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defrog ([personal profile] defrog) wrote2012-11-17 02:00 pm

HOSTESS: THE REAL STORY

As 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