Fanny Farmer
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Not to be confused with Fannie Farmer.
Fanny Farmer was an American candy manufacturer and retailer.
Fanny Farmer was started in Rochester, New York by Frank O’Connor in 1919. The company was named in honor of culinary expert Fannie Farmer, who had died four years earlier.
In 1992 the Archibald Candy Company acquired the brand (and its 200 retail stores in the northeastern United States) as a sister brand to its own Fannie May candies (sold primarily in the Midwest and mid-Atlantic United States).[1] Alpine Confections purchased both brands in 2004 after Archibald filed for bankruptcy, and merged Fanny Farmer into Fannie May.
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See’s Candies
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See’s Candies
Type Subsidiary
Industry Candy
Founded 1921
Headquarters South San Francisco, CA
Key people Founder: Charles See
CEO: Brad Kinstler
Products Chocolate, candy, brittle
Employees 2000+
Parent Berkshire Hathaway
Website www.sees.com
See’s Candies headquarters on El Camino Real, South San Francisco
See’s Candies is a manufacturer and distributor of candy, particularly chocolate, in the western United States. It was founded by Charles See, his wife Florence, and his mother Mary in Los Angeles, California, in 1921. The company is now headquartered in South San Francisco, California.[1] It has kitchens at its headquarters and at a second location in Los Angeles, where there is also a retail shop. It also has an office in Carson, California.[2]
The company largely markets its products only in its own stores and at those of fellow Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary Nebraska Furniture Mart, allowing it to control the standards under which they are stored and marketed. They are also available in some airports in the Western United States. Since the mid 1990s, the company has also maintained a strong Internet presence via its website. It is also well known for being one of the very early investments purchased by Warren Buffett (via Blue Chip Stamps) for his Berkshire Hathaway Corporation (in 1972), beginning the path of that company from a textile concern to being one of the world’s most successful conglomerates.
See’s Candies operates over 200 stores in the following U.S. states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Washington.[3] There are also stores outside the U.S. in Hong Kong, Japan, and Macau.[4] Seasonally — primarily during the year-end holiday shopping season — See’s also offers its product in select markets in kiosks at malls and other shopping centers.
On June 20, 2012, See’s Candies made it into the Guinness Book of World Records, when the company built the world’s largest lollipop, weighing 7,003 lbs and a length of 4 foot 8.75 inches. The previous largest lollipop record stood at a hefty 6,514 lb. (2 954.7 kg). This giant chocolate lollipop represented 145,000 standard-size See’s lollipops.[5]