The End Of The Twinkie

[The Alex]

Hostess Brands Inc, the bankrupt maker of Twinkies snack cakes and Wonder Bread, is seeking a U.S. court's permission to go out of business after failing to get wage and benefit cuts from thousands of its striking bakery workers.

The 82-year-old Hostess, which has about $2.5 billion in sales and is one of the largest wholesale bakers and distributors of breads and snack cakes in the United States, filed the request with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York early Friday morning. A hearing on the matter is set for Monday.

The Irving, Texas-based company said the liquidation would mean that most of its 18,500 employees would lose their jobs. Hostess immediately suspended operations at all of its 33 plants across the United States as it moves to start selling assets.

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8AF0OW20121117

Get your ass to your local supermarket and clear out the shelves. You can either:

1. Enjoy the last Hostess products ever made.
2. Sell them on eBay for insane prices and turn a massive profit:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hostess-Twin...-/181026884722
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hostess-Twin...-/170943801857
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hostess-Twin...-/271105156085
http://www.ebay.com/itm/81-Hostess-T...-/300818238243
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hostess-Twin...-/190755863128

Also, I'll never look at Die Hard the same way again.