PHOTO: Perry Hall's Last Twinkies Are Mine
The great American era of Hostess has finally come to an end.
They're gone, they're all gone. You'll have to get your golden sponge cake and creamy filling fix somewhere else. I bought the last Twinkies in Perry Hall and I'm probably not even going to eat them. The pack is sealed but damaged, the bottom half of my $1 twin-pack slightly crumbled. Is that why it was left behind? Among Orange Cupcakes and Chocolate Zingers, the Hostess display in Safeway looked thoroughly picked over Saturday morning. The gas stations, drug stores and other grocery stores either never carried them or were out—unless I missed some secret stockpile. Do I save them for a special occasion? Frame them in a photo box? Freeze them? Sell the pack on eBay? For now, I'm just holding it in my hand wondering how I'll explain to …
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BK
10:35 am on Monday, November 19, 2012
The truth about Hostess and their financial problems / history - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=491394124234398&set=a.182300141810466.38724.146422995398181&type=1&theater Most surprising? Since 2002, Hostess has gone through SIX CEOs... and none were able to turn the company around. Boo hoo. more ›