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Etienne Guittard embarked on an arduous journey from France to America. It was during the California Gold Rush, and in just a few short years, while still in his twenties, this adventuresome Frenchman struck gold on the rough and tumble streets of early San Francisco. Etienne had brought delicious French chocolate to trade for mining supplies, but soon discovered that wealthy miners were willing to pay premium prices for this elegant treat. Etienne sailed back to Tournus, France, where he worked in his uncle's chocolate factory until he could afford to buy his own chocolate making equipment. In 1868, he returned to San Francisco and opened Guittard Chocolate on Sansome Street.

Gelatin may not seem like a very stable base, but it's the foundation of HARIBO's best-loved goodie, the gummi bear. HARIBO's Gold-Bear candies begat a myriad of chewy shapes and made it Europe's largest confectioner. In addition to its HARIBO gummi and licorice treats, the company's brands include Maoam (fruit candies), Dulcia (marshmallow confections), Bären-Schmidt brand spruchherzen (cookies decorated with icing messages), and, under license, PEZ (and its famous dispensers). Acquisitions of smaller confectioners have spread the company's manufacturing base across Europe; it exports to more than 100 countries around the globe.

HARIBO of America is the mortal enemy of dental fillings and orthodenture manufacturers, and has a sticky relationship with its consumers. HARIBO of America Inc. imports and sells HARIBO brand gelatin-based candies such as Gold-Bear gummi bears, as well as gummi-everything-else, in packaged and bulk form. Its products are sold in all 50 US states and in Mexico through candy stores, convenience stores, drugstores, grocery retailers, mass merchandiser outlets, and other third parties. HARIBO of America is owned by Hans Reigel, as is candy maker HARIBO GmbH.

The Hershey Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in manufacturing, marketing, selling, and distributing various chocolate and confectionery products, pantry items, and gum and mint refreshment products worldwide. It offers chocolate and confectionery products, including high-cacao dark chocolate products, such as chocolate bars, tasting squares, home baking products, and professional chocolate and cocoa items; and natural and organic chocolate products consisting of chocolate bars, drinking chocolate, and baking products. Hershey Co. provides snack products comprising snack mix, granola bars, and macadamia snack nuts and cookies in various varieties; and a line of refreshment products, such as mints, chewing gum, and bubble gum, as well as pantry items consisting of baking ingredients, toppings, and beverages.

Hillside Candy is our company’s corporate umbrella name for three brands of candy. The brands are Golightly Sugar Free Candy, in business since 1980 (though the business started many years earlier), Hillside Sweets, a line of sugar-based hard candy, and GoNaturally, a line of USDA certified organic candy. These 3 Made-in-America lines are sold in drug store chains, mass merchandisers, grocery chains, supermarkets, gourmet stores, rebaggers, gift basket companies and other businesses. Each of Hillside’s lines offers quality, consistency and delicious taste. Moses Rubinstein founded Moru Industries Company. Unlike its competitors, the company did not mass-produce candy; it cooked only one product (a simple honey drop candy) individually wrapped. After many years in business, Moses turned the company over to his nephew Mike Fisher, a candy chemist by trade. Mike continued the business, but by 1980, became fed up.

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