F.B. Washburn Candy Corp.

The way we work A snapshot of how New England companies do business - then and now.
The Boston Globe; 2/25/2007; 254 words; 1940s The F.B. Washburn Candy Corp., founded in 1856, calls itself the country's oldest family-owned candy business. Here, workers package chocolates...today. Workers fill boxes with ribbon candy, a signature product of the company...

7E's Clam Stand: Sweet memory of Southern Artery days gone by
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 7/19/2003; 692 words; ...The World's Thinnest Ribbon Candy," the hard candy that would one day help him...began making the paper-thin candy with his brother in that back...Sevigny's is a division of the F.B. Washburn Candy Corp. in Brockton. The hard candy...

LESTER GILSON, 74, HEADED CANDY FIRM
The Boston Globe; 3/17/2001; 337 words; Lester Gilson, former president of F.B. Washburn Candy Corp. in Brockton, died of cancer yesterday in his home in Brookline. He was 74. Mr. Gilson lived in Brockton until recently...

Zone metallizing gives Tangy Tweeters POP appeal
Food & Drug Packaging; 6/1/1994; 560 words; ...high -quality look, F.B. Washburn Candy Corp., Brockton, Mass...individually wrapped candies in eight fruit flavors...OPP, ensures that Washburn candies will never appear shelf...the shelf life of the candy. 'The package has...

WALEECO DAINTY FILLED CANDIES RECALLED
PR Newswire; 12/29/1992; 618 words; ...today informed consumers that F.B. Washburn Candy Corp., Brockton, Mass., has...recall its Waleeco Dainty Filled Candies because they contain peanut...Food and Drug Administration; F.B. Washburn Candy Corp. ST: District of Columbia...