According to Hostess Brands CEO Andy Callahan, the company is seeing a bump in sales of the popular snack cakes. The specific two types — Twinkies and Ding Dongs — are ones that are both perceived by some to have a long shelf life.
“We are seeing that,” Callahan told Yahoo Finance. “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.”
Here’s some funny tweets people posted:
America so fat they stock up on twinkies for a viral outbreak https://t.co/IWpoECes2W
— Twitta Fingaz (@Jaypaperstaxx) March 7, 2020
Ok, did I miss something – so the logic of Americans is to stock up on bread, twinkies, water and toilet paper to combat the Corona virus… huh! Well, I guess they will be well hydrated obese diabetics… makes sense. https://t.co/fvR58YRbVV #coronavirus #dumbanddumber pic.twitter.com/37pJlsaX78
— Gary Collins (@SimpleLifeNow) March 7, 2020
The CEO of Hostess was asked on the uptick in sales of Twinkies in response to the coronavirus.
— T. Greer (@Scholars_Stage) March 6, 2020
This was his comment:
“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.”
Twinkies and Ding Dongs are apparently high on the “must have” list this coronavirus season. Now that I know this, I’m feeling totally unprepared for any potential period of confinement. pic.twitter.com/nxJcwjxZhm
— Ena Jones (@EnaJones) March 7, 2020
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