I hear that the company leading the running is Bimbo, the Mexican equivalent of Hostess. I'd be willing to bet that they just buy the name and the recipe rights to the Hostess pastry line, then run the production out of Mexico. They aren't going to want to chance having to deal with the baker's unions, et al, in this country.
Bimbo already owns Sara Lee, Entenmann’s, Thomas’ and a number of other US brands.
They will not be produced in Mexico even if they buy them. They have 49 bakeries in this county. They are the largest US bakery.
Believe it or not, they already deal with the bakers union. They do have a few areas in the county that are controlled by the bakers union. I know the Entenmanns routes in south Florida are union, as are most of the routes in New York.
I own a Bimbo bread route. We work out of the same Depot as the Entenmanns unionized route people. We also have a Thomas English muffin bakery on site. I will say that that most of the people that work there are pretty decent. The route people are mostly a bunch of older man.
The bakery people are mostly black. It is a brutal job in the bakery. Especially in south Florida. There is no AC in the bakery and with the ovens going, it is really almost intolerable. I can't take walking though the bakery for more than a minute. Luckily, I rarely have to go in there, and I avoid it like the plague.
I’d be willing to bet that they just buy the name and the recipe rights to the Hostess pastry line, then run the production out of Mexico. They aren’t going to want to chance having to deal with the baker’s unions, et al, in this country.
Don’t have to deal with unions. Use existing facilities in right to work states. Run the place with temps if you wish. Unions are screwing things up worse than illegals
Bimbo already owns bakeries in the US. They’ll turn out former Hostess products close to their market.