Hostess Brands, Inc.

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Hostess Brands, Inc. engages in developing, manufacturing, marketing, selling, and distributing baked goods. The company is headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas and currently employs 2,800 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2015-10-16. The firm operates through the Snacking segment. The firm is focused on developing, manufacturing, marketing, selling and distributing snacks in North America. The firm produces a variety of snacks, including iconic Hostess Donettes, Twinkies, CupCakes, Ding Dongs, and Zingers, as well as Voortman-branded cookies and wafers. The company also sells products under the Dolly Madison, Cloverhill and Big Texas brands along with private-label products. Its product assortment is delivered to customers’ warehouses and distribution centers by the case or in display-ready corrugate units. Retailers display and sell their products to the end consumer in single-serve, multi-pack or club-pack formats. The company sells its products primarily to supermarket chains, national mass retailers and convenience stores, along with a smaller portion of its product sales going to clubs, dollar and drug stores, the vending channel, and other retail outlets.