Hostess Store in St. Charles Closes
Store workers will start looking for new jobs Tuesday.
The Twinkies, Zingers and Wonderbread flew off the shelves of the Wonder/Hostess Bakery Thrift shop in St. Charles over the weekend, as fans stocked up on the sweet treats in the wake of the labor dispute between Hostess Brands and its union. By Monday morning, all that was left was a stack of 39 Hostess holiday fruit cakes, a few bags of old fashioned cream drops and several bottles of seafood cocktail sauce, all 50 percent off. The store was scheduled to close at 4 p.m. on Monday, following an announcement on Friday from Hostess Brands that it intended to liquidate following a labor dispute. According toa story in the Los Angelas Times, Hostess and its union agreed to undergo arbitration on Monday. It's unclear how that may impact …
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