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Fannie May Confection Brands company history timeline

1920

The first Fannie May retail store was opened by H. Teller Archibald in 1920 at 11 N. LaSalle St in Chicago.

1930

The New York Times notice of the alimony award (June 15, 1930) said that Mildred Archibald claimed to have "financed the candy enterprise at its inception and had a great deal to do with the growth and management" of the firm.

1969

The 70-year-old company entered the United States market in 1969 with Tic Tac breath mints and subsequently introduced Ferrero Rocher pralines and Nutella hazelnut spread.

1970

1970 Fannie May introduces a new candy, the Trinidad.

In 1970, the company came out with another best-selling product, a chocolate and coconut affair called the Trinidad.

1985

The Jordan Co. had been in business only since 1985, and in six years it had acquired 35 private firms.

Broekel, Ray, The Chocolate Chronicles, Lombard, Ill.: Wallace-Homestead Book Co., 1985.

1991

Then in 1991, the Thorne family decided to sell the company.

1994

As a result, H. Teller Archibald opened another store, again in Chicago, which was met with similar success. It seemed only natural, in 1994, that Archibald Candy Corporation purchase Fanny Farmer Candies, bringing the number of stores to over 330.

1997

"in brief: chicago candy maker plans retail kiosks." las vegas review-journal, 23 may 1997.

pollock, will. "store fronts." national real estate investor, 1 june 1997.

Annual sales at fiscal year end August 1997 were $121.9 million.

1998

The company brokered a licensing agreement with card-maker Hallmark in 1998 and began selling Fannie May chocolates in Hallmark's 5,000 retail stores.

1999

1999 The company acquires the large Canadian candy maker Laura Secord.

2003

The company had sales of $80 million in 2003, and Fannie May's sales that year were $183 million.

The company arranged to sell its Canadian subsidiary, Laura Secord, and it was to emerge from bankruptcy in late 2003.

2004

Alpine Confections Corporation realized the utility of the history, profitability and customer base of Fannie May and bought the company shortly afterward, moving their base of operations to Ohio in the process, in the year 2004.

2006

In 2006, Alpine announced that it had sold three of its brands: Fannie May, Fanny Farmer, and Harry London, as well as its Ohio plant, to the flower and gift delivery company 1-800-Flowers.com.

The company was purchased by New York-based 1-800-Flowers.com in 2006 for $85 million.

2022

"Fannie May Confections Brands, Inc. ." International Directory of Company Histories. . Retrieved June 22, 2022 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/fannie-may-confections-brands-inc

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