Bobs Candies are a brand of
candy
Candy, alternatively called sweets or lollies, is a Confectionery, confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient. The category, also called ''sugar confectionery'', encompasses any sweet confection, including chocolate, chewing gum ...
manufactured by the
Ferrara Candy Company
The Ferrara Candy Company is an American candy manufacturer, based in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, and owned by the Ferrero SpA, Ferrero Group.
The company was formed from a 2012 merger of the Illinois-based Ferrara Pan Candy ...
.
History
Bobs Candies was founded as the Famous Candy Company in
Albany, Georgia
Albany ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Located on the Flint River, it is the county seat of Dougherty County, Georgia, Dougherty County, and is the sole incorporated city in that county. Located in Southwest Geo ...
, by investor Robert E. McCormack in 1919.
He changed its name to Bobs' Candy Company in 1924 and later dropped the apostrophe. It is the largest manufacturer of striped candy in the world.
McCormack was the first manufacturer to wrap his candy in cellophane. Additionally, a family member is credited with inventing a machine for twisting and cutting stick candy in 1952. A year later, he invented a machine to bend it into a cane. The
Keller Machine revolutionized the business and created a new industry - the commercial manufacture of candy canes.
In 2005, Bobs was bought from the McCormack family by
Farley & Sathers, which then merged with Ferrara Pan in 2012 to become known as Ferrara Candy Company.
Products
* Sweet Stripes Soft Mints
* Sweet Stripes Mint Sticks
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Candy Canes
* Mini Candy Canes
* Peppermint Balls
* Mint Lumps
* Cherry Lumps
* Sugar Free Butterscotch Discs
* Sugar Free Starlight Mints
See also
*
List of confectionery brands
This is a list of brand name confectionery products. Sugar confectionery includes candies (''sweets'' in British English), candied nuts, chocolates, chewing gum, bubble gum, pastillage, and other confections that are made primarily of sugar. In s ...
References
External links
Bob's Candy product page
Ferrara Candy product page
Brand name confectionery
Ferrara Candy Company brands
Farley's & Sathers Candy Company brands
Food and drink companies established in 1919
American companies established in 1919
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