Smarties Penny Candy
by Beth Ferris Sale
Title
Smarties Penny Candy
Artist
Beth Ferris Sale
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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Smarties Candy Company is owned and operated by three generations of the Dee family. On January 10, 1949, Edward "Eddie" Dee brought his family from England to New Jersey. Equipped with only two machines in a rented facility, he succeeded in founding Ce De Candy, Inc., makers of Smarties, America's favorite candy wafer roll.
Eddie opened his first factory in Bloomfield, New Jersey in August, 1949. He proceeded to move the company to Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1959 and finally to Union, New Jersey in 1967. On January 1, 2011, the company changed its name from Ce De Candy, Inc. to Smarties Candy Company.
Eddie also created Ce De Candy, Ltd. in Canada, opening a factory on Queen Street in Toronto in 1963. Later, he moved the operation to a new Canadian facility built in Newmarket, Ontario in 1988 to make more Smarties and "Rockets," as they are called in Canada.
Smarties are made 24 hours a day in two candy factories located in Union, New Jersey and Newmarket, Ontario. The company produces billions of Smarties rolls each year.
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