National Personal Chef Day, The Return of Twinkies, and Tribute to Led Zeppelin

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For the past few months, we have been living in a world without Twinkies. After a union-management stalemate at Hostess, home of those golden tubes of aerated sponge, the company went bankrupt last year and began selling off its brands to various bidders.

Last spring, the private equity firms C. Dean Metropoulos & Co. and Apollo Global Management purchased Twinkies—along with their cousins Ho Hos, Ding Dongs, Fruit Pies, and more—for $410 million, with plans to restore the brands to store shelves by summertime.


This week, Twinkies return to the American pantry, replete with an extended shelf life, thanks to private equity. Simply put, future generations will have access to their snack cakes of choice because carried-interest-earning private equity funds, staffed by current or aspiring members of the 1 percent, provided the financial lifeline that no one else could. A Wall Street bogeyman saved a Main Street brand icon.