https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 28 May 2026 00:15:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-404250 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 18:07:41 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 404250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Here is more analysis on the Hostess debacle.<br /> <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/49853653" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnbc.com/id/49853653</a><br /> I now have to learn more about the two hedge funds involved. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402988 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:43:03 +0000 Sweet T 402988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My hometown is being greatly affected by this. There's a Dolly Madison Bakery there (owned by Hostess) and it's shutting down. 400 people were laid off this morning.</p> <p>@DpeachLu: I love zingers too! BTW, your name completely threw me off. I saw your picture and hit reply and thought there was a glitch because it came up as your new name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402973 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:36:33 +0000 Rock n Roll 402973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a Hostess bakery in our town and I will miss smelling the bread when I drive past it. Also, I loved the orange cupcakes when I was pregnant with my first (even though I almost never eat them any other time.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402908 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:03:56 +0000 loveisstrange 402908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@krsmall: Yeah, I was under the impression that this was the doing of the Baker's/etc union. </p> <p>Cupcakes are SO nostaligc for me. My dad always ate them when I was a kid. He always had Fridays off and whenever I had a day off school, he would take me fishing. We would stop on the way to the bait shop and buy milk and Hostess Cupcakes. I don't eat them anymore... but I'm still sad. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402896 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:59:33 +0000 erwoo 402896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: OH, that's true. That's why they are so gross yet so good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402801 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:29:23 +0000 Sophia 402801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel bad for the 18,500 employees that will likely all lose their jobs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402789 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:24:43 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 402789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erwoo: You don't need to freeze. They last forever and never get stale! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402780 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:20:58 +0000 erwoo 402780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know! So sad! I'm going to buy a ton of twinkies and freeze it. Okay, not a ton but I do want to buy some so my boys can experience it before it's all gone...for good. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402755 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:04:43 +0000 chopsuey 402755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sad times. I hardly ever eat them, but gonna stock up :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402750 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:01:42 +0000 doodlepoodle 402750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh...this upsets me not only BC I love their tasty cakes but BC I live in the city where the main strike was being held and I know a lot of people losing their jobs and we're a small enough town that we just can't offer that many people jobs. Very sad situation, this will really have an impact on the economy in my town. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402731 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:51:20 +0000 mrs. wagon 402731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Extremely sad! I loved ALL of their products. Time to go stock up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402728 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:49:25 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 402728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What!? Noooo! I still eat the cupcakes on a regular basis! I can't wait to be off of my dairy free diet so I can have like 20 of them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402660 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:23:39 +0000 littlek 402660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wait I take it back Ding Dongs!!! That's my favorite </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402658 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:22:54 +0000 littlek 402658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I liked the Hostess cupcakes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402652 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:21:21 +0000 littlek 402652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I had read the big issue being that the employees weren't returning to work and that's why the company was closing its doors. So it appeared to be a labor union issue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402650 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:20:41 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 402650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I totally agree that it's a very complicated situation. I was trying to get up to speed this morning. I find it interesting that management had already claimed that the strike would be responsible for the closings of specific plants—when it had already planned to close plants even if the workers accepted the cuts and stayed at work. <a href="http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2012/11/13/slay-i-was-told-months-ago-about-hostess-closure/" rel="nofollow">http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2012/11/13/slay-i-was-told-months-ago-about-hostess-closure/</a></p> <p>BCTGM workers seemed to know what they were getting into, but based on how they were squeezed in the 2004 bankruptcy and the 2011 pension cuts, decided to take a hard line:<br /> <a href="http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Organizing-Bargaining/BCTGM-Members-at-Hostess-Strike-Baker" rel="nofollow">http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Organizing-Bargaining/BCTGM-Members-at-Hostess-Strike-Baker</a></p> <p>I also did read the WSJ article and here is another article from July which paints the Teamsters and BCTGM in different lights. (The opposite of what the WSJ article seemed to imply). Either way, the obstinance was probably pretty bone-headed and likely made a bad situation worse.<br /> <a href="http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2012/07/26/hostess-twinkies-bankrupt/" rel="nofollow">http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2012/07/26/hostess-twinkies-bankrupt/</a><br /> I guess that what these differing articles tell me is that the truth hasn't been fully revealed yet. I also like how the Fortune article provides more details about Ripplewood Holdings. I found it VERY interesting.</p> <p>I'm sure there is more yet to unfold with this. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402587 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:57:57 +0000 DillonLion 402587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is like Zombieland come to life. My dad will be so disappointed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402561 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:52:33 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 402561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't like any of their products. My husband likes the orange things though. It is sad that they are going out of business. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402554 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:50:16 +0000 DpeachLu 402554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Zingers ....<br /> which I have been craving for weeks!! </p> [attach=634/12/mdlars.220x205.zingers.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402551 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:49:38 +0000 mrbee 402551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Yah you're right, I'm sure the CEO will come out ok. I was surprised though that according to the WSJ, the private equity firm probably won't make anything:</p> <p>"Hostess's current private equity owner, Ripplewood Holdings, is unlikely to recover anything in the liquidation."<br /> <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324556304578122632560842670.html" rel="nofollow">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324556304578122632560842670.html</a></p> <p>The labor situation was actually pretty complicated... the Teamsters had seen the financials and were on board, but another union refused to accept the contract and were striking. That's what drove them under.</p> <p>It sounds like there was plenty of blame to go around here. I don't think the employees were blameless in this situation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402550 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:49:25 +0000 tororojo 402550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not a fan of Twinkies, but I like just about anything with chocolate, especially the chocolate cupcakes. "Where's the cream filling?" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402544 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:47:04 +0000 wahine08 402544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Twinkies and Cupcakes! This is really sad news! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402537 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:44:39 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 402537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They'll be back. The private equity firm that is shuttering Hostess will surely sell off the recipes and trademarks to other companies and the CEOs make off with mega-bank and the 18,500 employees look for other jobs :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402505 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:31:48 +0000 PrincessBaby 402505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow! Hostess Cupcakes were like- a part of my childhood! They were so good and little kids can eat them and not feel guilty! I have to say I'm a little sad that they won't be part of H's life!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402504 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:31:31 +0000 pinkcupcake 402504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aiyee! :( :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402485 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:28:08 +0000 Andrea 402485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gasp! Sad! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402399 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:00:51 +0000 Alivoo01 402399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to be a huge fan of twinkies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402363 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:47:36 +0000 MediaNaranja 402363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fruit pie, especially the lemon ones. Yumyumyum.</p> <p>And the cupcakes, of course. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402358 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:46:36 +0000 MrsBrewer 402358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: I forgot all about orange cupcakes!!</p> <p>I just loved going to the Hostess stores and stocking up on awesome bread!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rip-the-hostess-cupcake#post-402354 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:45:20 +0000 autumnlove 402354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Twinkies and orange cupcakes! </p>