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Owner: Ferrara Candy Company (US) (since 2018) Nestle (International) ... Butterfinger is a candy bar manufactured by the Ferrara Candy Company, a subsidiary of Ferrero.
The Baby Ruth / Butterfinger factory, built in the 1960s, is located at 3401 Mt. Prospect Rd. in Franklin Park, Illinois. Interstate 294 curves eastward around the plant, where a prominent, rotating sign, resembling a giant candy bar, is visible. It originally read "Curtiss Baby Ruth" on one side and "Curtiss Butterfinger" on the other.
Ruth Cleveland, daughter of United States president Grover Cleveland, became the official corporate namesake for the "Baby Ruth" candy bar in 1921, almost 30 years after she was born.
These bite-sized offerings, introduced in 1992, seemed to solve one of the most annoying issues of the crispety, crunchety, peanut-buttery Butterfinger: They were small enough to pop in your mouth ...
In January 2018, Nestlé USA announced it was selling its US confectionary business including the 100 Grand, BabyRuth, Butterfinger, OhHenry!, Raisinets and SnoCaps to Ferrara Candy Company, an american based chocolate and candy maker and Ferrero-related company. [68] The company was sold for a total of an estimated $2.8 billion. [68]
It was the first American "combination" candy bar to achieve nationwide success. Two similar candy bars followed the Clark Bar, the Butterfinger bar (1923) made by the Curtiss Candy Company and the 5th Avenue bar (1936) created by Luden's. The Clark Bar was manufactured in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by the original family-owned business until 1955.
Ferrero International SpA (/ f ə ˈ r ɛər oʊ / fə-RAIR-oh, Italian: [ferˈrɛːro]), more commonly known as Ferrero Group or simply Ferrero, is an Italian multinational company with headquarters in Alba.
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