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Bankruptcy judge greenlights Twinkie sale
Updated: Tuesday, March 19 2013, 09:08 PM EDT
(NEWSCHANNEL 3) - A bankruptcy judge is giving the green light on the sale of Twinkies to a pair of investment firms.
Hostess Brands Incorporated is selling the popular snack food along with Ding Dongs and Ho Ho's to Apollo Global Management and Metropoulos and Company for $410 million.
Metropoulos, which owns Pabst Beer, said it hopes to have the cakes back on shelves by this summer.
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