A little piece of Linda's childhood is no more. Hostess, the company that makes Wonder Bread and Ding Dongs will be closing its doors for good. When Linda was little, her Mom used to make a monthly trip to the Hostess outlet and bring home bags of bread and goodies. Linda was always allowed to pick one thing and eat it on the way home in the car. Sadly, over 18,000 people will lose their jobs. The company bigwigs say a nationwide worker strike prohibited the Twinkies and bread from getting to the stores and the business was already hurting financially. Hostess declared two bankruptcy's in the last years. Linda checked their website but a blank page read "this service is no longer available" or something like that. There used to be all sorts of rumors that Twinkies were great for stocking up in case food got scarce because the spongy cakes had a 75 year shelf life and they would last longer than the cellophane paper they are wrapped in. Linda looked it up, the true life of a Twinkie is 25 days. Actually, Twinkies don't have a life span anymore, but if you have some stocked up.. I bet they will be a collectors item someday!P.S. Linda read Twinkies were going for $60 a box on eBay. She also heard on the radio a beer company might actually buy the brand to continue the Twinkies tradition.
