Articles Tagged with ''Chicago Candy Companies''

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Fannie May remodels Chicago flagship store

Open floor plan offers room for café concept, easier shopping.
Alyse Thompson
Alyse Thompson
December 7, 2016

The 2,400-sq.-ft. store, located at Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive, now features an open floor plan and simple, elegant décor meant to draw new and repeat customers to the iconic Chicago brand, owned by 1-800-Flowers.


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Tootsie Rolls Ellen Gordon

One-on-One with Tootsie Roll's Ellen Gordon

Tootsie Roll Industries’ chairman reminiscences about her husband, Melvin, and reaffirms her long-term commitment to the company’s future.
Bernie Pacyniak
Bernie Pacyniak
May 22, 2015
It wasn’t long before she whisked me to the Tootsie Roll production area to view a continuous slab of that wonderful chocolate-like confection falling onto a conveyor belt.
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Jelly Belly California
Jelly Belly

Jelly Belly’s North Chicago plant to focus on private-label candies, will no longer make Jelly Belly jelly beans

Move eliminates 66 jobs, transfers branded candy production to main plant in Fairfield, Calif.
Bernie Pacyniak
Bernie Pacyniak
August 13, 2014
"Eliminating positions is a difficult decision to make,” says Bob Simpson, the company’s president and coo. “This move to private-label manufacturing is a forward thinking step for the best deployment of the Illinois facility and the company overall.”
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