Hostess Shutdown Possible If Not Enough Striking Workers Return To Work Thursday - Galt's Gulch

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Hostess Shutdown Possible If Not Enough Striking Workers Return To Work Thursday

Posted by CatieM 12 years, 1 month ago to Business

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Posted by terrycan 12 years, 1 month ago

The recipes are trade secrects. The names are trade marked. There could be a new Hostess.

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  Posted by WWJGD 12 years, 1 month ago
  
  Exactly what I told my grieving partner (I haven't eaten any of that stuff in years).
  
  They will be liquidating assets, and Intellectual Property is an asset. Chances are that someone will buy the rights to the recipes.
  
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Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 12 years, 1 month ago

No more Twinkies! I hope someone picks up the rights and starts a non-union operation. I will miss the cherry pies!
O.A.

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Posted by Solver 12 years, 1 month ago

News just in: The union won. Hostess has shut down and some 18,500 employees are out of work.

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