Thursday, December 20, 2012
As “Doomsday” approaches, let's have a little fun. We’d like to hear from you on what foods you just couldn’t live without.
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Want to survive in a post-apocalyptic Bradenton? You’re going to need supplies to get you through. As least that’s what some survivalists say. The website December212012.org even has an entire section dedicated to survival kits and a list of 37 items people should collect. Of course the world is supposed to end tomorrow if you believe the predictions so you better drop the Christmas shopping for survivalist shopping if you want to be prepared. Let Patch save you time. Get great local stories like this delivered right to your inbox or smartphone everyday with our free newsletter. Simple, fast sign-up here. The cult movie “Zombieland” recommends Twinkies, with their ominously absent expiration dates, as the perfect food for the apocalypse. …
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Flowers Foods Inc. maintains a bakery and plant in southern Manatee County.
While news of two young Sarasota investors created a media frenzy about their court filing to save Twinkies this week, a big-name baker with a southern Manatee County location is reportedly in the mix. Thomasville, Georgia-based Flowers Foods Inc., is going through lending renogations to set itself up for a bid to buy the Hostess and Twinkies brands, The Wall Street Journal reports. Flowers Foods maintains a bakery plant plus a store off of U.S. 301 at 63rd Avenue — not too far away from the Merita Discount Bakery Store that serves as a Hostess/Wonder bread outlet on Tallevast Road. Hostess CEO Gregory Rayburn appeared on CNBC Wednesday afternoon announcing Hostess would start laying off employees today. Flowers Foods brands include …
Friday, November 16, 2012
Hostess is going out of business, taking its popular baked goods and thousands of jobs with it. We want to hear your thoughts on the news, Tampa Bay!
Fans of Hostess Twinkies, Ho Ho’s and Ding Dongs are going to have to find new fixes before much longer. The Texas-based company has announced that it plans to call it quits. The move comes on the heels of a national worker strike and may impact an estimated 18,500 jobs across America. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this year. “Hostess Brands is unprofitable under its current cost structure, much of which is determined by union wages and pension costs,” a company press release stated, according to the Huffington Post. On its website, Hostess has this to say: "We are sorry to announce that Hostess Brands, Inc. has been forced by a Bakers Union strike to shut down all operations and sell all company assets." …
Cullen A Williams
8:06 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012
I hate to see 18000 people lose their jobs but if a company is not updating their plants and making more healthier products in this economy they are going to be left behind and fast, I remember when IBC was the largest baking company in the USA, now its a Mexican company that is number 1 Flowers Foods is the number 2 company but they are the largest wholly owned USA baking company and the most … more ›