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The end of the Hostess era

Image No. 1 | Hostess route driver Bryan Handy of Uncasville cleans bread trays out of the delivery trucks on his last day of work outside of the Wonder/Hostess thrift store in Montville Friday Nov. 16, 2012. Handy was hired on Nov. 16, 1987, exactly 25 years ago.

Hostess route driver Bryan Handy of Uncasville cleans bread trays out of the delivery trucks on his last day of work outside of the Wonder/Hostess thrift store in Montville Friday Nov. 16, 2012. Handy was hired on Nov. 16, 1987, exactly 25 years ago.

Two shoppers snap souvenir photos after leaving the Wonder/Hostess thrift store in Montville with their purchases Friday, Nov. 16, 2012.

Shoppers leave the Wonder/Hostess thrift store in Montville with their purchases Friday, Nov. 16, 2012.

Image No. 4 | Hostess route driver Bryan Handy of Uncasville helps to clear out the delivery trucks on his last day of work outside of the Wonder/Hostess thrift store in Montville Friday, Nov. 16, 2012.

Hostess route driver Bryan Handy of Uncasville helps to clear out the delivery trucks on his last day of work outside of the Wonder/Hostess thrift store in Montville Friday, Nov. 16, 2012.

Dick Andriola, of Waterford, departs the Wonder/Hostess thrift store in Montville with his purchases Friday, Nov. 16, 2012.

Image No. 6 | Hostess route driver Bryan Handy of Uncasville helps to clear out the delivery trucks on his last day of work outside of the Wonder/Hostess thrift store in Montville Friday, Nov. 16, 2012.

Hostess route driver Bryan Handy of Uncasville helps to clear out the delivery trucks on his last day of work outside of the Wonder/Hostess thrift store in Montville Friday, Nov. 16, 2012.

The store that sells all things Hostess was filled early Friday afternoon with shoppers emptying shelves of cakes and doughnuts and rolls as a nationwide bakers union strike forces the Texas-based company to shutter for good.