D. L. Clark Company
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The D. L. Clark Company was founded in 1886 in Pittsburgh by David L. Clark (1864–1939), an Irish-born candy salesman. In 1921, Clark Brothers Chewing Gum Company was spun-off as a separate corporation. The D. L. Clark company was family-owned until sold in 1955 to Beatrice Foods, who sold it in 1983 to the Pittsburgh Food and Beverage Company. The Pittsburgh Food and Beverage Company entered bankruptcy in 1995, and many assets from the D. L. Clark Company (such as the rights to the Zagnut bar) were sold. With some of the remaining assets, Clark Bar America, Inc., was created; this was acquired by New England Confectionery Company in 1999.
