By now I'm sure everyone has heard the sad news about Hostess, the makers of Twinkies, filing for bankruptcy - Here. It really hits home with The Murph since his father is retired from working there 40+ years and Murph's first job during the summers was at Hostess making Twinkies.
Well, he really made bread, not Twinkies, but I could just see him making Twinkies and Ding Dongs and it sounds more exciting than just plain old wonder bread or hot dog buns. Anyway, it was his first legit job.
I even had our wedding cake baker put together a Hostess themed groom's cake in honor of The Murph for our wedding last month. The cupcakes were all gobbled down first. They were a hit. We totally supported the brand and are a Hostess Twinkie, Cupcake, Ding Dong, Ho Ho family here. Oh yea, and don't forget the pink snowballs.
We are sad to see them go. It's been a really bad day for The Murph today.
What is even worse is that The Murph's brother has worked Hostess for over 20 years and is now faced with loosing his job. So sad. An entire company going bankrupt and over 18,000 employees losing jobs over a union of 5,000 really dumb people who can't see the bigger picture and now no longer have a job at all. So tragic how that small group can cause so many to suffer. Not to mention an entire brand that's been around over 80 years.
Gone!
I think I am going to run over to the grocery store and load up on all my Hostess favorites, especially the Twinkies before they are sold out and gone forever. Sometimes ingesting a little high fructose corn syrup is worth it.
Most of the time ingesting high fructose corn syrup is worth it! Racing fuel.
Goodbye Twinkies. Hard to believe you are going. What's next? Little Debbie snack cakes, Moon pies, Duncan Donuts? Sure hope those companies aren't union controlled!
