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Aug. 21, 2014 / 10:50 PM

Twinkies' Chicago facility to close

Hostess Brands to close one of four bakeries that makes Twinkies and other snacks in Chicago.

Lori Silvey, assistant bakery manager, adjusts the first batch of Hostess Twinkies and Cupcakes that have arrived at Schnucks in Ballwin, Missouri on July 13, 2013. Hostess products are returning after a bankruptcy court approved the company's closure in November 2012, putting 15,000 workers out of a job. Hostess has reintroduced the Twinkie, Cupcake and doughnut lines so far with national rollout of the products scheduled for July 15. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Lori Silvey, assistant bakery manager, adjusts the first batch of Hostess Twinkies and Cupcakes that have arrived at Schnucks in Ballwin, Missouri on July 13, 2013. Hostess products are returning after a bankruptcy court approved the company's closure in November 2012, putting 15,000 workers out of a job. Hostess has reintroduced the Twinkie, Cupcake and doughnut lines so far with national rollout of the products scheduled for July 15. UPI/Bill Greenblatt | License Photo

CHICAGO, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Hostess Brands, the makers of Twinkies, announced Wednesday it would close one of four bakeries dedicated to making the confection and other products.

Schiller Park bakery in Chicago will close its doors Oct. 19 after 84 years in business making the iconic snack.

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Twinkies were invented in 1930 in Chicago and Schiller Park bakery was the last facility in Illinois that still made the treat.

Donald Woods, president of the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union Local 1, said he and fellow union members were shocked at the news.

"It's devastating for them," he added.

The company is offering a severance package to the some 400 employees affected by the closure.

The entire company and all production of snacks were temporarily shut down in 2013 after Hostess Brands filed for bankruptcy. The brand was purchased for $410 million by private equity firms Apollo Global Management and C. Dean Metropoulos & Co. and reopened last year.

The facility is being closed in an attempt to turn around the company, CEO Bill Toler said.

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