Chocolate and Philadelphia - things I never knew and you probably didnt either. ** Todays candy industry grew out of the mom-and-pop confectioneries that could be found in almost any town with a railroad depot to provide QUICK TREATS for passengers. ** One Philadelphia confectioner WHITMANS came up with the brilliant idea of placing filled chocolates in a box. (so it started with Whitmans!) ** Goldenbergs Peanut Chews STARTED AS A RATION during World War I. ** A lot of battles between Mars and Hershey, especially once Mars, in the 1960s, started processing its own chocolate rather than BUYING $30 MILLION WORTH A YEAR FROM HERSHEY. (abstracted from an article in Roberts Market Report)
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 06:51:58 +0000
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