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Originally Posted by 33girl
This is all a ridiculous publicity stunt. I'm not saying people aren't actually losing their jobs, because that part sucks, but I am pretty damned sure that the private investor who is buying the recipes and has a plan in place to continue making Twinkies et al is behind all the driving up of prices, ebaayy auctions and such.
Don't believe the hype.
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Obviously. The reason Hostess went down, too, is vulture capitalism. This wasn't the little company that could, struggling to survive against all odds. It had a series of 6 bad CEOs over 10 years. It was bought out, loaded with debt. Their whole goal was to gut the company of its assets.