PRESENTATION OUTLINE
They were founded in 1949 in Golden, Colorado. The founders were Bill and Dorthy Harmsen who started the company in 1897
The company was named Jolly Ranchers to suggest a hospitable western comapny.
The company originally made ice cream and chocolate, but when hard candy sales grew larger they just started to make jolly rancher instead.
jolly rancher hard candy original flavors were grape, apple, watermellon, and fire stix, later were cherry, orange tangerine, lemon and sour apple. Later blue raspberry replaced lemon. In 2013 they reintroduced lemon in an all lemon bag. Current flavors inclued cherry, blue raspberry, grape, sour apple, and watermellon.
Jolly rancher has unvield the worlds largest lollipop weighing in at 4,016 pounds and measuring at 62.8 inches in diameter and 18.9 inches thick. it out weighed the previous record by 1,000 pounds
the jolly rancher logo changed 5 times during 1949 and 2012
The newest candy is the crunch and chew. Its chrunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside.
there is also sugar free jolly ranchers with the same flavors but with 20% less calories, and different shapes.
jolly ranchers have made a mascot to advertise their candies.
hershys bought the jolly rancher company and still owns the company today.