In 1976, David Klein, a candy and nut distributor, ordered from The Herman Goelitz company a jelly bean using natural purees. We owe you a special measure of thanks for helping keep our state government running smoothly." while governor, "It's gotten to the point.where we can hardly start a meeting or make a decision without passing around a jar of jelly beans. "The then California governor had quit smoking years before and turned to popping candy as a.substitute." Reagan wrote to Herman Rowland Sr. Ronald Reagan first tried the Mini Jelly Beans in 1966. " The Mini Jelly Bean center had natural flavoring and the inside and outer shell was flavored, which was innovative for the time. "One of those new products was a small and very flavorful Mini Jelly Bean. In the 1960s, the company began to expand the product line to include jelly beans, various jells, and other confections. The company eventually settled in Oakland, California in 1924. Herman Goelitz, the son of Gustav, moved to the West Coast to start his own business, Herman Goelitz Candy Company. In 1904, the company relocated to Chicago and later to North Chicago in 1913. The Goelitz Confectionery Company was successful in selling a variety of mellowcreme candy including candy corn. Candy corn, a type of mellowcreme candy, was likely developed by George Renniger, an employee of Wunderlee Candy Company in Philadelphia. In 1898, the company began manufacturing mellowcreme candies (also called mellow cream, and butter cream). His younger brothers, Albert and George, emigrated to America soon after joining him in the business. Gustav Goelitz came to the United States in 1866 from Germany and in 1869 started the confectionery business Gustav Goelitz in Belleville, Illinois. In October 2008, the company opened a 50,000 sq ft (4,645 m 2) manufacturing plant in Rayong, Thailand, where it produces confections for the international market. A distribution and visitor center in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, began liquidation and closure on August 3, 2020. The company is based in Fairfield, California, with a second manufacturing facility in North Chicago, Illinois. Jelly Belly Candy Company, formerly known as Herman Goelitz Candy Company and Goelitz Confectionery Company, is an American company that manufactures Jelly Belly jelly beans and other candy.
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