Business Facilities - February 2009 - (Page 31) Standard Candy Finds Sweet Spot in Nashville Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, Matt Kisber said, “I think it’s a great statement Standard Candy Co. is making, bringing those jobs to Nashville, about the vitality of our business climate and the skills of our workforce.” The maker of the famous Goo Goo Candy Cluster began as Anchor Candy Company, founded in 1901 in Nashville by Howell H. Campbell Sr. He was 19 years old when he opened his candy company at Clark Street and First Avenue North. Campbell started with two copper kettles and about a dozen employees. In 1903, he reorganized Anchor and incorporated the business as Standard Candy Company. In 1914, a fire forced the company to move to a three-story brick building on Second Avenue North, where Standard remained for the next 65 years. PHOTO CREDIT: STANDARD CANDY COMPANY ters, is moving its Eastman, GA manufacturing operations to the company’s headquarters in Nashville, TN. “The Eastman plant was built in the 1950s and is in need of major upgrades,” said James Spradley, Jr., Standard Candy Co.’s CEO. “We worked with engineers and architects to evaluate the feasibility of continuing to operate two facilities, and ultimately decided it was in the best interest of the company to consolidate our operations to one location.” The company plans to close the Eastman plant by April and move all 250 jobs to Nashville. Full-time employees will have 45 days to decide if they would like a transfer. Those who decline will be replaced in Nashville, nearly doubling the plant’s local employment. The Nashville plant, which employs more than 300 management and production line workers, will expand its facility to accommodate the additional staff by adding 30,000 square feet of manufacturing space. Sknown for its Goo Goo Clustandard Candy Company, best #1902 at www.BusinessFacilities.com BUSINESS FACILITIES 31 http://www.BusinessFacilities.com/blog/index.html http://www.jcedb.org http://www.jcedb.org http://www.BusinessFacilities.com
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