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Twink-ruptcy: Hostess May Go Under In Labor Dispute

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Video, Labor, Hostess Brands Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy, Twinkies, Hostess-Brands, Hostess-Brands-Bankrupt, Teamsters, Business, Hostess, Labor Unions, Unions, Business News

Marking the peak of a heated labor dispute, Hostess Brands and the Teamsters union are squaring off in bankruptcy court Tuesday in a case that could d...

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More Trouble For Twinkies Maker

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Video, Unions News, Hostess Brands Bankruptcy, Twinkies, Hostess Unions, Business News, Hostess-Bankruptcy, Hostess Company, Labor Unions, Hostess, Unions, Business News

DALLAS -- The company that makes Twinkies, Wonder bread and Ding Dongs says it's making a final offer to workers to accept cost-cutting before it asks...

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Better than Twinkies, Madeleines

Miranda Levenstein | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Proust, Brad Pitt, Hostess Brands Bankruptcy, Moneyball, Twinkies, Madeleines, Dorie Greenspan, The Oscars, Food News

All of the senses can evoke memories. But it's when taste brings my past to the present that I am most profoundly affected. That's what happened with my bite of the Twink. And that's also all it took for me to toss the pack in the trash.

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Capitalism and Its Discontents: The Rise and Fall of the Twinkie

Al Checchi | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Politics News, Politics, Twinkies, Humor, Economy, Political Humor, Economic Crisis, Satire, Political Satire, Comedy News

The chickens have finally come home to roost -- the Hostess Company, the maker of the Twinkie, filed for bankruptcy. If anything speaks to the failure of capitalism and our cultural decline, it is the demise of the Twinkie.

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WATCH: Wendy Williams' Campaign Ad

Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Twinkies Wendy Williams, Twinkies Bankrupt, Wendy Williams Save the Twinkies, Twinkies, Wendy Williams, Wendy Williams Twinkies, Video, Media News

Wendy Williams is launching a campaign to save the Twinkie. Hostess, the company that makes the Twinkie, filed for bankruptcy earlier in January. ...

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I'm With Stupid: Setting My Own Stupid Record Straight

Todd Hartley | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Religion, Tim Tebow, Twinkies, Dieting, Pittsburgh Steelers, Football, Slavery, Christianity, Georgia, Detox Cleanse, Hostess, Denver Broncos, Health Food, Comedy News

Are you freaking kidding me? I go on a health-food cleanse for one week, and Hostess suddenly files for bankruptcy? Come on. Was I seriously the last person keeping the company afloat?

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Maker Of Twinkies, Wonder Bread Files For Bankruptcy For The Second Time

AP | MAE ANDERSON and MICHELLE CHAPMAN | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Chapter 11, Video, Bankruptcy, Twinkies, Business News, Hostess-Bankruptcy, Wonder Bread, Hostess Company, Hostess-Bankruptcy-2012, Business News

NEW YORK — The maker of Twinkies, Sno Balls and Wonder Bread is trying to lose the fat. Hostess Brands is hoping to cut its high costs as it he...

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Yes, It's Real: Turkey Stuffed With Twinkies

Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Video, Twinkling Turkey, Twinkies, Thanksgiving, Twinkies Cookbook, Twinkies Stuffing, Hostess, Twinkies Turkey, Food News

There is an infinite number of recipes and iterations for turkey and stuffing. We can appreciate a new twist on a classic, but the recipe for "Twinkli...

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Blue Man Group: There's Nothing Like It

Danny Groner | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Iphone, Show, Twinkies, Play, The Blue Man Group, Broadway, Blue Man Group, Lady GaGa, Performance Art, New York News

When the Blue Men enter the audience -- whether via the aisle or climbing over seats -- you can share the suspense of what might happen next with the person next to you.

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PHOTOS: Haiku Reviews: Mythology, Twinkies and Iraq

Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Peter Frank, Twinkies, Haikus, Theater, George Heymont, Music, Los Angeles, Art Galleries, Iraq War, Mozart, Video, Laurence Vittes, Mythology, Iraq, Haiku Reviews, San Francisco, Arts News

HuffPost Arts' Haiku Reviews is a weekly feature where invited critics review exhibitions and performances in short form. Some will be in the traditio...

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A Tale of Two (Extremely Different) Meals

Steve Ettlinger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Processed Food, Artificial Ingredients, Food Politics, Food, Food Culture, Univ. Of Illinois, Adm, Local and Sustainable Farming, Farmers' Markets, Goat Cheese, Illinois, Twinkies, Twinkie Deconstructed, Food News

In two days I managed to taste the widest difference in sources and processing possible. Synthetic to sustainable, totally processed to minimally processed, commodity to local.

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The Cons and Pros of Food Processing

Hemi Weingarten | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salt, History, Twinkies, Additive, Pasteurization, Food Manufacturing, Sugar, Preservative, Food Processing, Orange Drink, Orange, Red 40, Ific, Food News

You know our position - the more you can do to prepare your food from scratch, the better service you're providing to your family. However, try to find the balance that best works for you.

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DIY Junk Food: Make Your Own Twinkies (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: grist.org, Make Your Own Twinkies, Green Living, Twinkies, Cooking, Umbra Fisk, Diy, Video, Green News

Our friend Umbra Fisk At Grist.org is taking notes from one of our favorite author/activists, Michael Pollan. In his latest book, Food Rules where he ...

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Michelle Obama and Twinkies

Steve Ettlinger | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Artificial Ingredients, Twinkies, Cigarettes, Michelle Obama Childhood Obesity, Nutrition Label, Michelle Obama, Twinkie, Deconstructed, Let's Move, Healthy Living News

Michelle Obama is reluctant to declare Twinkies toxic and I don't disagree. I played detective and tracked down the origins and manufacturing of each of the 39 (yes, 39!) ingredients on the Twinkies ingredient label.

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Twinkies Theft! Thieves Swipe Twinkies, Leave Tracks In Snow, Cops Say

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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KINGSPORT, Tenn. — It was a Zinger of a theft in Tennessee. It also included cupcakes, Twinkies and other snack cakes from the Merita Bread Comp...

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Woody Harrelson's Veganism Gives Rise To The Vegan Twinkie

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Veganism, Vegan Twinkies, Food, Woody Harrelson, Twinkies, Zombieland, Vegan Food, Green News

Woody Harrelson is a vegan but the character he plays in his latest film, Zombieland, loves Twinkies. Problem? Not so much. "My character is searching...

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Products Launched During A Recession Have Great Stamina

Mainstreet | Seth Fiegerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ipod, General Electric, Twinkies, Monopoly, Inventions, Photocopier, Basketball, Fortune Magazine, Miracle Whip, Recession, Diet Coke, Scotch Tape, Coors, Nestle, Heinz, Business News

More than half of the companies on this year's Fortune 500 list were founded during a recession or bear market. The next breakthrough business could b...

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Parsing TARP: Sweetening the Deal

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Twinkies, Treasury Department, Mark Sanford, Hank Paulson, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, Congress, South Caroline, Bankruptcy, Lending, Tarp, Auto Bailout, Business News

The American public was sold on TARP -- the Troubled Assets Relief Program -- based on the idea that the funds would be used to buy up, well, troubled assets.

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Burkle's Yucaipa Plans Bid For Makers Of Twinkies, Wonder Bread

The Deal | Jamie Mason | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Twinkies, Interstate Bakeries, Bimbo Bakeries, Ron Burkle, Yucaipa Companies, Business News

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Friday, Nov. 2, joined forces with Ronald Burkle's Yucaipa Cos. LLC and Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc. and have...

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