http://b985.fm Central Maine's Country Sat, 18 May 2013 17:00:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://b985.fm/hostess-brands-says-its-going-out-of-business/ http://b985.fm/hostess-brands-says-its-going-out-of-business/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:01:15 +0000 Andy Capwell http://b985.fm/?p=35006 Hostess Brands says it's going out of business, closing plants that make Twinkies and Wonder Bread and laying off all of it's 18,500 workers. The company made the announcement early Friday morning.

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