be excluded. In 1923 the company began producing and selling the Bing candy bar. They are still made by the company today.

The candy business kept growing for the rest of the twentieth century. Palmer needed to expand its production. They purchased the Soo Candy Company and its peanut-roasting department in 1940. In 1956 Palmer Candy Company purchased the candy division of Johnson Biscuit and rights to the popular LaFama brand of candies. During the middle of the twentieth century, these new divisions meant new products and services. Palmer’s started selling peanuts and nutmeat, which is remains part of their business today. Also, the company began purchasing candy from other businesses and repackaging them.

In 1969 Palmer’s wholesale fruit business closed after 77 years of operation. Though it was asad time for old business, the huge business created by the operation of the candy division overshadowed the loss. The first big event after the closing was the invention of the Twin Bing, with two bumps instead of just one. The candy business was expanded further until in 1979, the once modern factory no longer met the business’s needs. That year the Palmer Candy Company moved to a larger facility at 311 Bluff St. This new facility spread over four floors and housed candy manufacturing, peanut roasting, candy rebagging, warehousing, shipping, and offices.

In the more recent past, the Palmer Candy Company introduced the King Bing in 1986 and acquired a new distribution center in 2003. To top off the year of 2003, Palmer’s celebrated their 125th anniversary. In