Twinkies and Ding Dongs Still Available, But Not For Long
Hostess Brands announced Friday that it is shutting down operations after 82 years of making Wonder Bread, Twinkies and other iconic snack foods.
It’s not too late to get a Twinkie or Ho-Ho in Caledonia, Mount Pleasant and Sturtevant, but you might want to hurry. Hostess Brands, makers of those and other iconic snacks, announced Friday that it filed a motion in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for permission to go out of business. The company failed to reach agreement with striking workers, and now plans to lay off all 18,500 employees and liquidate assets. Walmart, Pick‘n Save and Piggly Wiggly all had Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Ho-Hos and Zingers on the shelves. Ralph Malicki, owner of the Piggly Wiggly on Washington Avenue, said he still has a lot of Hostess brand products on the shelves. "My thinking is, that they'll probably have to liquidate their product, but if no one is making them, I'm …
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10:48 pm on Saturday, November 17, 2012
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