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Could the beloved American snack cake, the Twinkie, be facing extinction? Considering the Twinkie supposedly cannot even biodegrade in a landfill, this is pretty shocking news. (Actually, that’s just a rumor, Twinkies only have a shelf life of 25 days.)
Apparently Interstate Bakeries Corp, the bakery who produces the Twinkie, is facing bankruptcy and the company needs to start liquidating – which allegedly means the Twinkies will be unfortunately no longer made.
Heartbroken by this thought? Don’t worry – there’s a petition to save America’s snack cake. That’s right, you can sign up to beg Congress to bail out the bakery right here.
It seems a little strange though, since the official HostessCakes.com website mentions nothing of getting rid of the Twinkie, and in fact all over their home page is nothing but Twinkie Goodness. The Twinkie just celebrated its 75th anniversary! But the bankruptcy is true according to this article on Bizjornals.com.
What do you think? Is the Twinkie in trouble? Should our government just start handing money out to everybody?
Since I’m not a US citizen I probably don’t have a saying in this but I think it would be stupid to save a company just because of this. I’m sure that the rights to the Twinkie could be sold from the bankrupt estate to a competitor.
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Wow.. 75 years!
Congratulations 75th anniversary!
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I remember the first time I flew out to the states to see my grand parents and they gave me one of these and ever trip since I look forward for some odd reason to a Twinkie. It’s a piece of Americana that shouldn’t be allowed to vansish.
The Twinkie will probably be OK, its probably just a re-organization bankruptcy. Corporations do it all the time, most airlines are in out of bankruptcy all the time.
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I’m sure even if the Twinky company goes bankrupt it name will get snapped up for the right price as its too well known a brand not to.
I think I agree that surely somebody will buy up the Twinkie – no congress bail-out needed.
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Awww- I miss Twinkies so much. I used to eat them a lot when i was in the U.S. We don’t have them here in Brazil. But they are a classic childhood memory. I sure hope they don’t go extinct.
I even use Twinkies in my daily vocabulary. Like for example when my husband wants to buy red pants I’ll say “Let’s get our minds out of Twinkieland” -LOL.
So yes my vote goes to save the Twinkies!
All the best,
Eren
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well there are other similar products to twinkies if it goes extinct.
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Like any other business if you don’t run it right it won’t last. While they’ve been around for a long time that doesn’t absolve them of responsibility for operating within their budget. Bailing out any company for their stupidity foolish. Bailing out “twinkies” is just moronic.
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Now that made me hungry. Amazing how it has survived for 75 years.
Twinkis will never go away. They’ve been around for too long – they’re an American classic!