Sweet Stash moves its Wonka-esque gummy production to Chicago
More than a century after Wrigley, Brach’s and Mars helped turn Chicago into a candy epicenter, a trio of artists with an unabashed candy obsession brought their gummy candy startup to the shuttered former Jelly Belly plant in suburban North Chicago, ushering in a new era for this storied city of sweets production.The actor Martin Starr and musicians and identical twins Ezra and Adeev Potash cofounded Sweet Stash last fall with an additive-free gummy with the complex flavor and texture…
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