Twinkies are back!
 

http://www.latimes.com/business/mone...0,840604.story

Twinkies, Ho Hos, other Hostess brands return July 15

By Tiffany Hsu

8:37 AM PDT, June 24, 2013

Time to welcome back the Twinkie: Hostess is bringing back its popular snack cakes on July 15 after going bankrupt last year and selling its brands to various bidders.

Popular products such as Ho Hos, Ding Dongs and Cupcakes will return to shelves next month under the new ownership of private equity firms Apollo Global Management and C. Dean Metropoulous & Co., which picked up several Hostess names this spring for $410 million.

A clock posted on the Hostess website is counting down the seconds until what the company calls “the greatest treats the world has ever known will triumphantly return.”

Some 427,000 people have thumbs-upped the site on Facebook, among them many of the consumers who swarmed into stores to stock up on the treats when a Twinkie extinction was feared.

In November, Hostess won court approval to start shutting its doors and laying off its 18,500 employee after butting heads with striking union workers.

The Irving, Texas, company filed for bankruptcy in January 2012 — its second such filing in a decade.

Hostess’ brands were scattered to different owners.

Entenmann’s and Sara Lee owner Grupo Bimbo paid $31.9 million for the Beefsteak bread business. Flowers Foods Inc. got the rest of the bread operation, such as the Wonder brand, along with several bakeries and depots. McKee Foods, maker of Little Debbie snack cakes, took over the Drake’s line of goods.

The new Twinkies owners aren’t new to the grocery goods game. Apollo also owns Carl’s Jr. parent CKE Restaurants Inc. Metropoulos controls beer favorite Pabst Brewing Co.

[Updated, Jun 24, 11:15 a.m.: Hannah Arnold, a spokeswoman with Hostess, said major retailers nationwide will carry the snack cakes, as will convenience stores and dollar stores.

"America wanted Hostess back - they wanted the original,” said Daren Metropoulos, principal of Metropoulos & Co. in a statement. “A comeback by any other name could never be as sweet."]

My failed weight loss attempts are going to be failing even worse now.

There is some good in the world after all.

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I didn't care about Twinkies, but the loss of Ho Hos and Ding Dongs bothered me.

Link it. I didn't see it.

Of course they are, state fairs are just about to get started

That is great that Poop Twinkies are coming back but what about the regular Twinkies? You know, the food and beverage ones?

My waist line is furious

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Mmmmm...time for some casual snacks.

What's a casual snack?

Ya-Hoo!!!

\Twinkie the Kid


I don't know what the Ho-Ho guy says.

Less formal than a causal snack.

Two women at once?

an empty experience

as you get older you won't be as interested in casual snacks

sometimes you just want something more in your snack

King Dons or Ding Dongs?

Apparently, there was character at one time called "Happy Ho Ho." I couldn't find a catch phrase.

ho ho ho?

Looks like he said "ho ho ha ha ho ho" :rolleyes:

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Twinkie the Kid sounds like someone who was beat up a lot in the Old West.

Best casual snack are Zingers. Hands down.

Besides shape, what is the difference between a Ho Ho and a Ding Dong?

This is for snacking, this is for fun

ROFL

**** yeah. Zingers are infinitely better than Twinkies.

Also, I wonder how the people who paid $100+ for a box of ****ing Twinkies on eBay are taking this news? Wish I'd gotten in on some of that P.T. Barnham action.

Reposts are back too!

These damn things are good

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I wouldn't go that far, but those raspberry / coconut Zingers are very nice.

I only cop a box of twinkles when I'm wanting strawberry shortcake.


Put two on a play and cover with strawberries. Sex in your mouth

Ho Hos have that swirl action going on. Totally different taste sensation.

That's the Green Giant. Or Santa.

So a Giant Green Santa bring a bag full of Ho Hos for Christmas?

I'm confused.

No, he brings strawberries & twinkies over and has sex in inmem58's mouth

Just want to say thanks to all the people that were buying boxes of twinkies from me for $30 a box back in December because the goofs in the media said they were going to be gone forever.

Who doesn't have sex in Inmem's mouth? ;)

kick ass. I last had any one of those when I was about 10yo

Snacks that are unsatisfying, leaving you feeling quality.

shit yeah. especially the red ones with coconut.
mmmmm

Thank God. I didn't think I could possibly go on without taking a trip to calorie city.

How nice!

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Twinkies are ****ing gross, so I would of been cool if they stayed dead.

haven't had a twinkie since I was about 5

because this belongs here too!
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cardiac cakes for everyone!!!

Surprised that Grupo Bimbo didn't go after the Ho Ho's. Seems like a perfect match.

Wonderbread dammit!!

What's a play?