No MoreTwinkies....

While they were still in business, they guarded them carefully-- now, they probably will be sold, as part of the assets of the company. But they still won't be the "same", from a psychological point of view-- and all the workers who now don't have jobs won't see a benefit, as the existing major bakeries are not expanding. The major baking sector is highly competitive, with low profit margins-- so they can't afford to expand. Some of those more skilled workers may get jobs with other companies, but many won't.

Yes.. I would bet a big company like nabisco will try and buy them. Lets hope so.

I can't believe they actually went out of business... now what are people going to stock up with for the "end of the world"? That was an ongoing joke forever. They should have passed on the recipes, to keep it going. I hope Nabisco buys them, that would be great.

I agree with everything you've said, but I'm not so sure that unions have any positive effect on American workers at this point. At one time, they were helpful; now they are simply drunk with power. Another reason they changed "full time" to 30 hours is so that companies would be required to pay for health care for more employees.

As far as I am concerned, the unions ceased to be anything useful a long time ago-- now they are just legally protected thugs. And yes, they did lower the definition of full time from 37.5 hours to 30 hours to TRY to force companies to insure more people-- it's part of Obamacare-- but anyone who has ever taken economics 101 could have told them (as if they didn't know already) that the result would be just what's happening-- hours cuts. Of course at the moment, you don't get overtime pay until you pass 40 hours-- but that may change as well. But we may get lucky-- this may finally break the unions, at least when it comes to unskilled labor (and even skilled labor in some cases). My reasoning: Company ABC is union organized. When told full time is now 30 hours, they decide to cut hours to stay in business. Union says NO WAY, we're striking-- company ABC hires strike breakers at a wage low enough to keep the people working full time and give insurance-- or if they really can't afford that, they hire strike breakers at a decent wage, but lower than union scale, and use the money saved to pay the fines. The union workers have no jobs, and the new employees won't go union-- because they want to KEEP their new jobs. This would stink for union workers, but--in all honesty-- I have never met a union worker I liked as a person, or trusted. There is NO WAY that not a single Hostess employee didn't realize this was a really bad idea-- and I wouldn't be surprised if employees started throwing unions out on their own, to protect their jobs. If they have any sense, they will-- the money they pay in dues could pay bills instead.

Well-- unions have a place, but the way things work now, unions have way too much power. It shouldn't be acceptable, but unions are good at convincing workers that companies are evil blood sucking profiteers, oppressing the workers-- straight out of Lenin, Marx, etc-- and our administration. Redistribution of wealth comes directly from Karl Marx-- the founder of communism. people who are not in business, or who don't do the research and math themselves, just go by what the media and unions tell them. And of course now the Unions are going to hold Walmart hostage-- walkouts on black Friday. Granted, Walmart has some pretty bad employment policies, but yes--- a job is a job, especially now. American workers are, to be blunt, spoiled. And The administration has now redefined "full time" employment to be more than 30 hours instead of 37.5-- which, by the way, makes the basic unemployment figure the American people hear about in the media look even lower. The REAL unemployment figure is on the Bureau of Labor and Statistics website, for any journalist or ordinary person to see-- and it's currently 14.6 percent. YES-- YOU READ THAT RIGHT. THE ADMINISTRATION, AND THE MEDIA, APPARENTLY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW-- 14.6%. It hasn't been below 14% for 4 years. and the figures the people get from the media are just as bad: in January, 2008, unemployment (the "public" figure) was 4.8%. It is now 7.9%, and has been as high as 10% during 2009/2010. Real wages, as calculated by the Bureau, have fallen about 1% in the last year, while real expenses, as calculated by the bureau, have increased by about 3%-- but the consumer price index doesn't tell the whole story, of course. But now, of course, unemployment is going to drop dramatically-- because the corporate world will get rid of all the 40 hour people and replace them with 2 20 hour people. YAY! Unemployment cut in half! The American people are being lied to. And the American people have only themselves to blame for listening to the media, and the administration, and Facebook, and movie stars-- the facts are right there, for anyone to read, and easy to understand. And it will get much worse, very quickly.

Absolutely-- unions have gotten out of control. But then again, most unions were started by organized crime, or communists-- and between the two, organized crime is actually better for the workers, because they will take over a business sector and keep workers working-- they needed then, as they do now, legal businesses to launder illegal money-- and they also have no objection to making money in any form. hopefully, Hostess will sell the recipes as assets (though wouldn't on principal). But yes, when a big company like this goes down, a lot of other businesses fel the blow as well. Same with the Walmart strikes. Walmart employs 1.3 MILLION people, world wide-- the largest store of its type in the world. Sam Walton's policy used to be if they try to unionize, close the store-- and Walmart may go back to that strategy to protect themselves. In some ways that is wrong, but in other ways-- it's to be expected. Look at the way cities are being held hostage by public workers' unions-- the city goes bankrupt, the citizens suffer, but the unions get their money. Look who got the money first when the TAXPAYERS bought Chevy-- not the investors, not the workers-- the unions.

Unions have also ruiend many big and great companies here in mx over the years.

AZ, where the other half of our business is/was, is a right to work state. I'm all in favor of that concept-- though sometimes it can been a pain dealing with all the labor regulations, and fighting fraudulent unemployment claims. The only good things about closing our business 31 December will be: no more sales tax hassles. No more employee re-training tax hassles. No more unemployment hassles. No more payroll hassles-- and no more employees. When we did the math last week, we discovered that we will actually be better off after we close the business-- it was amazing seeing how much we have lost in the last year (we're doing end of year books) and how much we are losing at the moment. It will give the other half time to work on his mining equipment, since he is patenting it, and he can sell and make those things without employees-- so we are only keeping 2 to work with him on the mining claims, and then only until the equipment is selling. Unions, now, have very little use. American workers don't seem to realize we have some of the best working conditions in the world. granted, some workers get exploited, but a lot of what I see people whining about amazes me-- I just don't get it-- you have a JOB. If you don't like the way you're treated-- quit.

Yep-- between bad management and bad union reps, they were sunk. It's funny, since they actually started in 1903-- during the beginning of the Great Depression. And now they're closing under the same circumstances.

You are absolutely right, and it is sad. Money and greed took over, and now a long time company is gone under.

Their manufacturing facilities are in the USA I believe, but I know they probably sell up there. Down here, a lot of teachers have been reduced to buying their own supplies for special projects, and raising their own funds for field trips. The situation is ridiculous, and bad for the kids of course. I apparently ended up homeschooling because my son wasn't getting an education, despite all the money our district spent on education-- somehow the money just disappears before it gets where it's needed.

yes, their bread products were very good. But look at it this way-- they will be selling the recipes, probably, so someone else will make it.

yep-- and the jobs will be missed. A lot of employers can now be very picky about who they hire, with so many looking for work-- and these employees may pay for that. Or their union might force other bakeries to hire them, whether they need them or not, which would be worse.

yep-- they are probably regretting spending part of their pay on union dues now, since that money could have been saved or paid living expenses.

For the industry they were in, they were treated fairly, actually--Americans enjoy the highest labor standards in the world. I loved the cupcakes and the snoballs, myself-- but I have tried tastycake, and yes, the butterscotch krumpets are very good, especially warm.