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Monday, November 26, 2012

HOLIDAY NEWS REVIEW: Georgia Business Eyes Hostess Bankruptcy; BCS Championship Game Tickets, and ...

A look at some Thanksgiving weekend news stories from the area.

Thanksgiving is over, you are headed back to work, and the kids are back in school. So it's a good time to review some news matters that you may have missed amid all that turkey and football. GEORGIA COMPANY EYES TWINKIES MAKER: Flowers Foods, based in Thomasville, Ga., is setting itself up to buy Hostess Brands, the makers of Twinkies and other popular snack foods, according to Patch and other media reports. Flowers makes the Sunbeam and Nature's Own brands. NO-RISK BCS TICKET PACKAGE: A Suwanee-based travel agency is touting a special ticket-travel package for the BCS Championship game in January 2013. Esoteric Sports' deal requires a $300 deposit, which is refunded if "your team" -- either Alabama or Georgia, in this case -- is not …

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