Hostess Brands

Hostess Brands signals end to price increases in resilient snacks market

Hostess Brands predicts last year’s high double-digit pricing will be enough to deliver on the US snack maker’s growth guidance…

Hostess Brands to set up new bakery amid share gains

Hostess Brands, the US bakery major, is to add a factory to its production network amid confidence the company’s recent…

Hostess Brands serves up improved forecasts

Hostess Brands, the US group behind brands including Twinkies cakes and Voortman cookies, has upped its sales forecast for 2021.…

The top 20 most-read just-food news stories in 2020

Dealing with the impact of Covid-19 on production, the growing corporate interest in direct-to-consumer and new stock-market listings of emerging…

Aryzta sale said to be still on cards with Flowers Foods, Hostess Brands potential runners

A sale of struggling European bakery business Aryzta is said to be still on the cards with US-based peers Flowers…

Hostess Brands expects first-quarter profit decline

Hostess Brands expects profits to fall in the baked goods firm's fiscal first quarter due to recent acquisitions and disposals,…

2019 – The year in food industry M&A

Andy Coyne looks at significant transactions and emerging themes in merger, acquisition and investment activity in the global food sector…

Hostess Brands to buy Canada cookie maker Voortman

US baked-goods supplier Hostess Brands has entered into an agreement to buy Canada-based wafer and cookie business Voortman from private-equity…

Hostess Brands creates senior strategy role

Hostess Brands has set up a new executive role looking at strategy as the US baked-goods supplier embarks on the…

Hostess Brands expects $10m hit on third-quarter revenues from upgrade work

Hostess Brands expects to see as much as US$10m shaved off its third-quarter revenues amid upgrades and maintenance work to…