They've seriously messed up the pastries. I'm in the vending biz- before Bimbo took over, we were getting pastries with a 30 day shelf life (we buy them outright- we do not get credit for stales). Now we're lucky if they have two weeks on them. Sometimes they bring us pastry with the same date on it two weeks in a row.
They've also totally screwed the pooch on the fried pies- they used to be made here in Texas- now they are having them made by some outfit in Pennsylvania. Usually I'm all for Pennsylvania Dutch cooking, but these guys have no idea how to make fried pies- especially the lemon ones!
Its been a long while since I tried their pastries, but their bags of little donuts are still addictive. They might be as good as they used to be, but they are still good.