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Hostess sends layoff notices to all workers (more-than 18,000)
blogs.wsj.com/bvankruptcy ^ | May 7, 2012 | Rachel Feintzeig

Posted on 05/07/2012 5:21:52 PM PDT by MamaDearest

Hostess Brands Inc. on Friday sent out letters notifying its more-than 18,000 workers that they could be laid off in the next two months.

The maker of Twinkies and Wonder Bread on Friday mailed out WARN Act notices to all of its employees, a Hostess spokeswoman confirmed to Bankruptcy Beat Monday. The federal WARN Act requires companies to give employees 60 days notice before closing a facility or ordering mass layoffs. However, sending the notices doesn’t mean a company is definitely going to lay off the recipients.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: bakery; bankruptcy; bhoeconomy; foodpolice; hostess; jobless; layoff; nutrition; obamanomics; recovery; twinkies; wonderbread
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To: Eaker
We should just give up?

Never. I will oppose the Nanny Staters until my last dieing breath.

101 posted on 05/07/2012 8:57:56 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: Doe Eyes

The smug bastards sure love trying to ban the things they don’t approve of but mention banning something they do approve of in return and they squeal like stuck pigs.

Hate the lot of them.


102 posted on 05/07/2012 9:06:35 PM PDT by Eaker (When somebody hands you your arse, don't give it back saying "This needs a little more tenderizing.")
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To: MamaDearest
As long as Nabisco keeps making Mallomars, Hostess can do what they like.

The Hostess Products I ate as a kid are long gone. The stuff they make nowadays is missing something, taste.

What I really miss is Helms Bakery. They made the best Cupcakes I have ever eaten. It was a sad day when they went out of Business.

If I ever hit the Lotto, I would buy and restore one of the old Helms Trucks, find the old Helms recipes and hire a Bakery Chef so I could relive my youth. Oh yeah, that and buy a 70 Hemi Cuda convertible.

103 posted on 05/07/2012 9:42:47 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (A day without Obama is like a day without a Tsunami.)
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To: Vince Ferrer

“18,000 people just started looking just in case.”

Or there are more people to be removed from the ranks of those seeking employment altogether, thus reducing the unemployment rate.

I’m sure in Obama’s mind, Twinkie makers are among the most unskilled of labor in our country. Plus, Michelle has an axe to grind.


104 posted on 05/07/2012 10:28:32 PM PDT by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: GeronL

Thanks; I haven’t seen them before (can you tell I’m not a juice drinker?). I am trying to get in the habit of drinking those small low-sodium V-8 cans each day; if it is going to taste nasty I might as well go all the way and do the low-salt thing.


105 posted on 05/08/2012 2:27:58 AM PDT by kearnyirish2
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To: Kickass Conservative

I loved the spice cakes. They tasted better back then when I was young.


106 posted on 05/08/2012 11:32:47 AM PDT by MamaDearest
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To: Maudeen

-—. the little Debbie cupcakes may be the quick fix if the Ding Dongs go down——

It’s good to have a back-up plan.

But nothing can replace Funny Bones...


107 posted on 05/08/2012 11:39:32 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Viva Christo Rey!)
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To: MamaDearest

108 posted on 05/08/2012 11:46:31 AM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: FreedomPoster

I maintained the “snack room” at a previous job. Little Debbie were really the only affordable snacks other than what I got in bulk at Sam’s et al. I liked to keep everything at 25-50 cents (I wasn’t in it to make money).


109 posted on 05/08/2012 12:47:02 PM PDT by visualops (artlife.us)
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