Jolly Rancher
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Jolly Rancher is a brand of candy, including hard candy,[1] gummies, fruit chews, jellybeans, lollipops, and sodas.[2]
The product was originally produced by the Jolly Rancher Company, founded in 1949 by Bill and Dorothy Harmsen of Golden, Colorado.[1] The Jolly Rancher Company made ice cream, chocolate and candy sold at several "Ranch Maid Ice Cream" stores in the Denver area.[1] The name was meant to suggest western hospitality.[1]
Jolly Rancher began concentrating on hard candies as sales grew. In 1951, production was eventually moved to Wheat Ridge, Colorado. In 1966, the Harmsens sold the company to Beatrice Foods.[1] In 1983, the Jolly Rancher Candy Company was purchased from Beatrice Foods by Leaf Candy Company. Huhtamaki, a global consumer and specialty packaging company originating from Finland, in turn bought Leaf, and in 1996, sold it to Hershey Foods Corporation.[1] Production in Colorado ceased in October 2002.[3] All of the machinery in the factory was auctioned off two months later[4] and the factory demolished in March 2005. The candies are now manufactured in a plant in Canada and Mexico.
Jolly Rancher sweets were available in the UK from 1996 but were discontinued a few years later.[citation needed]
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- ^ a b c d e f JOLLY RANCHER hard candy. Retrieved on 2007-06-25.
- ^ Elizabeth Beverage Company. Jolly Rancher. Retrieved on 2007-06-25.
- ^ "http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2002/10/14/daily42.html"
- ^ "http://archive.dovebid.com/brochure/bro1474.pdf"
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