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Oct 23, 2023 · Since then, Post has been owned by several large businesses following a series of mergers and spinoffs, including tobacco giant Phillip Morris and Kraft Foods. In 2012, private label food...
The Ferrara Candy Company is an American candy manufacturer, based in Chicago, Illinois, and owned by the Ferrero Group. The company was formed from a 2012 merger of the Illinois-based Ferrara Pan Candy Company and Minnesota-based Farley's & Sathers Candy Company.
Derby Foods / E.K. Pond Company renames their peanut butter brand Peter Pan, after a popular theatrical production on Broadway. The Peter Pan peanut butter brand is later acquired by Post in 2021.
Ferrara is an undisputed leader in sweet snacking, with more than 35 brands including SweeTARTS®, Trolli®, Brach’s®, Black Forest®, Keebler®, Famous Amos® and NERDS®, along with iconic favorites like Lemonhead®, Red Hots® and Now and Later®!
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- Jif. Lexington, Kentucky USA. Purchased by: 117.31 million respondents. Jiff was started by a thoroughbred racehorse enthusiast, William T. Young. Young moved to his home in Lexington, Kentucky, and founded W. T. Young Foods, Inc.
- Skippy. Little Rock, Arkansas USA. Purchased by: 85.98 million respondents. Skippy has been around since 1932 and is sold in the United States and China. Skippy falls behind Jif in the United States consistently, which isn’t a bad place to be, but it’s the number one peanut butter in China.
- Store Brand. Varied. Purchased by: 52.17 million respondents. Interestingly, the two peanut butter giants in the United States have a stronghold on the country’s peanut butter industry, perhaps because they’ve been around so long that they’re associated with childhood for many people who purchase peanut butter.
- Peter Pan. St. Louis, Missouri USA. Purchased by: 45.15 million respondents. Peter Pan peanut butter was introduced in 1920 by Swift Company. Today Peter Pan is owned by Post Holdings.
In addition to spawning imitators and clones, such as the truTV series Hardcore Pawn, and History's own Cajun Pawn Stars, the success of Pawn Stars has been a boon to the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, which has become a Las Vegas tourist site, and has expanded its business operations accordingly.
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Ferrara Pan merged with Farley’s and Sathers to form Ferrara Candy Company, where Brach’s is still produced.
