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The Ferrara Candy Company (formerly known as the Farley's & Sathers Candy Company) is a candy company that makes a variety of candies. Their confections include Lemonheads, Brach's, Jaw Busters ("The Original Jaw Breakers"), Atomic Fireballs, Chuckles, Original Boston Baked Beans, Chewy Lemon Heads & Friends, Tropical Chewy Lemon Heads & Friends and Red Hots. ==History== Salvatore Ferrara came from Nola, Italy to New York in 1899 at the age of 15. The Ferrara family had been bakers in Italy. In 1908 he opened a bakery at 772 W. Taylor, in the heart of Chicago's "Little Italy" neighborhood. He sold candy-coated almonds known as "confetti" (also known as Jordan almonds), a popular treat at Italian weddings. When candy sales became greater than pastries, Ferrara partnered with two brothers-in-law, Salvatore Buffardi and Anello Pagano. They built a two-story brick building at 2200 W. Taylor and began producing a variety of panned candies. The second floor of the building was devoted to the revolving kettles that produced the pan candy, with all of the machines being driven by a giant wheel. The candy was dropped to the shipping department below through a hole in the floor. Lemonhead candies were introduced in 1962. Ferrara now makes 500 million Lemonheads per year.〔(Farley’s & Sathers to merge with Ferrara Pan )〕 In 2012, Ferrara Pan merged with Farley & Sather's Candies to form Ferrara Candy Company. Ferrara Candy is now headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. Ferrara Candy currently operates 11 manufacturing plants in the US and Mexico, as well as distribution centers around the US. The company sells 92% of all mallowcremes in the US; it is the largest producer of candy canes; the largest seller of conversation hearts; produces a large portion of the jelly beans that are consumed in the United States. The company has 21 starch moguls, of 40 in the US as a whole. The company has between 700 and 800 pans operating at any given time...it is believed that no other US company has more than 150. It is claimed that the company produces a million pounds of gummy candy per week in 4 manufacturing plants, 2 in the US and 2 in Mexico.() The company employs approximately 1,000 people. ==Timeline== * 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 * 1930s Sathers Candy Company begins operations * 1980s Trolli Gummis begins production in the U.S. * 1994 Brach's Candy purchases a controlling interest in Brock's Candy of Chattanooga * 1995 Favorite Brands International created with purchase of Kraft Caramel, Marshmallow, Dinner Mints and Peanut Brittle businesses. Henry Heide, Inc is sold to Hershey Foods. * 1996 Favorite Brands International acquires Farley Foods, Sathers Candy and Kidd Marshmallow businesses * 1997 Favorite Brands International acquires Dae Julie and the Trolli Gummi businesses * 2002 Catterton Partners form Farleys & Sathers Candy Company made up of assets from the former Farley Foods, Sathers Candy Company, and the Kraft Taffy business from Kraft; Chuckles and several other Henry Heide brands purchased from Hershey Foods. * 2005 Farley & Sathers acquires the Trolli Gummi business, which had been part of the Favorite Brands group of products, from Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, which had acquired it as part of a larger group of businesses from Kraft. Bob's Candies is acquired. * 2007 Farley & Sathers acquires Brach's Candy * 2012 Ferrara Pan Candy Company and Farley & Sathers merge and rename the new entity Ferrara Candy 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ferrara Candy Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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