Twinkies' Return Is Mostly Sweet News For Kansas Town

[Sherman A1]

The news of Hostess' return to Emporia, Kan., sparked an ecstatic response in this beleaguered town — even though there will be only half as many jobs.

The new company, formed when investors bought Hostess' snack cake business, has hired longtime snack cake production veterans Pat Chambers and her husband, Bob, to help get the bakery here running again. Pat lost her job at the Hostess plant when it closed last November. Now, she sits beaming on her front porch, wearing a dirty Hostess work shirt.

"We worked today! It's like going home," she says. "I'm so excited. I'm so happy."

When Hostess went bankrupt, the Chamberses almost did, too.


http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/05/27/186452060/Twinkies-Return-Is-Mostly-Sweet-News-For-Kansas-Town

[YeahSureRight]

1. The only reason Hostess products were purchased in our house when I was a kid in the 60's

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was becasue they were UNION made.

I will never ever eat another Hostess product as long as I shall live as long as they remain a non union made product. Being made in a red state is strike two, anything made in a red state is not worth purchasing either even if it is union made.

Damn shame what management did to Hostess and the idiots will continue to blame the unions.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. As a resident of that red state, I find your comment incredibly insensitive.

[Sherman A1]

7. I must agree with your comment

the remark lacked civility.

[leftyohiolib]

2. f-em i dont care how happy the chamberes are

npr turning the destruction of unions and livable wages in the face of corporate greed into a happy ending- f.u. npr and hostess you to chamberses, fking scabs.

[Brickbat]

3. Jesus Christ, what a bizarre pile of happy talk.

[Buzz Clik]

4. I have tried Twinkies, Snowballs, Cupcakes, and maybe another Hostess product or two.

They are awful. Do they qualify as food?

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. But no union.

I used to live in Emporia. This is sad news. There's too much poverty in that town. How are low paying non union jobs going to help?