The Jolly Rancher Candy Company was founded in Golden, Colorado, by Bill and Dorothy Harmsen in 1949. They called the company Jolly Rancher to suggest a hospitable, western company. The company originally made ice cream, chocolate and hard candy. As hard candy sales grew, however, they began to concentrate on developing their "Famous for Flavor" line of hard candies.
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1949 - Jolly Rancher Candy Company founded.
1966 - Jolly Rancher sold to Beatrice Foods.
1983 - Leaf acquires Jolly Rancher.
1991 - Jolly Rancher Candy was launched in Canada.
1996 - The Hershey Company acquires Leaf North America including JOLLY RANCHER candy brands.
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