Pearson's Candy Company
American chocolate and confectionery manufacturer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pearson's Candy Company is an American chocolate and confectionery manufacturer headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Founded as a confectionery distribution firm in 1909, the company began to manufacture its own products in 1912. Originally a family-owned company, Pearson's experienced changes in ownership, acquisitions and product alterations in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, before its most recent sale in November 2018 to Spell Capital, a Minneapolis private equity firm.[2]
Company type | Private company |
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Industry | Confectionery/Chocolate |
Founded | 1909; 115 years ago (1909) |
Founder | P. Edward Pearson |
Headquarters | |
Key people | Dan Lagermeier, CEO[1] |
Products | See products section |
Revenue | $41,000,000 |
Owner | Spell Capital |
Number of employees | 145 |
Website | www |
Pearson's products are produced on five production lines in the company's Saint Paul plant. The company sells its Mint Patties and Salted Nut Roll nationally and its Nut Goodie and Bun Bars products in several Midwestern states. As of 2018, Pearson's was estimated to be the 42nd largest confectionery company in North America by revenue.[3]