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[Shane Nokes]

TRC, on 17 November 2012 - 02:09, said:

It would be awesome if another company bought them and went back the original 1930s recipe, before they were laced with cheap substitutes and chemical preservatives. Probably won't because of cost and shelf life issues but even as a kid in the 80s I remember they tasted much better. The ones they sell today honestly taste kind of gross to me, especially the filling.

The 80's and current versions are the same. Any difference in taste is due to nostalgia.

This isn't the case of something like soda where they changed out the sugar for HFCS which did change the taste. They've kept them the same for years now...

[rippleman]

I think the other 14,000 should sue the the labour union for lost wages until their jobs are replaced even if thats 6 months from now, 2 years from now, or even 10 years from now..... i know i would try

[Growled]

You know, I was trying to remember the last time that I ate a Twinkie and I can't recall. I guess I won't miss them much.

[John S.]

Hate to see their breads leaving....wonderbread, natures pride and others

[soniqstylz]

Shane Nokes, on 17 November 2012 - 01:25, said:

Which just goes to show that you still weren't paying attention to what I was saying...I said both sides were losers in this.

I don't praise either side for their actions. That's part of my point. The workers left rather than continuing to work...and the company owners decided to liquidate before things went completely down the tubes.

No one wins...no one is awesome in this.

If the striking workers quit, they would up and lose $2billion in pensions. By striking and forcing the liquidation through bankruptcy, they get most of that. If they conceded and came back to work at lower rates, they lose that pension as well.

At some point, labor has to say "we've already given a lot, we're going to take what we can and move on", the exact same thing that the hedge funds are going to do.

[soniqstylz]

[neufuse]

Hostess's product line has a standing offer from Bimbo to purchase all their stuff.... a few years ago they offered Hostess about $600 million, Hostess is now only worth about $140 million... how's that for not selling at the right time? but apparently a deal is in the works... so no "twinkie shortages"....

[Eddie7]

NOOOOOOOOoooooooo Hostess was one of the best brands out there!

[cropcircles]

TRC, on 17 November 2012 - 02:09, said:

It would be awesome if another company bought them and went back the original 1930s recipe, before they were laced with cheap substitutes and chemical preservatives. Probably won't because of cost and shelf life issues but even as a kid in the 80s I remember they tasted much better. The ones they sell today honestly taste kind of gross to me, especially the filling.

http://www.usatoday....ostess/1712749/


Twinkies will likely survive Hostess sale

[neufuse]

TRC, on 17 November 2012 - 02:09, said:

It would be awesome if another company bought them and went back the original 1930s recipe, before they were laced with cheap substitutes and chemical preservatives. Probably won't because of cost and shelf life issues but even as a kid in the 80s I remember they tasted much better. The ones they sell today honestly taste kind of gross to me, especially the filling.

you know, over time as you age, your taste buds do change how they taste food, it might just taste different because of your body chemistry being different at an older age... I know stuff for me seems to taste different then I remember when I was a kid... stuff that hasn't change since then...

[T1Famous]

Looks like I will never get to try one

[Asrokhel]

Americans can now make Twinkies!

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[neufuse]

there are at least 3 potential buyers.... Twinkies are going no where, at worst the name "Hostess" will be gone form the product line boxes

[xendrome]

What's the shelf life on these, I think it's like 30 days... not sure where the myth that they would last forever came from...

[neufuse]

xendrome, on 19 November 2012 - 15:00, said:

What's the shelf life on these, I think it's like 30 days... not sure where the myth that they would last forever came from...

its 25 days, and the whole last forever claim came from the fact they always have fresh Twinkies on store displays therefore they must be the same ones that was there for years and they must be chemically created because the ones on display are always soft and "Fresh"... when in reality their sale rate is so high they are always restocking them therefore always soft... that's the origins of that myth

and to the people that say Twinkie is gone, look through tis history since the 1930's... it's changed hands more times than a girl on prom night