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Ribon candy3/31/2024 Washburn’s ribbon candy stretched from March through Thanksgiving, during which time the company would churn out 400 pounds of ribbon candy an hour, 10 hours a day, four days a week. Washburn has not only supplied the treats to large retailers like Walmart under the Sevigny’s brand name but also served as the under-the-radar maker of ribbon candy sold by Russell Stover, Fannie Farmer, and other familiar brands. But since 1986, when it bought out Sevigny’s, the Massachusetts company that was its chief competitor, F.B. Washburn didn’t get into the ribbon candy business until the 1960s. The exact origins of ribbon candy have been lost to history. Christmas wouldn’t even be declared a national holiday until 1870. But this summer brought the ribbon-cutting word that Gilson’s company was discontinuing production and putting the ribbon candy portion of its business up for sale.Īmerica’s oldest family-owned candy company, F.B. Washburn has been making confections of various sorts since 1856, when Franklin Pierce was president. Many New Englanders have never experienced a Christmas season without those corrugated creations that are one part candy, one part decoration. Ribbon candy by F.B Washburn, based in Brockton, Massachusetts.
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