Twinkies

NEW YORK (AP) — Wonder bread is one step closer to getting a new owner. A person familiar with the situation who requested anonymity because the auction process is private says there will be no competing offers Thursday to a bid by Flowers Foods to buy several bread brands from Hostess...

We just got off the phone with Hostess Brands Inc. on Reserve Street and spoke with an unnamed employee who is saddened to report that there is an official shortage of Twinkies in the Missoula area. "No shipments in the past two weeks, not a single truck delivery in the longest time. That's it." said an anonymous worker who worked at the Sweetheart Bakery. "We are officially done.&

When the US auto industry was in jeopardy four years ago President Obama stepped in with a bailout package. Now it's the American junk food industry that's in peril, with Hostess Brands closing up shop and heading for liquidation, and some want Obama to take an even more drastic step.