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Convenience store sales of baked sweet snacks reflected the tumult of the Hostess implosion in 2013, with unit figures for bakery snacks, doughnuts and muffins dropping. Cookies posted another strong year of sales growth, while the pastry, Danish and coffeecake segment also enjoyed strong gains in 2013, driven by strong growth for the top five brands.

Bakery snack sales dropped in 2013, largely on the back of Hostess' bankruptcy.