Price for Twinkies going up fast online after manufacturer closes
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Hostess Brands Twinkies products are shown on Nov 16, 2012 in Miami, Florida. Twinkies are being marketed on the Internet like exquisite delicacies. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Packages of Hostess products sit on a counter at a Wonder Hostess Bakery Outlet on Nov 16, 2012 in San Leandro, California. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Packages of Hostess products sit on a counter at a Wonder Hostess Bakery Outlet on Nov 16, 2012 in San Leandro, California. -- PHOTO: AFP
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In this photo illustration, Hostess Brands Twinkies products are shown along with Golden Cup Cakes and Zingers on Nov 16, 2012 in Miami, Florida. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Hostess Brands employee Diane Kimberly motions to passing cars as they strike in front of one of the bakeries in Los Angeles, California, Nov 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Striking bakery workers stand near a truck outside of the Hostess baking facility on Nov 16, 2012 in Oakland, California. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Mr Curtis Smout stands in line with a stack of Twinkies at the Hostess Thrift Shop in Ogden, Utah on Friday, Nov 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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A dog sits in a shopping cart that is filled with packages of Hostess products at a Wonder Hostess Bakery Outlet on Nov 16, 2012 in San Leandro, California. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Customers fill a shopping cart with packages of Hostess products at a Wonder Hostess Bakery Outlet on Nov 16, 2012 in San Leandro, California. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Mr Andy Wagar loads Twinkies, Ho-Hos and Cup Cakes into a van outside the Wonder Bakery Thrift Shop in Bellingham, Wash., Friday, Nov 16, 2012, after Hostess Brands said it would shutter is operations after years of struggling with management turmoil, rising labour costs and the ever-changing tastes of Americans even as its pantry of sugary cakes seemed suspended in time. -- PHOTO: AP
Hostess Brands Twinkies products are shown on Nov 16, 2012 in Miami, Florida. Twinkies are being marketed on the Internet like exquisite delicacies. -- PHOTO: AFP
Packages of Hostess products sit on a counter at a Wonder Hostess Bakery Outlet on Nov 16, 2012 in San Leandro, California. -- PHOTO: AFP
Packages of Hostess products sit on a counter at a Wonder Hostess Bakery Outlet on Nov 16, 2012 in San Leandro, California. -- PHOTO: AFP
In this photo illustration, Hostess Brands Twinkies products are shown along with Golden Cup Cakes and Zingers on Nov 16, 2012 in Miami, Florida. -- PHOTO: AFP
Hostess Brands employee Diane Kimberly motions to passing cars as they strike in front of one of the bakeries in Los Angeles, California, Nov 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Striking bakery workers stand near a truck outside of the Hostess baking facility on Nov 16, 2012 in Oakland, California. -- PHOTO: AFP
Mr Curtis Smout stands in line with a stack of Twinkies at the Hostess Thrift Shop in Ogden, Utah on Friday, Nov 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
A dog sits in a shopping cart that is filled with packages of Hostess products at a Wonder Hostess Bakery Outlet on Nov 16, 2012 in San Leandro, California. -- PHOTO: AFP
Customers fill a shopping cart with packages of Hostess products at a Wonder Hostess Bakery Outlet on Nov 16, 2012 in San Leandro, California. -- PHOTO: AFP
Mr Andy Wagar loads Twinkies, Ho-Hos and Cup Cakes into a van outside the Wonder Bakery Thrift Shop in Bellingham, Wash., Friday, Nov 16, 2012, after Hostess Brands said it would shutter is operations after years of struggling with management turmoil, rising labour costs and the ever-changing tastes of Americans even as its pantry of sugary cakes seemed suspended in time. -- PHOTO: AP
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Twinkies are being marketed on the Internet like exquisite delicacies.
Hours after Twinkie-maker Hostess announced its plans to close its doors forever, people flocked to stores to fill their shopping baskets with boxes of the cream-filled sponge cakes and their sibling snacks - Ding Dongs, Ho Hos and Zingers.
Late Friday and Saturday, the opportunists took to the websites eBay and Craigslist.
They began marketing their hoard to whimsical collectors and junk-food lovers for hundreds - and in some cases - thousands of dollars. That's a fat profit margin, when you consider the retail price for a box of 10 Twinkies is roughly US$5 (S$6.10).
