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The Almond Joy bar was introduced in 1946 as a replacement for the Dreams Bar, which was introduced in 1934, consisting of diced almonds and coconut covered with dark chocolate. [5] In 1978, Peter Paul merged with the Cadbury-Schweppes company of England. [6]
After successfully advertising on national radio in the 1930s, Peter Paul led the industry in the use of network television advertising in the early 1950s, with the Peter Paul Pixies singing that Mounds and Almond Joys were “Indescribably Delicious”, a slogan coined for a contest in 1955 by Leon Weiss of Gary, Indiana, who won $10. [3]
Following its acquisition of Mounds and Almond Joy in 1988, The Hershey Company continued to manufacture Mounds and Almond Joy at the Peter Paul plant, before moving the manufacturing operation to a more modern plant in Stuarts Draft, Virginia, in 2007. At the time of the move, the 250,000 square foot Naugatuck plant was operating at 40% capacity.
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Peter Paul Halajian (1864 in the Ottoman Empire – 1927 in Naugatuck, Connecticut) [1] [2] was an Armenian-American candy manufacturer in the New Haven, Connecticut, area in the early 20th century. Born Peter Halajian in the Ottoman Empire, he immigrated to the U.S. in 1890 and worked in a rubber factory, opening a candy shop on February 1 ...
The Peter, Paul and Mary musician died of bladder cancer, with which he was diagnosed in 2021. Yarrow, 86, died at his home in New York City on Tuesday, Jan. 7.
Peter, Paul and Mary gained popularity after forming in 1961. The trio brought notoriety to folk music in America. Throughout the 1960s, the group released six Billboard Top 10 singles, two No. 1 ...
Peter Paul then merged with Cadbury for $27.50 per share, a total of $58 million in 1978. [9] In August 1988, Hershey acquired the US confectionery operations of Cadbury Schweppes which included the Almond Joy, Mounds and York Peppermint Pattie business. The purchase price was $284.5 million plus assumption of $30 million in debt and it ...