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Michael McGee, CEO of Necco, an American candy company that produces classic sweets such as Sweethearts, Mary Janes, Clark bars, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Canada Mints and Necco Wafers, announced that ...
But this dentist has one odd habit. She gives every patient candy. She knows it’s wrong, but right there in the waiting room, there are jars of candy. They are lined up on a counter and refilled every ...
NECCO traces its roots back to 1847, when the Chase brothers started making candy. It wasn't until a merger in 1901 that the firm officially became the New England Confectionary Co.
Necco fans, however, were out of luck for a bit; when the Spangler Candy Company bought the brand in 2018, it took two years for the candy to hit shelves again, returning in the summer of 2020.
The iconic Necco Wafers returned to stores last summer after a two-year absence. This spring, Spangler Candy Company has announced it will return the Necco Chocolate Wafer Rolls, too. “Once we ...
That’s the beauty of candy — nostalgia.” Necco factory, Cambridge, 2004, featuring the Necco water tower, painted (in 1996) to look like a roll of Necco Wafers.
Necco Wafers are about to make a sweet comeback after a two-year absence. The beloved candy’s disappearance came after the factory in Revere, Massachusetts that made Necco Wafers closed abruptly ...
BRYAN, Ohio — Necco Wafers, the old-fashioned original candy wafer, is returning to store shelves this summer. Spangler Candy Company announced this week that the iconic wax paper rolls filled ...
It’s been a year since Necco first announced it would close if it could not find a buyer, causing candy-obsessed fans to spiral out of control and start panic-buying Sweethearts, Necco wafers… ...
Many distributors have already sold out. And what candy remains is left over from last year — before its manufacturer, the New England Confectionery Company, or Necco, closed its factory doors.
Introduced by NECCO in 1938 with a dramatic skywriting advertising campaign, Sky Bar’s technological innovation was its four distinctly different centers – caramel, vanilla, peanut and fudge.