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In the 1980s, Trolli exports to North America grew to 40 tonnes per day, and in 1986 Mederer built a production facility in Creston, Iowa.Trolli's US operations were sold to Favorite Brands International in 1996 and was subsequently owned by Nabisco (1999), Kraft Foods (2000), Wrigleys (2005), and Farley's & Sathers Candy Company (2006) [5] which was merged with Ferrara Candy Company in 2013.
Mederer´s most popular brand is Trolli, a brand launched in 1975. [2] Mederer GmbH also owns several other brands, notably Efrutti, Sugarland and Gummi Bear Factory. The company was founded in 1948. [3] [4] Altogether, these brands produce gummi candy, licorice and marshmallows in well over one hundred shapes, sizes and flavors. [5]
Originally called the Famous Candy Company, the name was changed to the Mills-McCormack Candy Company when Bob Mills bought out the other investors and began working on the administrative side of the company. In 1924, the name was changed to Bobs' Candy. In 1933, the apostrophe was dropped and the company became known as Bobs Candy Company.
1860s: Henry Heide Candy Company begins business; 1890s: Farley Candy Company established; 1904: Brach's Candies begins production in the backroom of a Chicago store. Brock's Candy of Chattanooga begins production of penny candies, peanut brittle and jelly candies. 1908: Ferrara Pan Candy is formed; 1919: Bobs Candies is formed
The company's headquarters is located on the South Side of Chicago, in a portion of the former Dodge Chicago Plant where the majority of the company's candy is produced. . The company also has a factory in Mexico City where it produces some flavors of Tootsie Pops and other candy products for the Mexican market as well as for export to the U.S. and Can
In mid-2006, many of Sunmark Co.'s last candy production plants, then owned by Nestlé, were shut down due to an overly competitive market. [5] In 2018, the Ferrara Candy Company, owned by the Ferrero Group in Chicago, Illinois, bought out Nestle USA's confectionery business. [6]
In 2015, Haribo of America moved to the Chicago, Illinois area and established their headquarters in Rosemont, Illinois. On 23 March 2017, Haribo announced the opening of its first US factory, a 500,000-sq-ft (46,500 m 2 ), 400-employee manufacturing plant in Kenosha County, Wisconsin , which started construction in 2020 Gilbane Building Company .
TreeHouse Foods Inc. is a multinational food processing company specializing in producing private label packaged foods headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois. [2] [3] [4] Created in 2005 [5] and consisting entirely of acquisitions, [5] in 2010 the company had sales of $2 billion [5] and employed over 4,000 people at 20 facilities. [5]