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Feb 14, 2016 · Whitman’s, by the Numbers. • Over 1 billion Whitman’s Sampler boxes have been sold since the company’s inception. • One Whitman’s Sampler is sold approximately every 2.5 seconds ...
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Nov 28, 2017 · The boxed candy has a war-torn history. From 1942 to 1945, the factory workers of the Whitman candy empire in Philadelphia helped ship well over 6 million pounds of free chocolate to soldiers ...
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1912. Whitman's Sampler® makes it's official debut. The Sampler® box includes a collection of the most popular pieces of candy sold in the confectionary shop. Whitman's becomes the first in its industry to use cellophane to wraps its packaged products. Cellophane is imported from France until 1924, when production began in the United States.
1869. Stephen's son, Horace, joins his father in the candy making business. 1876. Whitman's is awarded a bronze medal at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition for product excellence. 1877. Whitman's Instantaneous Chocolate, its first of many famous tin-boxed chocolates, is introduced to the public. 1878.
A Whitman's ad, from a WWI wartime newspaper, printed in France, circa 1918. Whitman's is one of the largest and oldest brands of boxed chocolates in the United States. Whitman's confections have been produced since 1842, originally by Stephen Whitman in Philadelphia and currently by Kansas City, Missouri -based Russell Stover Candies .
Even today, his distinctive yellow box with the words Whitman’s Sampler and the cross-stitching design is easily recognizable. Whitman began his company selling individual chocolates, but in 1854, he introduced his first box of candies—“Whitman’s Choice Mixed Sugarplums” from Stephen F. Whitman.
Apr 10, 2019 · Reddit. In the early 1940s, Whitman’s Chocolates heavily promoted their product as the ideal Mother’s Day gift — and they laid the guilt on thick. On each of these ads, the most prominent text was not subtle: “There is no hurt like forgetting.” (As the country entered into World War II, we’d venture there were worse things that ...
