Cardello agrees with Hartung that Hostess management is to blame, for failing to alter its products amid dramatic changes in consumer tastes.

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An onslaught of competition in recent years has put pressure on earlier movers such as Christine to keep up with changes in consumer tastes.

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What accounts for the changes in names and tastes?

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It seems odd to pay a worker compensation because his firm has succumbed to competition from imports, but give him nothing if it has been put out of business by a company up the road, or failed to adapt to changes in technology or in customers' tastes.

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Some straight spouses have spoken of deep changes to their personality or habits: Developing tastes for foods they never liked before or losing interest in formerly favorite activities.

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