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Pearson Candy Company
- Address:
- 2140 W 7th St
Saint Paul, MN 55116 - Phone:
- 651-698-0356
- Website:
- http://www.pearsonscandy.com
- Company Information:
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Pearson Candy Company was founded in 1909 by P. Edward Pearson with the assistance of his two brothers John Albert and Oscar F. Pearson. A few years later, two more brothers Waldemar and C. Fritz joined the Minneapolis-based company, which began as a candy distribution firm, doing a little bit of manufacturing on the side.
The Nut Goodie Bar, one of the company's first manufactured products, made its debut in 1912 as a premium 5-cent candy bar, and was met with much success. Pearson's Salted Nut Roll was introduced in 1933 at the height of the depression and soon changed its name to the Choo Choo Bar in an effort to distinguish it from its competitors. Later the Choo Choo name was dropped and Pearson's name was prominently displayed on the wrapper so consumers could always find it in the store amidst other competing Salted Nut Rolls.
By the end of World War II, the Pearson brothers decided to drop their distribution business and concentrate solely on candy manufacturing. Undaunted by the passing of two brothers, the firm stayed in the family. The youngest brother, William Henning Pearson joined the family business in 1944, as did George Pearson, son of founder P. Edward Pearson.
In 1951, Pearson's purchased the Trudeau Candy Company of Saint Paul, known for the famed Seven-Up Bar. It was this acquisition that brought the Mint Pattie to the Pearson line. In 1959 - an appropriate climax to Pearson's 50th anniversary celebration - the company mov
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