On 22/09/2015 2:36 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 3:40:35 PM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 12:57:31 PM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
>>>> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
>
>>>>> (Their most famous product is the Twinkie, a small loaf of
>>>>> sponge cake filled with sweetened whipped vegetable shortening.)
>>>>
>>>> eww. Are they still popular?
>>>
>>> Apparently, they sell 500 million of them per year.
>>>
>>> <http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2015/04/15/twinkie-billion-dollar-comeback-hostess-metropoulos-apollo-jhawar/>
>>
>> Oh MY!!!! I know it has been denied here but I am still of the opinion
>> that the preference for sweet things in US is far greater than in UK.
>
> Hard to say. 500 million Twinkies is a little more than 1 per person per year.
> I certainly haven't eaten my share in decades.
>
> I doubt the deep-fried Twinkie can really compete with the deep-fried
> Mars bar.
>
Remember, that's a Scottish monstrosity and they are trying to leave the UK!
Graham