ELITE STREET | Chewing-gum heir and Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. Chairman Bill Wrigley Jr. has taken a different tack in trying to sell his 13,200-square-foot, never-occupied Gold Coast penthouse, which previously was the city’s highest-priced residential listing at $14 million. Get the full story »
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Fannie May offering candy franchises
Snowbirds and others outside the Chicago area might find it easier to get their Fannie May fix in the future. 1-800-Flowers.com, which in 2006 bought the Chicago-based maker of Pixies, Trinidads and Meltaways, has begun what it says is the first franchising program ever for Fannie May.
“We’ve only just begun our outreach to potential franchisees,” Fannie May spokesman Joseph Pititto said.
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Cadbury heiress plans to compete with Kraft
From the Daily Mail | Calling Kraft Foods purchase of UK confectioner Cadbury the “worst handled takeover of all time,” Cadbury heiress Felicity Loudon is selling her $40 million estate to launch a rival chocolate company. “I can’t accept that Cadbury has gone to America. To a plastic cheese company,” the 61 year old great-great-grandaugther of John Cadbury said.
