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=== <span class="anchor" id="Hostess Brands, LLC"></span> Hostess Brands ===
{{Further|Hostess Brands}}
On June 6, 2013, the new Hostess Brands reopened the Emporia, Kansas plant.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fitch|first=Ben|title=Hostess cuts ribbon on 'flagship' bakery|url=http://www.emporiagazette.com/news/article_16326c38-cfbe-11e2-8d48-10604b9ffe60.html|access-date=19 June 2013|newspaper=Emporia Gazette|date=June 7, 2013}}</ref> Hostess announced ten days later that production would resume the following month, and on June 23 said that its brands would be back on store shelves on July 15.<ref>{{cite news|last=Adams|first=Tony|title=New Hostess owner set to resume snack cake production at Dolly Madison plant in Columbus|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/business/New_Hostess_owner_set_to_resume_snack_cake_production_at_Dolly_Madison_plant_in_Columbus.html|access-date=19 June 2013|newspaper=The Ledger-Enquirer|date=June 16, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Choi|first=Candice|title=Hostess: Twinkies to return to shelves July 15|url=https://news.yahoo.com/hostess-twinkies-return-shelves-july-15-163913503.html|access-date=23 June 2013|newspaper=[[Yahoo! News]]|date=23 June 2013}}</ref> although the company would sell fewer products than before, new president Rich Seban said that it might produce innovative pastries and snacks. "We can have some fun with that mixture," Seban said, suggesting that Hostess might experiment with gluten-free, higher-fiber and lower-sugar and -sodium products.<ref>[http://www.jdjournal.com/2013/06/24/twinkies-return-as-hostess-rises-from-the-ashes/ June, Daniel, "Twinkies Return as Hostess Rises from the Ashes"]</ref>

On September 11, 2023, [[The J.M. Smucker Company]] announced it would buy Hostess for $5.6 billion in a cash and stock deal.