Goodbye, Little Debbie: Snack cakes to gradually disappear from commissary shelves (2024)
Little Debbie products were still available at the commissary on Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. (Kelly Agee/Stars and Stripes)
Get them while you can because soon there will be no more Zebra Cakes, Swiss Rolls, Nutty Buddies, Fudge Rounds and Oatmeal Creme Pies.
When the remaining stock of Little Debbie snack items is gone, it’s gone for good.
McKee Foods Corp. of Collegedale, Tenn., a family-owned bakery best known for its Little Debbie line, will no longer be providing its products to U.S. military bases at home and overseas.
The regulatory standards required of McKee Foods are too costly to continue supplying the Defense Commissary Agency and Navy Exchange Service, company spokesman Mike Gloekler told Stars and Stripes in an email Thursday.
Representatives of the commissary agency and exchange service were unavailable for comment Friday.
The news did not go down well with Air Force Staff Sgt. Johnathan Garcia, 28, a laboratory technician for the 374th Medical Support Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan. He stockpiles Little Debbie treats for his shop, he told Stars and Stripes via Facebook Messenger on Thursday.
“I buy Little Debbie snacks almost every other week,” he said. “My department sells them in our sunshine fund to pay for morale activities and going away gatherings. I’m a little upset because there are really no equivalent products to buy off base while overseas and I really like my Zebra Cakes and Nutty Bars!”
McKee products have been sold in commissaries for many years and the company’s contract for overseas commissary sales has been in place since the 1990s, Gloekler said.
“As supporters of the men and women who serve the United States military this was a very difficult decision for us to make,” he said. “We believe in the mission of forward-deployed troops, and we understand the impact that the comforts of home have on morale. Perhaps some will see an opportunity to streamline federal contractor compliance.”
McKee Foods Corporation is a privately held and family-owned American snack food and granola manufacturer headquartered in Collegedale, Tennessee. The corporation is the maker of Drake's Cakes, Fieldstone Bakery snacks and cereal, Little Debbie snacks, and Sunbelt Bakery granola and cereal.
, the maker of Little Debbie snack cakes, has said it can no longer shoulder the burden of providing the sweets to the Defense Commissary Agency and Navy Exchange Service, company spokesman Mike Gloekler told Stars and Stripes. The regulatory standards are simply too costly.
The recall was initiated after it was discovered that product containing pecans was included in packaging that did not reveal the presence of tree nuts.
The refined flour, sugar, and unhealthy oils can contribute to systemic inflammation, further exacerbating long-term health problems. The allure of Little Debbie snack cakes may be strong, but the potential health implications cannot be ignored.
Consumers are sometimes uncertain about the edibility of Little Debbie treats past their best by dates. While these dates serve as a good indicator of the product's peak quality, it's common for the cakes to remain safe to eat beyond this timeframe, although their freshness might not be at its best.
Little Debbie Vending and Fieldstone Bakery brands were developed by McKee Foods Corporation, a leader in the baking industry for nearly 60 years, best known for the Little Debbie brand snack cakes, with over 1 billion dollars in annual sales.
Debbie McKee-Fowler currently holds the position of Executive Vice President and serves on the McKee Foods Board of Directors. The top-selling Little Debbie varieties are Oatmeal Creme Pies, Swiss Cake Rolls and Nutty Buddy Wafer Bars.
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Banana Twins are one of the Little Debbie Snack cakes that have been around since 1965. The moist banana flavored cakes were filled with their signature creme filling. The cakes came twin wrapped, so you could share if you wanted to. They were recently discontinued due to a lack of interest.
Oatmeal creme pies were the first Little Debbie snack cake commercially produced by McKee Foods. The snack consists of two soft oatmeal cookies stuffed with fluffy creme filling.
On those egg cartons, if an expiration date appears, it can be no more than 30 days after the pack date. "As long as they're kept properly refrigerated at 40°F or lower, fresh eggs are safe to eat four to five weeks beyond the carton's Julian date," Maloberti says.
Different types of snacks have varying expiration dates: Potato chips will last one month after expiration date. Crackers and pretzels can last up to three months. One of the longest lasting snacks is popcorn, which has a shelf life of one to two years. " / There is a myth that Twinkies can last upward of 50 years.
Unopened, they typically last for a few weeks to a couple of months past their 'best by' date when refrigerated. Fresh cheeses like cream cheese, ricotta and cottage cheese are highly perishable and usually last only a few weeks past their 'best by' date when stored in the refrigerator.
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McKee Foods, which makes Little Debbie snack cakes, snapped up Drake's Cake, which includes Devil Dogs and Yodels. The rest, including Twinkies and other Hostess cakes, was acquired by Metropoulos & Co. and Apollo, for $410 million.
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