{"id":688,"date":"2023-08-25T19:11:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T19:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/twinkies-maker-hostess-brands-explores-sale-amid-takeover-interest-reuters-news-agency\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T19:11:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T19:11:23","slug":"twinkies-maker-hostess-brands-explores-sale-amid-takeover-interest-reuters-news-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/twinkies-maker-hostess-brands-explores-sale-amid-takeover-interest-reuters-news-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Twinkies maker Hostess Brands explores sale amid takeover interest\u00a0 &#8211; Reuters News Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"rts-topic-title__tag\">Business &amp; Finance<\/span><span class=\"rts-topic-title__tag\">Deals<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rts-article-info \">\n<p><span class=\"rts-article-info__date\">25 August 2023, 7:11 pm <\/span><span class=\"rts-article-info__time \">1 minute<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_post_content et_pb_post_content_0_tb_body\">\n<p>Reuters was <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/deals\/twinkies-maker-hostess-brands-explores-sale-amid-takeover-interest-sources-2023-08-25\/\">first to report<\/a><\/strong> that Hostess Brands, the maker of Twinkies snack cakes, is exploring a sale after fielding takeover interest from major snack food makers. Hostess became an acquisition target after it raised prices on some of its products to boost revenue, fueling investor concerns over its prospects. General Mills Inc, Mondelez International, PepsiCo Inc and Hershey Co are among the companies that have shown an interest in acquiring Hostess. Hostess shares rose as much as 30% on the news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Market Impact<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW89894047 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW89894047 BCX0\">Hostess<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW89894047 BCX0\"> shares rose as much as 30% on the news.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rts-tag-box\">\n<p>Article Tags<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"rts-tag-box__item-title\">Topics of Interest: <\/span><span class=\"rts-tag-box__tag\">Business &amp; Finance<\/span><span class=\"rts-tag-box__tag\">Deals<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"rts-tag-box__item-title\">Type: <\/span><span class=\"rts-tag-box__tag\">Reuters Best<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"rts-tag-box__item-title\">Sectors: <\/span><span class=\"rts-tag-box__tag\">Business &amp; Finance<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"rts-tag-box__item-title\">Regions: <\/span><span class=\"rts-tag-box__tag\">Americas<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"rts-tag-box__item-title\">Countries: <\/span><span class=\"rts-tag-box__tag\">United States<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"rts-tag-box__item-title\">Win Types: <\/span><span class=\"rts-tag-box__tag\">Speed<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"rts-tag-box__item-title\">Story Types: <\/span><span class=\"rts-tag-box__tag\">Exclusive \/ Scoop<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"rts-tag-box__item-title\">Media Types: <\/span><span class=\"rts-tag-box__tag\">Text<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"rts-tag-box__item-title\">Customer Impact: <\/span><span class=\"rts-tag-box__tag\">Significant National Story<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reutersagency.com\/en\/reutersbest\/article\/twinkies-maker-hostess-brands-explores-sale-amid-takeover-interest\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business &amp; FinanceDeals 25 August 2023, 7:11 pm 1 minute Reuters was first to report that Hostess Brands, the maker of Twinkies snack cakes, is exploring a sale after fielding takeover interest from major snack food makers. Hostess became an acquisition target after it raised prices on some of its products to boost revenue, fueling&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/twinkies-maker-hostess-brands-explores-sale-amid-takeover-interest-reuters-news-agency\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Twinkies maker Hostess Brands explores sale amid takeover interest\u00a0 &#8211; Reuters News Agency&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.reutersagency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Flash_8.25.23_twinkies.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v17.8 (Yoast SEO v22.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Twinkies maker Hostess Brands explores sale amid takeover interest\u00a0 - Reuters News Agency - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/twinkies-maker-hostess-brands-explores-sale-amid-takeover-interest-reuters-news-agency\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Twinkies maker Hostess Brands explores sale amid takeover interest\u00a0 - Reuters News Agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Business &amp; FinanceDeals 25 August 2023, 7:11 pm 1 minute Reuters was first to report that Hostess Brands, the maker of Twinkies snack cakes, is exploring a sale after fielding takeover interest from major snack food makers. 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