Tootsie Roll Industries
| Tootsie Roll Industries | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Inc. |
| ISIN | US8905161076 |
| founding | 1896 |
| Seat | Chicago , Illinois , United States |
| management | Ellen R. Gordon |
| Number of employees | approx. 2000 |
| sales | $ 517 million (2016) |
| Branch | Food industry |
| Website | www.tootsie.com |
Tootsie Roll Industries is an American confectionery manufacturer based in Chicago .
history
In 1896, Austrian immigrant Leo Hirshfield began working in a candy store in New York City that belonged to the Stern & Staalberg company . In 1907, Hirshfield decided that he wanted to make a chocolate bonbon that wouldn't melt in the heat and launch it as an alternative to traditional pralines. He named the candy after his daughter Clara "Tootsie" Hirshfield's nickname. During the Second World War, the Tootsie Roll was part of the standard ration for soldiers. In 2004 Tootsie Roll Industries took over the Canadian company Concord Confections and with it the Dubble Bubble label.
Brands
- Tootsie Roll
- Tootsie Pops
- Frooties
- Child's Play
- Dots of gummy bears
- Crows Lactritz
- Andes Chocolate Mints
- Charms Blow Pops
- Caramel Apple Pops
- Sugar Daddy and Sugar Babies Caramel
- Charleston Chew
- Junior Mints
- Cella's
- Fluffy stuff
- Dubble Bubble, Razzles, and Cry Baby gum
- Nik-L-Nip
- Wax lips
- Bonomo's Turkish Taffy
- Polar Mint
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chris Isidore: Tootsie Roll names 83-year old widow as new CEO . CNNMoney, January 22, 2015, accessed November 29, 2017
- ↑ a b Annual Report 2016 , US Securities and Exchange Commission, accessed November 29, 2017
- ^ Andrew F. Smith, Encyclopedia of Junk Food and Fast Food . Greenwood Publishing Group 2006, p. 271