Hostess Bakery To Reopen This Summer, Hire 250 After Bankruptcy Cost More Than 500 Jobs

EMPORIA, Kan. -- Hostess Brands LLC says it will reopen its eastern Kansas bakery this summer, with the hiring of an initial 250 people already underway. The announcement was made Thursday by the investment partnership that bought Hostess Brands' snack cake product lines. Twinkies should be back on the shelves this July, executive vice president of Hostess Brands Michael Cramer told NBC News Thursday. More than 500 people lost their jobs when Hostess, then in bankruptcy proceedings, closed the plant in Emporia last November following a strike by union bakers. Hostess Brands LLC paid $410 million for the rights to the Hostess and Dolly Madison snack cake brands, along with five plants. But Emporia City Commissioner Jon Geitz tells KVOE-AM that the reopening of the local plant hadn't been assured until read more at:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/26/hostess-reopen-kansas-bakery-250-jobs_n_3161597.html