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

[Mike 03]

I couldn't in good conscience post this in GD or LBN.

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.

A bit more at link: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-outbreak-may-have-unleashed-panic-buying-of-hostess-twinkies-and-ding-dongs-210034011.html

[rampartc]

1. the good news is you don't have coronavirus

the bad news is you're dying of diabetes, obesity, and heart disease .......

[Midnightwalk]

2. I stocked up

During the sars outbreak in 2002. They should still be good right?

[sl8]

3. Twinkies have a 25 day shelf life, according to Snopes. n/t

[Midnightwalk]

6. Pure marketing to increase sales

Here’s a link to a site where there’s a video of a guy eating a 40 year old twinkie. He didn’t die on camera so it must be safe. Right?

[link:https://www.wideopeneats.com/do-twinkies-expire|]

I hope it’s obvious I’m just joking but there really is a video.

[customerserviceguy]

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

I credit legalized weed for some of that!

[yonder]

5. R. Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders had something to say about this:

"Don't like no carrots, can't stand no peas
But a pack of Dong Dongs bring me down to my knees"

[exboyfil]

7. A true sign of the apocalypse

[CanonRay]

8. Lord, I haven't had a Twinkie in 20+ years

I still love them. I used to have to hide them from my mother's dog. He could hear me unwrapping it from half a mile.