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Jolly Rancher
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Jolly Rancher is a brand of candy, including hard candy,[1] gummies,[2] fruit chews,[3] jellybeans,[4] lollipops,[5] and sodas.[6]
The product was originally produced by the Jolly Rancher Company, founded in 1949 by Bill and Dorothy Harmsen of Golden, Colorado.[1] The Jolly Rancher Company made ice cream, chocolate and candy sold at several "Ranch Maid Ice Cream" stores in the Denver area.[1] The name was meant to suggest western hospitality.[1]
Jolly Rancher began concentrating on hard candies as sales grew.[1] In 1951, production was eventually moved to Wheat Ridge, Colorado. In 1966, the Harmsens sold the company to Beatrice Foods.[1] In 1983, the Jolly Rancher Candy Company was purchased from Beatrice Foods by Leaf Candy Company. Huhtamaki, a global consumer and specialty packaging company originating from Finland, in turn bought Leaf, and in 1996, sold it to Hershey Foods Corporation.[1] Production in Colorado ceased in October 2002.[7] All of the machinery in the factory was auctioned off two months later[8] and the factory demolished in March 2005. The candies are now manufactured in a plant in Canada.
Jolly Rancher sweets were available in the UK from 1996 but were discontinued a few years later.[citation needed]
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| Chocolate-based: | 5th Avenue • Almond Joy • Bar None (discontinued) • Cherry Blossom • Fast Break • Glosette • Heath bar • Hershey bar • Hershey Kiss • Hershey's Kissables • Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme • Hershey's Pops • Hershey's S'mores • Kit Kat* • Krackel • Milk Duds • Mounds • Mr. Goodbar • Oh Henry!† • Rolo* • Reese's Peanut Butter Cup • ReeseSticks • Skor • Snack Barz • Take 5 (Also known as Max 5) • Whatchamacallit • Whoppers • York Peppermint Pattie • Swoops |
| Non-chocolate: | Bubble Yum • Good & Plenty • Ice Breakers • Jolly Rancher • Koolerz • PayDay • Reese's Pieces • Twizzlers • ZAGNUT • ZERO |
| * This product is marketed in a number of countries, but is produced by the Hershey Company only within the United States. † This product is marketed in both the United States and Canada, but is produced by the Hershey Company only within Canada. Hershey also manufactures Cadbury-branded products in the U.S. and military chocolate for the U.S. armed forces. |
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