# Hostess files for bankruptcy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 11, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostess-files-for-bankruptcy/609209 "2012-01-11T21:25:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostess-files-for-bankruptcy/609209/41 "2012-01-13T01:38:25Z")
I’m not surprised…who can pay a mortgage on a hostesses’ pay? Those chicks don’t make shit! ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostess-files-for-bankruptcy/609209/42 "2012-01-13T03:11:17Z")
You guys can keep your Snowballs, just be sure and save the Chocolate Pudding Pies for me. I thought they had stopped making them forever until I finally found some at Walgreens today. Hallelujah! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostess-files-for-bankruptcy/609209/43 "2012-01-13T04:20:50Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > And Twinkys-when you unwrap one, you get a blast of chemical odor (like burning plastic)-God knows what chemicals are in these things. You’re supposed to let them “breathe” a little while, like a fine red wine. ---
**Author:** ![BeaMyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@BeaMyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeaMyra)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostess-files-for-bankruptcy/609209/44 "2012-01-13T08:19:46Z")
I went to Jewel (a grocery store) after reading this and looked the price of Hostess. The individual twinkies, cupcakes, ding dongs, were $1.75 That’s way too much, especially since the 10 pack (or 8 pack for Suzi Q) were on sale for $2.50 I see the generic versions for these cakes for 75¢ But is hostess really in trouble? Or is bankruptcy just a tool being used? ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostess-files-for-bankruptcy/609209/45 "2012-01-13T17:49:31Z")
> [@BeaMyra](#): > > But is hostess really in trouble? Or is bankruptcy just a tool being used? They say they need to deal with high labor costs, so the bankruptcy is apparently just a tool. OTOH, this is the third time they’ve gone bankrupt, so maybe we shouldn’t discount the idea that it’s just a badly-run company. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostess-files-for-bankruptcy/609209/46 "2012-01-13T18:04:43Z")
WTF? How can Hostess be going broke when Americans are getting fatter\* by the year? - Not hatin’, just sayin’. I’m fat too. Probably fatter than you. Please don’t Pit me kthx! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostess-files-for-bankruptcy/609209/47 "2012-01-13T18:14:18Z")
Because people prefer Little Debbie – which make Hostess seem like gourmet fare. I still love their cupcakes and Suzy Qs. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostess-files-for-bankruptcy/609209/48 "2012-01-13T20:02:46Z")
How about a little musical interlude to ease the tension. [The Ding Dong Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz40CLVsxpw) ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostess-files-for-bankruptcy/609209/49 "2012-01-13T20:36:56Z")
okay , folks, let’s get our priorities straight here: 48 posts, lots of references to Twinkies and Snoballs, but nobody has yet sung the praises of the classic Hostess CupCakes… hmmm…good… chocolate, sweet white filling, great icing…the perfect between meals snack!!! the rest of Hostess’s products are mediocre, and competitors make similar stuff. But cup cakes are a special goodness of their own. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostess-files-for-bankruptcy/609209/50 "2012-01-13T20:40:46Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > but nobody has yet sung the praises of the classic Hostess CupCakes… They don’t hold a candle to the powdered doughnuts. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostess-files-for-bankruptcy/609209/51 "2012-01-13T20:43:19Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > How about a little musical interlude to ease the tension. > > [The Ding Dong Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz40CLVsxpw) No, [THIS](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbYtqAWDF2U) is the ding dong song. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostess-files-for-bankruptcy/609209/52 "2012-01-13T20:58:11Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > … and now we have to worry about Sara Lee, Little Debbie, or some Bimbo getting their hands on our Ding-Dongs. > > Get out there and buy some Wonder bread. There are worse things in life than having some bimbo with her hands on your Ding-Dong. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostess-files-for-bankruptcy/609209/53 "2012-01-13T21:08:54Z")
[old fashion superhero comic book narrator] Without hostess pies to fool or tame the super villains, how can our heroes get out of this one? [/ofscbn] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostess-files-for-bankruptcy/609209.md?page=2)