Yesterday we were all very sad to hear that one of the “sweetest” men in the world had died at the ripe old age of 95. That man was Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. longtime chief executive Melvin Gordon. And while the founder of this staple chocolate candy has long since passed, Gordon was the man responsible for transforming this relatively small potatoes company into the multi-billion dollar candy manufacturing corporation that it is today.
Since 1962 Melvin Gordon has been the man in charge of steering the company through the murky waters of the big time business world. Under his supervision, the Tootsie Roll Corporation grew and expanded to producing a variety of new and different candies including but not limited to the world famous Tootsie Pops. Various new candy offerings and multiple acquisitions of smaller candy manufacturers catapulted their sales and net worth over the years, making them one of the most recognized candy brands in the world!
So what does a stamp & sign company from Jacksonville, FL have to do with tiny little candies of chocolate goodness? If you’ve ever shopped with us and received one of our packages, you would know that we like to include something extra special in all of the orders we send out. Tootsie rolls have long since been a Holmes Stamp & Sign company staple going back as far as we can remember!
For years our customers as well as our employees have enjoyed the sweetness of the chocolate candy to the point where you could even say that some of our employees run on it. And as the tootsie roll company grew in leaps and bounds, so has ours. Since 1954, Holmes Stamp & Sign has been serving up countless stamps and signs to the Jacksonville area and beyond. Over the years, we’ve acquired plenty of new and exciting brands and are capable of producing more products than ever!
But with each and every order that leaves our factories, we’ve always made sure to include at least one tootsie roll. So why chocolate? We at Holmes Stamp & Sign believe in making sure our customers are as happy as possible, and believe it or not, chocolate can actually make a person happier. According to the Medical Wellness Association, “chocolate stimulates the release of endorphin’s, natural hormones produced by the brain, that generates feelings of pleasure and promotes a sense of well being.” With rave reviews like that, why wouldn’t we include some in our outgoing packages?
Over the years we’ve had countless customers come back to us and tell us how neat they think it is that we include the tootsie rolls in our packages. And because we’ve been including them for so long, we’ve developed a special love for the tootsie roll company and their products (yes, even the colored tootsie rolls). At this time our thoughts go out to the entire Gordon family and commend Melvin Gordon on leaving behind a delicious legacy.
So who is this little detective on top of all of our tootsie roll boxes? It’s Holmes!