It takes a Twinkie about 45 seconds to explode when cooked in a microwave.
It was only a handful of years ago that Twinkie finally introduced a lower calorie version.
Hostess made an effort to adapt to changing times, introducing new products like 100-calorie Twinkie Bites.
So to all those newfound Twinkie devotees, please spare me all this wailing and gnashing of teeth.
It seems quite plausible that the next Twinkie maker could be a Mexican company run by a billionaire family.
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The shedding of tears and outpouring of dismay over the demise of the beloved Twinkie has yet to settle down.
The company could have even kept the iconic Twinkie, which still has its fans, if it had added more nutritional products.
On the surface, visionless leadership, reckless management, and militant unions drove Hostess Brands, the maker of American icon Twinkie, to liquidation.
Tastes are changing too: Twinkie the Kid might have been made from petroleum byproducts and artificial ingredients, but he died a natural death.
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Yet overnight, the Twinkie went from the devil symbol of obesity to a treasured American icon, symbolic of a bygone era in this country.
Would a whole wheat or Gluten free Twinkie have been successful?
No American soldiers need fight overseas to protect foreign Twinkie supplies.
Jones Day's best-known restructuring lawyer, Corinne Ball, represented Chrysler on its historic government-brokered bankruptcy, and is currently advising Twinkie maker Hostess Brands Inc. on restructuring options.
And should we see a Hostess resurrection, do me a favor and at least try a Twinkie before making a judgement on it one way or another.
The filing for bankruptcy of Twinkie maker Hostess revealed that successive managements had to deal with some 372 collective bargaining contracts, 80 health and benefits plans and 40 different pension plans.
Twinkie-making will prove harder than it sounds.
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