Sweet Candy CompanyOh how Sweet It is

Thesis- The key to a successful company is a quality product, which is why Sweet’s is the number one distributor of salt water taffy.

History How Salt Water Taffy is made. How Salt Water Taffy is Wrapped. Secret of how Sweet Salt Water Taffy

Stays Soft.

Brief History 1892-Portland Oregon Leon Sweet

Brief History Cont… 1900-Utah

Brief History Cont…

• 1999- New Building• Manufacture and

Distribute to World

Now! Still Family Owned

3rd, 4th, and 5th generations actively involved in daily operations. Rare!

Success through succession: when your business is stitched with family ties, Mark Gerard Hengesbaugh said: 30 % of family owned businesses survive into the

second generation. 12 % into the third generation. 3 % will be operating at the fourth generation level and

beyond.

Sweet Tooth According to Sweetcandy.com, Sweet’s

distributes 250 different kinds of candy. Top 3

Sweet’s is the #1 Taffy distributor in the U.S.!

What makes Sweet’s taffy so good?

Venice Andersen, Manager of the Tour and Store Program it is “The process in which it is made.”

And a few secrets.

How is it made? Whipping Center aka Mixing Bowl

Ingredients Color Flavor Slurry(secret)

HOT! Automated

6 minutes

180-200 Degrees

How does it cool down?

Cooling Wheels

How does the Taffy get to the wheels?

Lifted By Crane• Bowl = 250

lbs!

Poured Out

• Cold water(45 degrees)• Taffy hot, Wheel Cold

• 15-20 Seconds• Cooled 100 degrees

• Rod is a heat Sensor• Right speed

• Off wheel to the totes• 90 lbs.

• Off to Taffy Cut and Wrap

Cut And Wrap90 Pounds Roll out!

Rolled like play dough

Cuts and Wraps 450 Pieces

Why is Sweet’s Taffy #1? I’ll tell you a secret. Did you notice that they don’t use one

of these?

Because it is Softer! The taffy is

whipped as opposed to stretched.

Thus, leaving taffy softer, and stays softer for a longer amount of time.

You be the judge!

Photography by Ron Adair

Works Cited Andersen, Venice. Intervew by Francesca Parker.

23 mar 2011. Print. 29 Mar 2011. Hengesbaugh, Mark. "Success through

succession: when your business is stitched with family ties." findarticles.com. CBS Interactive, sep 2003. Web. 29 Mar 2011. <http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3574/is_9_17/ai_n29034567/>.

"Our History." sweetcandy.com. Sweet Candy Co, n.d. Web. 29 Mar 2011. <http://www.sweetcandy.com/history>.