{"id":"hostess-bankruptcy-no-more-twinkies","name":"Hostess Bankruptcy","summary":"On November 16, 2012, Hostess Brands went to a United States bankruptcy court to liquidate after an 82-year run, and within the hour Twitter turned the death of Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Ho Hos into a mass mock-mourning event. The freakout produced a Zombieland-themed panic, eBay auctions demanding six figures for a single snack cake, and one of the defining junk-food meme moments of 2012.","tags":["hostess bankruptcy","no more twinkies","twinkies meme","2012 hostess","twinkie shortage","hostess brands","twinkies return","hostess memes"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":1,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/hostess-bankruptcy-no-more-twinkies/hostess-bankruptcy-no-more-twinkies-hostess-closure-announcement.webp","caption":"The official Hostess Brands press release from November 16, 2012 announcing the company was closing and liquidating all assets.","width":680,"height":567,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/hostess-bankruptcy-no-more-twinkies/history.md","related":["97-year-old-nyc-diner-still-serves-their-coke-the-old-fashioned-way","fidget-spinners","bacon","electronic-arts-ea","hasbro","banana","carrot","lasagne-chronicles","food-porn","balkan-breakfast","boom-meter","i-made-queso"],"popularityRank":1169,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}