Hostess
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Hostess Brands Announces the Limited Availability of One of its Well-loved Products
Hostess Brands of Irving, Texas has recently announced that it will be offering a limited edition of its well-loved snack, Hostess® Twinkies, in the original banana filling. Originally, Hostess made their Twinkies products with a banana filling (according to Grandpa Twinkies’ original recipe). However, because of a scarcity of bananas during World War II, the…
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A New Kind of Donuts From Hostess
Texas-based food company Hostess Brands Inc. recently came up with a new variety of donuts created to appeal to every consumer kids and adults alike. The new donettes, as these little donuts are called, are now available in the “Frosted Devil’s Food Cake” variety. Although the powdery sugar might be kind of a mess for…
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Hostess is Set To Lay Off Thousands And Close Shop
Hostess is set to close as a result of what it calls a crippling union fight. Approximately 18,500 jobs will be lost, not to mention the tax revenue that comes from shops and plants of the company across the U.S. The union has been stubborn in its talks with the snack food icon and the…
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Hostess and Walmart’s Labor Disputes
Walmart has seen dozens of its stores experiencing protests in the wake of union action. The retail giant has to battle with this commotion even as Hostess Brands, manufacturer of various baked goods including Ding Dongs and Twinkies, is undergoing bankruptcy liquidation. There were planned actions scheduled for Black Friday, but they were mostly non-events…
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Jewel-Osco to Receive Last Twinkies Shipment
Jewel-Osco announced that it would be receiving what could well be the last Twinkies shipment to its stores located in the Chicagoland area yesterday. The snacks are a brand of Hostess, which is ceasing operations after long battles with unions. Twinkies is one of the popular snacks that Hostess makes, which also include Orange Cup…
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Police Called Regarding Jewel-Osco Store Twinkies Incident
Local police in Buffalo Grove, Illinois were called in to a Jewel-Osco store after an incident involving Twinkies. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, a customer got quite upset when he was told he could not purchase more than the pre-determined number of packs of Twinkies. Jewel-Osco has however, not confirmed the report by the paper. The…
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2012 Top Five Grocery News Stories
From shake-ups in the retail chain Supervalu, to faltering retail banners, the United States retail industry has done quite well this past year despite devastating weather, uncertain economy, labor unrest and an uneasy political climate. We now count down the top five news we featured in 2012. 1. Recall of Ground Beef in the U.S.…