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Sweet Candy Company

Sweet Candy Company. Oh how Sweet It is. Thesis- The key to a successful company is a quality product, which is wh y Sweet’s is the number one distributor of salt water taffy. History How Salt Water Taffy is made. How Salt Water Taffy is Wrapped.

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Sweet Candy Company

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  1. Sweet Candy Company Oh how Sweet It is

  2. Thesis- The key to a successful company is a quality product, which is why Sweet’s is the number one distributor of salt water taffy. • History • How Salt Water Taffy is made. • How Salt Water Taffy is Wrapped. • Secret of how Sweet Salt Water Taffy Stays Soft.

  3. Brief History • 1892-Portland Oregon • Leon Sweet

  4. Brief History Cont… • 1900-Utah

  5. Brief History Cont… 1999- New Building Manufacture and Distribute to World

  6. Now! • Still Family Owned • 3rd, 4th, and 5th generations actively involved in daily operations. • Rare! • Success through succession: when your business is stitched with family ties, Mark Gerard Hengesbaugh said: • 30 % of family owned businesses survive into the second generation. • 12 % into the third generation. • 3 % will be operating at the fourth generation level and beyond.

  7. Sweet Tooth • According to Sweetcandy.com, Sweet’s distributes 250 different kinds of candy. • Top 3 • Sweet’s is the #1 Taffy distributor in the U.S.!

  8. What makes Sweet’s taffy so good? • Venice Andersen, Manager of the Tour and Store Program it is “The process in which it is made.” • And a few secrets.

  9. How is it made? • Whipping Center aka Mixing Bowl • Ingredients • Color • Flavor • Slurry(secret) • HOT! • Automated • 6 minutes

  10. 180-200 Degrees How does it cool down?

  11. Cooling Wheels How does the Taffy get to the wheels?

  12. Lifted By Crane • Bowl = 250 lbs!

  13. Poured Out

  14. Cold water(45 degrees) Taffy hot, Wheel Cold 15-20 Seconds Cooled 100 degrees Rod is a heat Sensor Right speed Off wheel to the totes 90 lbs. Off to Taffy Cut and Wrap

  15. Cut And Wrap 90 Pounds Roll out!

  16. Rolled like play dough • Cuts and Wraps • 450 Pieces

  17. Why is Sweet’s Taffy #1? • I’ll tell you a secret. • Did you notice that they don’t use one of these?

  18. Because it is Softer! • The taffy is whipped as opposed to stretched. • Thus, leaving taffy softer, and stays softer for a longer amount of time.

  19. You be the judge! Photography by Ron Adair

  20. Works Cited • Andersen, Venice. Intervew by Francesca Parker. 23 mar 2011. Print. 29 Mar 2011. • Hengesbaugh, Mark. "Success through succession: when your business is stitched with family ties." findarticles.com. CBS Interactive, sep 2003. Web. 29 Mar 2011. <http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3574/is_9_17/ai_n29034567/>. • "Our History." sweetcandy.com. Sweet Candy Co, n.d. Web. 29 Mar 2011. <http://www.sweetcandy.com/history>.

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