Hostess

• Hostess Liquidation: Twinkie Opportunists Hoard Snacks In Hopes Of Making ...

  Hours after Twinkie-maker Hostess announced its plans to close its doors forever, people flocked to stores to fill their shopping baskets with boxes of the cream-filled sponge cakes and their sibling snacks - Ding Dongs, Ho Hos and Zingers.

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• Will Hostess return to store shelves?

  Morgan Brennan, of Forbes magazine, chats with msnbc's Alex Witt about the future of Hostess snacks and the possibility of protesters disrupting early Black Friday sales.

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• Chris Christie: DON'T ask me about Twinkies

  Hostess Brands, the maker of Twinkies, announced earlier in the day that the company will wind down operations, promptly laying off most of its 18,500 employees.

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• Twinkies Maker Hostess Vows to Liquidate Company if Strikes Persist

  The end for Twinkies may just be hours away. Hostess Brands Inc., the maker of the iconic snack, announced on Wednesday that it will liquidate the entire company if not enough striking employees return to work by Thursday evening.

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• Twinkie maker Hostess

  Hostess workers here lose jobs, but bakery worth big bucks. The company's bankruptcy filing will put a valuable South Lake Union property on the market and turn Hostess foods into collectibles as customers stock up while they last. By Seattle Times ...

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• Forget the Half-Baked Theories on Hostess. We Need Fresh Solutions to Help ...

  Hostess's announcement that's it is closing underlines a harsh reality that many Americans are facing: Many steady jobs of the past are going away.

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• Cooking up sweet idea for Hostess

  That's the goal of an unusual online petition that's sprung up in the wake of bankrupt Hostess Brands' plans to liquidate its legendary line of snack foods and baked goods, and lay off its 18,500 workers.

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• Morgantown Wonder Hostess Bakery Outlet Closing

  Ground Zero Fighting Systems Academy held a Submission only Grappling tournament Saturday in the Mountaineer Mall. The championship was for women and men of all ages.

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• The Hostess-Inspired Alternate Universe Junkfood Cinema

  Hostess, the purveyor of the only things that matter on this planet, has been forced out of business by a striking bakers union.

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• Lansing Hostess Shop to Close Monday

  To make room for the Silver Bells in the City Parade and the thousands of people expected, the city will re-route traffic in some areas downtown.

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• Hostess Twinkie: Don't Go!

  I'm craving Hostess Cherry fruit pies with that waxy sugar coating. Hostess Please don't go! The Twinkie is a part of my life!

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• Hostess shutting down: What happens if Twinkies really do go away?

  November 17, 2012 ( ATLANTA) -- Let's not panic. We all know that Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Wonder bread and the rest of Hostess Brands' oddly everlasting foods aren't going away any time soon, even if the food culture that created them is gasping its last.

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• Hostess Seen Attracting Bids for Assets From Flowers

  The 82-year-old maker of Hostess CupCakes, Ding Dongs and Ho Hos was undone by the strike after changes in American diets led to years of declining sales while ingredient costs and labor expenses climbed.

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• Hostess died a long time ago — a little perspective

  My mother used to tell me how, as a kid, she knew she was from a poor family because the sandwiches she brought to lunch at school were made with homemade whole wheat bread.

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• Gurdon: Hostess Twinkies glow in the archive of junk food

  Having banned Hostess products on account of their low food-to-chemicals ratio, I plan to surprise the children with some of these goodies when they least expect it.

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• Twinkie, Ding-Dong runs reported as Hostess bakery closes

  There was a sense of mourning Friday at the Wonder Hostess Bakery Thrift Shop in Glendale as both workers and customers came to terms with the end of the company and its famous snacks.

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• Hostess to close, lay off 145 in Oakland

  After 25 years as a machine operator at the Hostess bakery in Oakland, Margarita Robles was looking forward to retiring in two years.

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• Hostess Price Gouging Begins

  Craving a Ho Ho? Get ready to shell out some serious dough for the novelty treats made by the soon-to-be-defunct Hostess company.

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• Pabst Owner Metropoulos Considers Bid for Hostess Brands

  C. Dean Metropoulos & Co., the private equity firm that owns Pabst Brewing Co., is considering an offer to buy Hostess Brands Inc., which said today it plans to liquidate its business.

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• Hostess workers, shoppers in East Bay worry, hope

  (11-16) 16:07 PST Oakland -- Near big trucks emblazoned with the colorful Hostess logo, a dozen union workers carried picket signs outside the Colombo Bakery in Oakland on Friday.

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