Businesses are ready for April's total solar eclipse with celestial-themed doughnuts and beer
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. With April 8's total solar eclipse right around the corner, businesses are ready for the celestial event that will dim skies along a generous path across North America. Closer to eclipse day, there are likely to be more special products and promotions from national brands springing up, like Moon Pie's “eclipse survival kit,” made up of four mini versions of the chocolate snack and two pairs of eclipse glasses. After the 2017 eclipse, "I marked my calendar,” said Sam McNulty, co-founder of Market Garden Brewery in Cleveland, which is in the eclipse path this time and will see nearly four minutes of dimmed skies. In Ohio’s Butler County, a shop called The Donut Dude will have an “Eclipse Donut Special” that shows the eclipse's stages as the sun disappears behind the moon.