. That kind of turnover is not typically a good environment for labor relations, in which a history of past successes between leaders and unions can be drawn upon for future goodwill.

Or more likely, the union workers kept at the strike because the last time the company had threatened liquidation, it didn’t follow through. During its last stint in Chapter 11, the company said “a vote against its last, best, final offer by either of its two largest unions would prompt an immediate liquidation,” the Journal reports. “But when the bakers union gave Hostess just that trigger, Hostess instead decided to take its case back to the court.” When leaders do that, it’s harder for the people who work for them to take the threats seriously the next time around.

Whatever were the reasons for the “exquisite game of chicken,” as a fascinating and in-depth Fortune story called the labor disputes, the end result is sad. Eighteen-thousand people are out of a job. The company’s private equity owner may not get anything back. And while some brands could find buyers, it looks like in this case the Gen Xers raised on Hostess snacks are losing an icon.

I never ate Twinkies or anything, actually I think they are very gross.
But I'm kinda sad they are gone, hope you guys feel better!

Twinkies are gone..
Crys

I haven't had a Hostess snack in years. Hm, kinda disappointing to see such a popular company go down. There's a lot of snack brands out there and surely one will try to duplicate Hostess' popular snacks.

I heard. :c Just earlier today, I did. I haven't had them for a while, but it's bad news to hear that they're gone.

WHAT TWINKIES ARE DEAD!?!
HOARD YOUR DING DONGS! INVEST IN CUPCAKES! THE END IS NEAR!!!
..... Aww man I want a a zinger now.

Yup... heard it on the news.

I knew this since yesterday..

Goodbye twinkies, I always loved eating you

its not like theyre going away omg they'll probably just sell the brands off

Yeah, but we aren't going to get twinkies for a while now.

Although I am sad that they are gone... they are VERY bad for you. I maybe only had twinkies like 3 times before. I wasnt a fan of them but yea. WHY DO GOOD THINGS HAVE TO BE SO BAD?!?! OnO

I dunno what to say bout this. twinkies are gross

Well I never ate Twinkies but this shouldn't have happened. Hotess is famous, how could it go out of business?! Stupid economy...

I voted the last one...so I got beat up...
But twinkies are gross!! They were in WALL-E because they last forever from all the preservatives!!