I am not a fan of unions but Hostess is having problems because they are producing dated products.
They are selling the same stuff now that they did in the 1960's when all people cared about was long shelf life and convenience. In today's market people are at least a little bit concerned with nutrition and fiber free wonder bread and pastries that are 50% sugar are a hard sell.
Killing the goose that lays the golden egg is one of those old fairy tales for children which has a heavy message that a lot of adults should listen to. The labor unions which have driven the makers of Twinkies into bankruptcy, potentially destroying 18,500 jobs, could have learned a lot from that old children's fairy tale.
Many people think of labor unions as organizations to benefit workers, and think of employers who are opposed to unions as just people who don't want to pay their employees more money. But some employers have made it a point to pay their...
That must be why obesity is so low and type two diabetes is becoming so rare.
The same is true with breads and other bakery products. They eventually go bad so they must be fresh dated to make sure the oldest ones are sold first. But all products lose freshness over time so almost everything you see in stores has a "Best if used by" date on the packaging.
Essentially what you are saying is that since people aren't sensible about their diet...us liberals will have to lead the way. Very high opinion ...very high, indeed. Just like I want government out of my life, I would happily bury unions.