Melvin Gordon, who helped turn the enduring popularity of the humble Tootsie Roll into a candy empire, has died. He was 95. The longtime Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. chairman and CEO died Tuesday in ...

Tootsie Roll is one of the longest-operating confectionary manufacturers in the United States, having been listed since 1919. Although Tootsie Roll is a solid business in its own right, it is much ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. In this May 14, 2003 photo, Melvin Gordon, CEO of Tootsie Roll Industries, and his wife, Ellen, pose for a photo at the Candy ...

Halloween is here, and candy prices might not be as bad as most people have come to expect thanks to last-minute discounts.

Trick-or-treating in 2025? Here's which common Halloween candy brands are safe to eat if you follow a gluten-free diet, from ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – At least it wasn't candy corn. According to CandyStore.com, the top candy in Minnesota this Halloween is Tootsie Pops. The online retailer says it shipped nearly 200,000 pounds of ...

With a wide variety of candy brands lining store shelves in recent weeks, New Jerseyans most frequently selected ... Tootsie Pops? The hard candy lollipop is the state's most popular Halloween candy ...

Candy doesn’t need any type of promotion or support from me, other than saying I have always bought it and liked it. When it’s tied to a worthy cause, that’s a different story and worth promotion.

According to a study from Instacart, the top Halloween candy purchased in 2024 was Reese's. Arizona's favorite is different.

Tootsie Roll said many of its older cocoa and chocolate supply contracts at lower prices expired in 2025, so the company expects continued higher costs for ingredients in the fourth quarter and into ...