America will be celebrating this July with parades and fireworks. That’s right, the Twinkie is back!
The private equity firms Metropoulos & Co and Apollo Global Management, which teamed up to revive a defunct Hostess Brands Inc., are reopening four Twinkie plants over the next ten weeks and plan to fill shelves with the classic American treat, hopefully by the 4th of July.
The Washington Times
The ding dongs at Big Labor who refused to make concessions when Hostess Brands, the makers of Twinkies, Drake’s Cakes and Wonder Bread, faced imminent bankruptcy, now find themselves frozen out of the newly constituted company.
By Rachel Feintzeig, The Wall Street Journal
The company that bought the Twinkie, HoHo and Ding Dong brands out of bankruptcy is gearing up to reopen plants and hire workers, but it won’t be using union labor.
By Richard Berman, knoxnews.com First, the good news: The Twinkie will be back on store
By Travis Perry, KansasWatchdog.org It’s been four months since the iconic Twinkie began disappearing from
Chicago Tribune The union and the pension fund representing Hostess Brands Inc. workers hired investment
