Yes! Send me exclusive offers, unique gift ideas, and personalised tips for shopping and selling on Etsy. Show Captcha failed to load. Try using a different browser or disabling ad blockers. Please enter a valid email address. Looks like you already have an account! Please Log in to subscribe. You've already signed up for some newsletters, but you haven't confirmed your address. Register to confirm your address. You've been successfully signed up! Great! We've sent you an email to confirm your subscription. There was a problem subscribing you to this newsletter. Fanny Farmer was an American candy manufacturer and retailer.[1] Fanny Farmer was started in Rochester, New York by Frank O'Connor in 1919, and grew to over 400 stores before being bought and consolidated.[1][2] O'Connor had previously started the Laura Secord Candy Shops in Toronto, Ontario in 1913. The company was named in honor of culinary expert Fannie Farmer, who had died four years earlier; she had nothing to do with the candy stores, and her recipes were not being used. "The spelling of the first name was altered to avoid confusion."[2] However, as a marketing device, it suggested reflected glory: high standards of quality.[3] Fanny Farmer stores shared a look that was similar to that of Fannie May.[4][5] John D. Hayes was president of the company for many years, from its earliest years through the 1950s. He was a shrewd businessman, and guided the company through some difficult times. During the Depression, candy sales were dropping until he slashed retail prices, and kept the company in business. During World War II, he self-imposed rationing on company stores in the US, to ensure adequate supplies of candy for the armed forces overseas. He was named 1955 "Candy Man of the Year" by the candy industry. He was also blind.[6] In 1962, a proxy fight allowed a group of stock market investors from New York City & New England, without experience in the candy industry, to gain control of the Fanny Farmer company. They pushed for continuous expansion of the company, spending heavily to open more retail stores, despite facing increasing retail competition. This expansion by new management financially stressed the company.[citation needed] In 1992, the Archibald Candy Company acquired the brand "Fanny Farmer"[3] and its 200 retail stores in the northeastern United States as a sister brand to its own Fannie May candies (sold primarily in the Midwest and mid-Atlantic United States).[7] Alpine Confections purchased both brands in 2004 after Archibald filed for bankruptcy, and merged Fanny Farmer into Fannie May. An errant path of merger and acquisitions, whereby the company became the largest chain of candy retailers in the country but without adequate financing and a viable corporate strategy, was blamed for the bankruptcy.[8] In its iteration at 1-800-Flowers, the successor corporation sold Fannie May and Fanny Farmer products.[9] In March 2017, Fannie May and Harry London were sold by 1-800-Flowers to Ferrero SpA for $115 million.[10] References[edit]
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Is Fanny Farmer candy still available?The Fanny Farmer company started in Rochester in 1919 and grew to a chain of more than 400 shops before the last stores closed a decade ago. Fanny Farmer was gobbled up and bought and sold by other companies during its final years, most recently by a Chicago-based firm.
Is Fannie May the same as Fanny Farmer?In 1992, Fannie May, a similar Midwest company, bought Fanny Farmer and 200 retail stores at that time. Over the next decade, the two candy brands experienced a bankruptcy, a buyout and a merger. The last Fanny Farmer retail store closed in the early 2000s.
Who bought Fanny Farmer candy?In 1992, the Archibald Candy Company acquired the brand "Fanny Farmer" and its 200 retail stores in the northeastern United States as a sister brand to its own Fannie May candies (sold primarily in the Midwest and mid-Atlantic United States).
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