The demise of the unions is not long. Might be wishful thinking on my part.
That is quite likely, however, the company that buys the rights and recipes in the fire sale will move the production to their existing facilities to fill the gap caused by the down economy. Little Debbie (McKee Foods) comes to mind. They will NOT continue to produce the brand in seperate facilities (if they acquire it) - they will move the production to their plants and use their existing model of distribution and existing suppliers. They will not even add staff to acquire the brands - they can just keep the staff on hand running at a higher production capacity.
I want Twinkies with the banana filling from the banana twins Little Debbie makes. That would be awesome!