Chase Candy was founded in 1876 in St Joe, and it’s still there, still producing Charry Mash. I loved the stuff when I was a kid, and didn’t realize it was made in a nearby and familiar place.
Here’s the Chase mansion:
For some reason candy is resistant to offshoring and LBOs. The Mars family is still in charge of Milky Way, and the Gordon family still runs Tootsie Rolls.
