Archive for July 10th, 2013

Frozen Twinkies: “No impact on quality or taste” … say, what?

July 10, 2013

It’s been a while since we’ve posted on Twinkies near-death experience.

You probably remember that Hostess Brands – Twinkies parents – filed for bankruptcy after one of its unions balked at a new contract … concluding that no wages were better than low wages.

The company’s brands and assets were bought by Metropoulos & Co and Apollo Management Group.

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The new owners are consolidating operations, ditching the high wage unions and … deep-freezing Twinkies.

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