The Folcroft-based manufacturer of a household cleaning product has seen sales jump significantly since the arrival of the coronavirus in the U.S., writes Sam Wood for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Sales of Scrub Daddy, the sunshine-shaped sponge, have increased 20 percent at Walmart.

“So many people are going to the supermarket cleaning aisles and clearing out the shelves. It’s given us a huge boost in sales,” said Aaron Krause, the company’s CEO and Scrub Daddy inventor. “That’s not something we expected. Hopefully, this coronavirus thing dies down, and we’ll see a lull in the summer.”

Scrub Daddy, Krause said, is now the third-largest sponge manufacturer in the nation.

Scrub Daddy was founded in 2012 and occupies 80,000 square feet in two Folcroft buildings.

The proprietary “high-tech polymer” foam is made at industrial plants in northern New Jersey and Cologne, Germany.

Read more about Scrub Daddy in The Philadelphia Inquirer here.

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