Hostess Brands adds new bakery in Arkadelphia, AK to meet increased demand
Hostess Brands, Inc. has announced that it will convert an idled factory in Arkadelphia, Ark., into a state-of-the-art bakery. The bakery is expected to be operational in the second half of 2023 and bring approximately 150 new jobs to the community over the next three years.
Hostess Brands, whose iconic snack foods include Donettes, Twinkies, CupCakes, and Ding Dongs, as well as Voortman cookies and wafers, plans to invest $120 million to $140 million to transform the 330,000-square-foot facility in Arkadelphia into a next-generation bakery. The new bakery will increase the company’s capacity across its bakeries on its Donettes and cake platforms by approximately 20%. It will also enable the company to accommodate production growth in the future.