The Bell Tolls For the Twinkie - UPDATED
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
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Really, I'm surprised this hasn't happened sooner. A fairly large company that has declared bankruptcy twice in under a decade? That doesn't bode well for their future, regardless of what a union does or does not do. Hostess would have failed eventually.
As for me, somehow I will survive no longer being able to eat foods I never ate before.
As for me, somehow I will survive no longer being able to eat foods I never ate before.
I heard there a large store house in Natick, next to the factory.
They are just going to be under a different brand name in the future, my bets on Little Debbie.
Best conspiracy theory: Obama had his union goons create the strike so there would be less junk food in the country.
They are just going to be under a different brand name in the future, my bets on Little Debbie.
Best conspiracy theory: Obama had his union goons create the strike so there would be less junk food in the country.
As long as they aren't the ones that make Fudge Rounds, I think I'll be fine.
EDIT: Thank God, it's Little Debbie. Crisis averted.
EDIT: Thank God, it's Little Debbie. Crisis averted.
GOOD!!! Me and my bro went to America once, real excited we were to try this famous food stuff known as a Twinkie. Enthusiastically we handed our dole-lars over to the foods merchant and asked for the treat. We eagerly peeled off the wrapper, our mouths a-moist in anticipation... little did our young hearts know. We bit heartily into the small confectionary and were greeted with a taste that can only be described as foul beyond all measure. IT WAS LIKE HOT SICK!!! I WAS BETRAYED, SUCH LIES OF HOW DELICIOUS A AMERICAN STAPLE IT WAS!!!
I had some pretty good chocolate pancakes the next day so I got over it, BUT STILL!!!
I had some pretty good chocolate pancakes the next day so I got over it, BUT STILL!!!
Life is not over, only Hostess.Andy Chalk said:
I'm going to go out to eat one last Hostess twinkie tonight, but I know that "life's little twinkie gauge" will not go empty... Yet.
I have to kind of laugh at the union workers. I don't want to call them "selfish" but they demanded something from their bosses but their little strike blew up in their faces and they completely lost their jobs. Just a show that it's best to be under-paid and have a job, then go on strike and risk losing your job.
Thank-you for that reference in the picture, as Zombieland is pretty much the only reason why I really know anything about Twinkies.
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md68xwzZQI1rktm91o1_500.jpg
Tried 'em while I was in the US. It was alright...
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md68xwzZQI1rktm91o1_500.jpg
Tried 'em while I was in the US. It was alright...
You know why this happened? Because rather than raising their prices to keep up with inflation over the past few decades, they started using cheaper and cheaper ingredients, reducing the quality of their products. A twinkie today is simply not as good as a twinkie fifteen years ago. The problem with that is that even though they haven't raised their prices as much as they should've, they're still costier than similar generic products without actually tasting better.
Yeah, I'd sooner spend $5 USD on a box of great twinkies than $1 on a box of crappy knockoffs, but I'd sooner spend $1 on the crappy knockoffs than $2.50 on an equally crappy brand-name product.
P.S. Thanks
Yeah, I'd sooner spend $5 USD on a box of great twinkies than $1 on a box of crappy knockoffs, but I'd sooner spend $1 on the crappy knockoffs than $2.50 on an equally crappy brand-name product.
P.S. Thanks
This gave me a good chuckle. Seriously.PunkRex said:
I hadn't had a Hostess anything in a long long time. Since I was a kid. So after reading about this closure all morning, I bought one of the last Twinkies from our vending machine as a goodbye to part of my childhood.
It was baaad... I lost all my appetite for lunch. It was the perfect goodbye because I no longer felt sad about the missing Twinkies. I couldn't even remember why I liked them as a kid.
Found out about this this morning. Immediately went to my local grocery store to grab a couple boxes.
I ended up having to go back to the grocery store later in the day, for other stuff, and every single box was gone. Seems like I wasn't the only one with the idea of stocking up.
I ended up having to go back to the grocery store later in the day, for other stuff, and every single box was gone. Seems like I wasn't the only one with the idea of stocking up.
But... If I don't have cream-filled domes of chocolate cake coated in sugar-dusted coconut, how will I keep my third chin?
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I don't get to keep it, do I?
Damn you, Hostess workers. Damn you.
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I don't get to keep it, do I?
Damn you, Hostess workers. Damn you.