Candyking (known as Karamellkungen in Sweden) is a Swedish company that markets pick and mix confectionery in Finland, Norway, Sweden, the UK and Ireland.
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The company was founded in 1984 under the name Karamellgrossisten i Sverige AB. In 1985, UK company Just Sweets Ltd was taken over. [1]
Based in Portsmouth, Hampshire, the UK business sells around 8,000 tonnes of pick and mix sweets every year through retailers such as cinemas, motorway services, supermarket and general stores.
The company supplies in-store fixtures and merchandising, as well as wholesaling the 100 or so sweet products that it stocks. The UK operation employs roughly 300 full and part time staff.
The company's largest retail outlet, Woolworths Group, went into administration in November 2008 and all its shops are now closed.