Good & Plenty
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History
Good & Plenty was first produced by the Quaker City Chocolate & Confectionery Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1893.[1] Although Necco Wafers is almost half a century older, Good & Plenty is the oldest continually produced American candy brand.[2] A second candy, Good & Fruity, is a multicolored, multi-flavor candy of the same shape.
Warner-Lambert purchased Quaker City in 1973 and sold it to Leaf Candy Company (owned by Beatrice Foods) in 1982. It is now produced by Hershey Foods,[3] under license from owners of the brand, Highlander Partners, a Dallas-based global private equity firm.
Beginning around 1950, a cartoon character named "Choo-Choo Charlie" appeared in Good & Plenty television commercials. Choo-Choo Charlie was a boy pretending to be a railroad engineer.[4] He would shake a box of the candy in his hand in a circular motion, imitating a train's pushrods and making a sound like a train. Advertising executive Russ Alben wrote the "Choo-Choo Charlie" jingle[5] based on the popular song "The Ballad of Casey Jones".
See also
- Mike and Ike
- Mukhwas
- London drops, a similar candy sold in Finland and Sweden
- Liquorice comfits
- List of confectionery brands
References
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External links
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