No more Necco Wafers? Or Clark Bars, or Sweethearts, or Mary Janes or Squirrel Nut Zippers ?

[eppur_se_muova]

earlier thread by TexasTowelie: https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10574456


Necco candy factory shuts down abruptly after company is sold again (Boston Globe)
By Katheleen Conti Globe Staff July 24, 2018

The Necco plant in Revere was abruptly shut down Tuesday after the entity that bought the company at bankruptcy auction in May announced it had sold Necco to another candy manufacturer.
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The company, which is operating Necco under the affiliate name Sweetheart Candy Co. LLC, did not identify Necco’s new owner or say whether candy production would resume. Necco is the country’s oldest continuously operating candy company.
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Necco’s chief executive Michael McGee reportedly told workers Tuesday afternoon at a town-hall-style meeting held at the cafeteria that Necco would shut down “effective immediately,” according to a Necco mechanic, Chris, who asked that his last name not be used.

“There was a statement they read off about severance pay and ‘thank you for your service’ and where you can pick up all your personal belongings,” Chris said, adding that workers were stunned. “We were told don’t show up tomorrow [Wednesday].”
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Necco has been making the classic Necco Wafers since 1847, as well as other sweets, including Sweethearts, Mary Jane, Thin Mints, Clark Bars, and the Sky Bar.
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http://www.necco.com/about.aspx for all Necco products (Just checked -- their Web domain is for sale )

[hlthe2b]

1. I haven't eaten the hearts in years, but somehow Valentine's day without Sweethearts won't be same..

I used to buy a few of them, even if I didn't eat them...

[underpants]

2. I'd be happy about a world without Mary Janes

Hold it THIN MINTS!?! Hella no

[Madam Mossfern]

7. What?

I love Mary Janes - send them over here.

[underpants]

11. You. Are. Weird.

[Madam Mossfern]

15. I know

[underpants]

16. Namaste

🙏

[PJMcK]

37. Please see my post #36 below (n/t)

[crazycatlady]

23. Thin Mints are a candy?

I thought they were Girl Scout cookies.

[SMC22307]

50. They're kinda like Peppermint Patties.

I remember by grandparents having them in house.

[Captain Stern]

25. Well said.

The other candy that is mentioned in the OP actually ranges from 'ok' to 'good'. But if losing them is the only price the world has to pay to be rid of 'mary janes', I consider that a bargain.

'Mary Janes'....worst halloween candy ever.

[underpants]

29. A step below getting pennies and scripture from the weird old church lady

(Looks down at bag then looks up)

Really?

I never understood the pennies.

[tblue37]

48. The world NEEDS Thin Mints! nt

[eppur_se_muova]

54. I love Mary Janes ! They last a good long time.

If you have bridgework, maybe longer than you'd like, but still ...

[Achilleaze]

3. This calls for a dirge

[JenniferJuniper]

4. I'm here thanks to NECCO.

Grandmother was a chocolate dipper (yes, think Lucy and Ethel) who thought my grandfather made a mighty cute elevator boy....

[renate]

44. that's adorable! n/t

[Dave Starsky]

5. I always thought Necco Wafers tasted like...

Vaguely fruit-flavored drywall.

But I'm sad that this has befallen a truly American company.

[underpants]

13. Yes very chalky

Having delivered dry wall, I have tasted dry wall.

[csziggy]

19. The fruit flavored Tums taste a lot like Neccos

"Vaguely fruit-flavored drywall" is just about right.

[Solly Mack]

6. Well, poo.

[struggle4progress]

8. The suits are picking up the bill

[shanti]

9. Neccos

I used to get these at the movie snack bars in the 60's, and preferred the chocolate ones. Jujubes too. They were both kind of nasty (jujubes taste like soap), but as a kid, wasn't super particular.

[defacto7]

10. I'm very sad when small historic companies are closed.

Just anonymously bought up by some major company for the purpose of dismantling and sell off.

