Coronavirus outbreak may have unleashed panic buying of Hostess Twinkies & Ding Dongs

[kpete]

Alongside those coronavirus prep bags being filled by shoppers with bleach and hand sanitizer may be boxes of long shelf life Twinkies and Ding Dongs.

“We are seeing that,” Hostess Brands CEO Andy Callahan said on Yahoo Finance’s On the Move, when asked if he is seeing a bump in business as people stock up, should they be trapped at home due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Added Callahan, “We are benefiting likely in the short-term due to traffic. That’s the great thing about Hostess, we are there to celebrate things. We are there to comfort things. So we are seeing a slight uptick in traffic. It’s too early to tell, a lot of our point of sale data lags.”

Even without the bump in business, Hostess has been doing just fine.


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[hlthe2b]

1. the irony is that studies show that sugar has negative impacts on the immune system, but...

I guess, priorities.

[OhioChick]

4. You're absolutely right! n/t

[abqtommy]

6. What I don't like about these studies is that they ignore the fact that some people get along just

fine with sugar and I'm not one of them!

[Shermann]

2. NOW you tell me

I just ran out of those in my pantry and need to stock up.

DOH!

[Renew Deal]

3. Makes sense

People want relief. I’ve also seen sweet stuff on emergency lists because they relieve stress.

[rockfordfile]

5. lol..I think that was in a movie?