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Workers sort NECCO Wafers at the New England Confectionery Co. in Revere, Mass. The Ohio-based Spangler Candy Company made the winning bid for NECCO, which filed for bankruptcy in early April.
What really has people panic buying these days is the potential closure of the New England Confectionery Co. — which could mean the loss of the iconic Necco Wafer.
The candy company that makes Necco wafers thought its customer base would approve of a switch to natural flavors and colors. But it was wrong. Now the company is going back to its original recipe.
The Necco plant in Revere was abruptly shut down Tuesday after the entity that bought the company at bankruptcy auction in May announced it had sold Necco to another candy manufacturer. Round Hill ...
Revere's Necco candy company, famous for its wafers and iconic sweetheart candies popular for Valentine's Day, will stay alive thanks to an $18,830,000 bid by Spangler Candy Company.
It's easy to think of Necco Wafers as just another "old school" candy, and they definitely are that in one sense of the phrase. They've been around a while, gaining particular popularity during ...
The bankrupt 171-year-old candy maker known for its chalky Necco Wafers and those little inscribed hearts that are everywhere on Valentine’s Day got a sweet message from a rival Wednesday: BE… ...
Necco candy equipment is to be sold off, sounding another death knell of a Boston institution By Jon Chesto Globe Staff,September 25, 2018, 7:15 p.m.
Necco — and its strange, unappealing little candy wafers — will live on, thanks to a new owner.
A Brief History of Necco: America’s Original Candy Company Inside the Boston confectionary that’s responsible for Necco Wafers, Mary Janes, and Haviland Thin Mints ...