Last Twinkies Shipped to Chicago

Posted 6:24 PM, December 11, 2012, by Evan Forrester

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This week, a grocery store chain in the Chicago area will receive what is believed to be the final shipment of Twinkies in the country. More than 20-thousand boxes were sent to Jewel-Osco. They’ve already received calls from as far away as Arizona from people hoping to get some. Hostess declared bankruptcy and shut down when bakery workers went on strike. The Twinkie craze continues on line with more than 18- hundred items listed on E-bay with the word ‘Twinkie.’