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Title: Twinkies: Too Big To Fail Post by: foggyb on November 17, 2012, 04:05:09 PM http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2012/11/16/why-hostess-twinkies-must-be-saved/ (http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2012/11/16/why-hostess-twinkies-must-be-saved/)
Why Hostess Twinkies Must Be Saved The announcement that Hostess is closing forever should make any red-blooded American cringe. And hoard too. See Hostess closure sparks Twinkies rush. Some things are sacred to American culture. Quite apart from many other Hostess products, Twinkies stand alone. Indeed, as a cultural icon—let alone as disaster foodstuffs that never spoil—Twinkies need saving. Title: Re: Twinkies: Too Big To Fail Post by: AndrewBUD on November 17, 2012, 04:08:14 PM This is only in the USA.
Canada will be unaffected. We will continue to have our snack cakes :) All the hostess cakes in Canada are made by Saputo Inc. Title: Re: Twinkies: Too Big To Fail Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on November 17, 2012, 04:18:33 PM And so it begins! RandyFolds is on his way to becoming buff.
http://img.wonkette.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/fat-blogger.jpg Title: Re: Twinkies: Too Big To Fail Post by: ElectricMucus on November 17, 2012, 08:40:41 PM As long as the recipe and the artwork are preserved in about two decades you gonna have your Twinkies again.
Because what is to remain of cooperate culture in the open source (or post-copyright) society are exactly that. Innovative products which are just the way they are. I'm serious. |
