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Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. (TRI) engages in the manufacture and sale of confectionery products in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The company sells its products primarily under the Tootsie Roll, Tootsie Roll Pops, Child's Play, Caramel Apple Pops, Charms, Blow-Pop, Blue Razz, Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Da Pops, Cella's, Mason Dots, Mason Crows, Junior Mint, Charleston Chew, Sugar Daddy, Sugar Babies, Andes, Fluffy Stuff, Dubble Bubble, Razzles, Cry Baby, and Nik-L-Nip brand names. It sells its products primarily to wholesale distributors of candy and groceries, supermarkets, various stores, dollar stores, chain grocers, drug chains, discount chains, cooperative grocery associations, warehouse and membership club stores, vending machine operators, the U. S. military, and fund-raising charitable organizations. The company markets its products through approximately 100 candy and grocery brokers in the United States. TRI was founded in 1896. It was formerly known as Sweets Company of America and changed its name to Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. in 1966. TRI is based in Chicago, Illinois.
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