Given the rate at which the store shelves have been picked clean of Twinkies here, I wouldn't be surprised that Hostess did the best business in years in the space of one day!

I think Twinkies will survive. The brand is way too valuable. They'll sell the name and recipes to another company, maybe Saputo, as John mentions, or Grupo Bimbo, which tried to purchase Hostess before. The interesting question is: will it be a US company?