Frankford Candy & Chocolate Company is an American

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 candy

Candy

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 manufacturer, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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, founded in 1947 by Sam Himmelstein. The current CEO is Stuart Selarnick. In recent years, Frankford Candy & Chocolate Company has become a very successful candy manufacturer. It is one of the largest producers of chocolate rabbits in the United States

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, making over 100 varieties. In 2000 it started licensing popular children's TV characters, such as SpongeBob SquarePants

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Recently, it had bought Cap Candy, a division of Hasbro

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Hasbro is a multinational toy and boardgame company from the United States of America. It is one of the largest toy makers in the world. The corporate headquarters is located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States...

, and the Wonder Ball from Nestlé

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Nestlé S.A. is the world's largest food and nutrition company. Founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, Nestlé originated in a 1905 merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, established in 1867 by brothers George Page and Charles Page, and Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé, founded in 1866 by Henri...

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