RIP Twinkie

[Factorial]

The next twinkie maker may be a Mexican company:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/ ... ed-brands/

Also, interesting who was bidding on them in 2007:

So, perhaps Twinkies will take their place in Bimbo’s white vans. Bimbo tried once before to seize Hostess. It teamed up with a Hostess union and an U.S. investment firm, billionaire Ron Burkle’s Yucaipa, to form a competing bid during Hostess’ first trip through bankruptcy in 2007. That eventually fell apart. Bimbo backed out, and Yucaipa went ahead and entered a fruitless offer, valuing Hostess at $580 million. Hostess’ business has gone staler since, the product of unfunded legacy pensions, leverage and labor strikes.

[Lt. Dish]

I was hoping we'd hear from Bimbo in all this. Bimbo is the largest bakery company in the U. S. I didn't know that they passed on Hostess before.

In other news, Bimbo is the Philadelphia Union's main sponsor. During a televised game, you hear the jingle "Say Beeembo, B-I-M-B-O..." about 4,327 times until it tortures you in your sleep.


It's funny to hear J. P. Dellacamera going on and on with the PxP and occasionally cramming in "packedwithgoodnessandbakedwithlove."

It's more funny to see a Philly team with BIMBO emblazoned across their chests. #ShutupBeavis

[Gaucho]

Bimbo?

[Beveridge]

Bimbo bakeries owns bakeries such as Stroehmann's, Arnold, Entimanns, and even Thomas products. They also acquired Sara Lee recently as well.

Chances are, you've been eating Bimbo and didn't realize it unless you buy only Wonder bread products or a couple other smaller companies.

[columbia]

No Hostess products left that the grocery store.

[Willie Kool]

Bimbo?

Not the connotation you are probably familiar with. In English it's a promiscuous woman, which would still be strange for a bakery company's name, but in Spanish it has no meaning.

[FreeCandy44]

The hostess store in murrysville had a line out the door. I like Twinkies and what's not, but I'm not waiting in a line for them.

[mac5155]

1.announce you're going out of business
2.stock all stores
3.???
4.profit
5 . Re open

[blackjack68]

1.announce you're going out of business
2.stock all stores
3.???
4.profit
5 . Re open

Marketing genius!

And people are selling boxes online for $60.

[mac5155]

are people buying them though?

[Tico Rick]

I always read the title of this thread as RIP Van Winkle and I think, omg, Rip Van Winkle died.

[Tico Rick]

Bimbo?

I've been wanting to by the soccer jersey of Saprissa, a team in Costa Rica, for several years now but I'm waiting until they change sponsors.

[Gaucho]

Understandable.

[JS©]

[FreeCandy44]

Little Debbie isn't all that bad.

[JS©]

and I don't see Hostess offering Nutty Bars.

[Lt. Dish]

Little Debbie isn't all that bad.

Swiss Cake Rolls do just fine for a "fix" when Ho-Hos aren't available.

[FreeCandy44]

and I don't see Hostess offering Nutty Bars.

Yeah buddy ;)

Side note...someone on craigslist is selling two boxes of Twinkies for $250.00 in bridgeville. So it begins...

[columbia]

WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:
Nationalize the Twinkie industry

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petiti ... y/cJz0ngJR

[mac5155]

I love that everyone has discovered the petition feature on the white house website.

[Tim Thomasen]

Little Debbie isn't all that bad.

Nutty bars and outmeal cream pies are very good, I will say that.

[pfim]

http://www.nasdaq.com/article/bakers-un ... UDAd-82S-U

Shockingly, the new owners of Hostess assets don't want the unions either.

[canaan]

The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union

this is like the big east of unions. honestly might as well call them the "leftover workers union"

[pittsoccer33]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internatio ... nd_Helpers

International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers

[canaan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Brotherhood_of_Boilermakers,_Iron_Ship_Builders,_Blacksmiths,_Forgers_and_Helpers

International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers

these at least have some overlapping works. unless there is a tobacco twinkie torte niche im unaware of.

also: my dad has been a boilermaker since the early 70s