1930 Memorandum - Andes Candies (360 E. Grand Ave.) in Chicago, Illinois For Sale

Authentic xxxx memorandum on the letterhead of Andy's Candy Shops, Inc. features a black-and-white graphic at top center with the Andes Mountain range in the background splashed with the Andes Candies logo containing the phrase "Quality's Peak". Andy's Candy Shops corporate headquarters was located at 360 E. Grand Ave. in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood.
In xxxx, Andrew Kanelos opened a small candy store in Chicago. While he initially called his store "Andy's Candies" in reference to himself, he quickly found that men did not like giving boxes of candy with another man's name to their wives and girlfriends. As such, he changed the spelling of the business to "Andes Candies". In xxxx, Andes was purchased by the Swiss candy company Interfood (later Jacobs Suchard). When Jacobs Suchard bought Brach's in xxxx, Andes became part of that division. When Jacobs Suchard was sold to Kraft General Foods in xxxx, Brach's was kept separate by owner Klaus J. Jacobs. In need of cash, Brach's sold Andes to Tootsie Roll Industries in xxxx.
Andes Candies consist of one mint-green layer sandwiched in between two chocolate-brown layers. The rectangular candies are usually wrapped in green foil imprinted with the company's logo, the word Andes written amidst a drawing of snow-capped peaks.
Document measures 8 5/16 X 10 7/8 inches and is in Excellent condition, but does contain some penciled writing (from the xxxx's) which adds character to the document and does not detract from it.