Friday, July 12, 2013

Among All The Crappy Things Going On In The Country Lately...

Here's some good news:
Wal-Mart is rolling out the first batch of new Twinkies in 1,600 stores on Friday. And by Sunday, Twinkies will be available in 3,000 Wal-Mart (WMT, Fortune 500) stores, according to company spokeswoman Veronica Marshall.

Wal-Mart is selling Twinkies in an exclusive collectible box that says "First Batch" on the packaging and has the new Twinkies tagline: "The Sweetest Comeback in the History of Ever." They cost $2.98 for a box of 10.
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5 comments:

  1. maxutils3:32 PM

    Though I happen to believe the Hostess employees were asking to much in their contract negotiations ... leave it to Wal-Mart to celebrate the breaking of a union.

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  2. Darren11:56 PM

    It takes some seriously tortured logic to come up with that.

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  3. pseudotsuga8:56 PM

    (Wal-Mart is celebrating the breaking of a union? Maxtils, dude, lay down the bong and step away from the Occupy Camp.)

    My arteries began to harden just reading about this...
    Twinkies are okay, I guess, but I preferred Zingers.

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  4. Steve USMA '855:32 AM

    Is breaking a union necessarily a bad thing? I submit that in some cases, a union might need to be broken to ensure the viability of a company.

    I have always favored Hostess products over Little Debbie. However, just prior to Hostess going out of business, Ho-Ho's were selling at my local store for $3.50/box. Little Debbie Swiss Rolls (in my opinion a far-inferior product) sold for $1.30/box. Even though I much prefers Ho-Ho's, I couldn't justify the increased price. The better taste wasn't worth 3x the price.

    Finally, Hostess did not bust the union, the union busted Hostess. It was the company that went out of business, not the union.

    PS-All Zingers are awesome, but Vanilla Zingers were like ambrosia to the gods.

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  5. maxutils4:44 PM

    Steve...I agree. The purpose of a union is to obtain a fair wage and decent working conditions. In the case of Hostess, it appears that the union was asking too much, and wound up shooting itself in the foot. A good example of reasonable unions are in the airlines, which have consistently negotiated down when profits were falling. Wal-Mart, on the other hand ...

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