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Peter Paul was founded in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1919 by six Armenian immigrants led by Peter Paul Halajian, with a manufacturing plant in nearby Naugatuck, Connecticut. [ 1 ] The company's first product was the Konabar, consisting of chocolate-covered coconut, nuts, and fruit, which was fairly successful.
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 Candy Manufacturing Company was founded by six Armenian immigrants including Peter Paul Halajian and Max Freedman in 1919. In 1929, the company acquired the Mounds bar candy line from West Haven, Connecticut, candy maker Vincent Nitido. [3]
Originally invented by candy maker Vincent Nitido of West Haven, Connecticut, Mounds was created in 1920 as a single piece for 5 cents. [1] In 1929, the Peter Paul Candy Manufacturing Company purchased the line and began production.
Peter Vrinios and his wife Tamela Behm-Vrinios pour out the liquid candy which will be made into candy canes atop his family’s antique candy table at the Fudge Factory in Bradenton Beach.
The company builds beach rakes for picking up debris and grooming beaches and claims to be the largest such business in the world. [3] Naugatuck was the home to Peter Paul Candy Manufacturing Company, the Hershey Foods division that produces Almond Joy and Mounds candy bars, until the Hershey Co. closed it in November 2007. [citation needed]
Peter Yarrow of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary has died at the age of 86. The singer died on Tuesday (January 7) at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Yarrow’s death was confirmed ...
But that picture, taken by Peter Hujar, is as staged as it is real. Candy Darling died of lymphoma in that hospital room in 1974. She was 29. Candy, who was trans, lived a life ripe for biography ...