tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post8267823945261286832..comments2024-02-19T07:06:52.139-05:00Comments on Twilight Language: Year 2012: Failed Apocalypse, Foundering Twinkies, and Falling FrogsLoren Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10705306131201565523noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-85696675626987774462013-09-26T15:26:16.492-04:002013-09-26T15:26:16.492-04:00This information is quite startling. It's now ...This information is quite startling. It's now September 26, 2013 and the Twinkie crisis has now blown over and Hostess has been bought out with the Twinkie saved. <br /><br />"Twinkies, along with other famed Hostess Brands, were purchased out of bankruptcy by Apollo Global Management and Metropoulos & Co for $410 million.[16][17] Twinkies returned to US shelves on July 15, 2013" -Wikipedia.<br /><br />From Forbes.com - http://www.forbes.com/profile/c-dean-metropoulos/ <br /><br />"With Leon Black's Apollo Global Management, Greek immigrant C. Dean Metropoulos paid $410 million to buy part of Hostess out of bankruptcy and returned Twinkies to grocery shelves in July after a 9-month absence. He previously paid $250 million in 2011 for Pabst Brewing Co., North America's largest privately held brewer. Over the year's he's also revamped Chef Boyardee, Pam cooking spray, Bumble Bee tuna, Perrier-Jouët champagne. Metropoulos moved from Greece to Watertown, Mass. with his family at age 10.<br /><br />Holy crap, this man who is worth 1.3 billion dollars and is Greek, moved to WATERTOWN, MA when he was 10 years old?! Boston Marathon Shootings anyone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-4243012754433199162012-12-27T20:46:52.683-05:002012-12-27T20:46:52.683-05:00I read on the Reforma newspaper the other day, tha...I read on the Reforma newspaper the other day, that Mexican company Bimbo is considering <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/hot_for_ho_hos_uA7YObaWAOclq2im35lNpI" rel="nofollow">acquiring Hostess.</a><br /><br />You're welcome, America ;)Red Pill Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14738203580562140501noreply@blogger.com