HOSTESS: THE REAL STORY
Nov. 17th, 2012 02:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
defrogAs you may know, Hostess Brands – the inventor of the Twinkie – is finally going under.
As you may also know, the management (as well as every conservative pundit in America) is blaming the unions.
But we all know what REALLY happened.
I have to say, I’m not especially sorry to see Hostess go, as a brand. Sure, they were a significant presence in my upbringing, thanks in no small part to their comic-book advertorials. But they were also in competition with Zinger, Little Debbie and Moon Pies™ for my junk-food-pastry habit.
And honestly? I never liked Twinkies much.
My favorite Hostess food? Ding Dongs.
Great snack – shame about the name. I confess by the time I got to a certain age, I found them too embarrassing to bring to the counter.
Anyway, I guess it’s too bad they’re going under. But blaming unions for its demise is silly. Never mind the fact that Hostess basically makes a product (junk food pastries) for which demand has been declining for a decade. When a company triples its CEO’s salary while it is filing for bankruptcy, you don’t really get to argue that it’s all the fault of those goddamn greedy irresponsible workers – not if you expect me to take you seriously.
BONUS TRACK: You can find a very fine collection of Hostess comic-book ads here.
Twinkieless,
This is dF
As you may also know, the management (as well as every conservative pundit in America) is blaming the unions.
But we all know what REALLY happened.
I have to say, I’m not especially sorry to see Hostess go, as a brand. Sure, they were a significant presence in my upbringing, thanks in no small part to their comic-book advertorials. But they were also in competition with Zinger, Little Debbie and Moon Pies™ for my junk-food-pastry habit.
And honestly? I never liked Twinkies much.
My favorite Hostess food? Ding Dongs.
Great snack – shame about the name. I confess by the time I got to a certain age, I found them too embarrassing to bring to the counter.
Anyway, I guess it’s too bad they’re going under. But blaming unions for its demise is silly. Never mind the fact that Hostess basically makes a product (junk food pastries) for which demand has been declining for a decade. When a company triples its CEO’s salary while it is filing for bankruptcy, you don’t really get to argue that it’s all the fault of those goddamn greedy irresponsible workers – not if you expect me to take you seriously.
BONUS TRACK: You can find a very fine collection of Hostess comic-book ads here.
Twinkieless,
This is dF
