Jul. 12—Live Oak's Penny Candy Store just recently celebrated its 20 year anniversary under the ownership of Palmira Nava. Nava, at the advice of her husband, purchased the business on July 1, 2003 as ...

Growing up in a small tourist area — where the only thing open year-round was the post office — the return of the candy store each summer was a pretty big deal. I’d run barefoot through pricker bushes ...

No, it’s not a penny anymore. Hasn’t been for years — but as a concept? It’s worth a million bucks. Actually make that billions of bucks — 23.2 billion on chocolate alone in the US, according to The ...