[oberliner]

12. Also Valentine's Day hearts

[Submariner]

14. I'm glad I stashed a last box of wafers

Necco factory is right around the corner. The empty parking lots today had a ghost town look, but local employers are already interviewing and hiring the ex-Necco employees. Everyone will get a job. It's just sad to see these sweet treats end there run.

[blaze]

20. Oh, that must be so sad to see. :(

SkyBars have always been my favorite. And I did scramble to the Vermont Country Store site on Wed. to order one last batch of NECCO Wafers.

[lindysalsagal]

17. It always seemed like depression candy to me. I never knew why anyone ate it.

Yuck.

[SummerSnow]

18. I am going to miss you guys *cries*

[sinkingfeeling]

21. This will destroy the gingerbread house market. What will we do without

Necco wafers for roof tiles?

[brooklynite]

22. I'm confused; what the did new company buy it for?

[regnaD kciN]

32. Probably to get the trademark names and recipes...

...and resume production of those items in their own factories elsewhere.

[left-of-center2012]

24. I like Clark Bars but never find them

[lame54]

26. Just look under your couch cushions...

Necco's as fresh as the day they were made

[JenniferJuniper]

30. Which is why they were carried by Civil War up

to WWII soldiers. Could not kill those things.

[TexasBushwhacker]

27. My mother liked them

They calmed her stomach when she was on chemo.

[PoliticAverse]

28. Yet Circus Peanuts continue to be made. n/t

[Ohiogal]

34. Circus Peanuts are NASTY.

[BumRushDaShow]

43. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sarah FAILIN]

51. My son loves them

I like them a little, but he loves them. To each their own.

[blueinredohio]

53. I think they make those where my daughter works

along with dum dum suckers.

[aikoaiko]

31. This is the end, my beautiful friend

[Victor_c3]

33. Nnnooooooooo!!!!!

I can’t say that I really loved Necco Wafers, but they are / were a staple old-person candy and I did enjoy them from time-to-time. I bet you those pink Canada wintergreen/pepto bismol flavored mints will be next to go.

The world is surely getting ready for Armageddon. First trump becomes president then Necco Wafers are done for, the war to end humanity has to be next.

[eppur_se_muova]

38. Necco also made Canada mints.

http://www.necco.com/about.aspx

[Victor_c3]

41. Damnit! that's two for one!! N/T

[SMC22307]

47. And Candy Buttons!

(OK, I haven't had a Candy Button since the '60s, but still...)

[NBachers]

35. I didn't even know Sky Bars were still made. I'd love to have another Sky Bar or two.

[PJMcK]

36. Like Madam Mossfern above, I'm weird

I've loved Necco Wafers since I was a kid in the 1960s. Once when I was on a first date, the young lady I was with saw that I had a roll of them in my car. She asked if I liked them. When I told her how I loved them, she bluntly told me that we had no future because I clearly had no taste!

I still love 'em. When I heard the company was in trouble, I bought a small case just in case this is the end.

I now, I'm weird.

[Achilleaze]

39. I heard that the young lady married a guy who was into Jujubes

so, you know, there are weird dating partners out there, and relationships are - well - complicated, as somebody once told me. You have my sympathies.

[PJMcK]

40. Thanks, but no sympathies are needed

Life has worked out just fine but I appreciate your thoughts and prayers! (wink)

Jujubes and other gelatin-based candies never did it for me. I hate the way they get stuck between your teeth.

[Madam Mossfern]

45. I used to get the licorice Necco Wafers

My kids didn't like that flavor.
They were never my go to candy though.

[PJMcK]

46. I had forgotten they made a chocolate flavor, too

Ah,well.

Many things from my younger years have fallen by the wayside.

You know, things like representative democracy.

[juxtaposed]

42. Corporate raiders take everything. Pensions, health insurance, and a way of life.

Mit Moremoney was and may still be big on this.

[demtenjeep]

49. thin mints

darn

[Docreed2003]

52. Damn....

Funny how I used to crap on Necco wafers when I was a kid but i secretly loved them and sweethearts...a sad goodbye to my chalky friends.