Re: the Hostess Story

#777740

Talaki34
Participant

The problems can be traced back to Continental Baking Company and then Interstate Brands Corporation acquisition of CBC from Ralston Purina. Mix in Charles Sullivan, Frank Coffey, James Elsesser and other company executives. None had any good decision making skills and were loath to listen to those who did.

Year after year mid-level managers and workers watched helplessly as each bad decision gave birth to more bad decisions. It was almost as if many in upper management were addicted to poor decision making and could not or would not help themselves. Those in the positions of responsibility who were trying to keep the business from imploding either left in frustration or just gave up and waited for the worst to happen and it finally did.