The Warrell Corporation

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The Warrell Corporation is a confectionery and snack food manufacturing company based in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.

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History

The company was established in 1965 by Lincoln Warrell, originally named Pennsylvania Dutch Candies. [1]

In 2000, Pennsylvania Dutch Candies, Katherine Beecher Candies, and Melster Candies were brought together under the new Warrell Corporation name and the company opened a new 200,000 sq ft manufacturing facility. [2] Melster was originally acquired in 1982, but was sold in 2004 to Colorado-based Impact Confections. [3]

With more than 300 employees, the company's main manufacturing facilities are located at the township of Lower Allen, Cumberland County. [1] In 2019, Warrell Corporation launched Warrell Creations. A significant portion of the company's business involves contract manufacturing for other confectioners, [4] specifically high-quantity chocolate. Warrell Creations is also capable of fire roasting and creating nut clusters. [5] In addition to contract manufacturing, the company focuses on maintaining non-seasonal products to ensure year-round financial stability. [1] [4]

Patricia Zwergel is the company's Chairman and CEO. [6] In 2001, the company's previous CEO, Lincoln Warrell, was inducted into the National Confectionery Sales Association's Candy Hall of Fame. [7] He was previously a Director and vice-president of the National Confectioners Association. In 2005, he was awarded Candy Industry Magazine's Kettle Award. [8] Pennsylvania Dutch Candies remained a Warrell Corporation brand until its acquisition by Nassau Candy in 2020. [9]

Previous Warrell Corporation brands

Pennsylvania Dutch Candies was a Warrell Corporation brand until 2020. They make candies such as Sanded Candy Drops, chocolate-covered pretzels, stick candy, nuts, dried fruits, and peanut brittle.

In 2010, the company began contract-manufacturing Bonomo's Turkish Taffy. [10] The company was the only manufacturer with equipment capable of making the certified-kosher confectionery.

In 2009, the company acquired the Classic Caramel Co., which had been based in Pennsylvania until its closure in 2008. The company was restarted and renamed the Warrell Classic Co. and continues to make the 30 different types of caramel original distributed under the Classic Caramel brand. [11] The company closed in 2019. [12]

In early 2013, the company announced that it had sold three of its brands to the Texas-based Atkinson Candy Company. Warrell is no longer manufacturing Slo Poke, Black Cow and Sophie Mae candies in Pennsylvania.

Warrell Creations' Capabilities

Warrell Creations has remained focused on bringing new products to life for confectioners. [13] Warrell Creations has a product development team that works closely with R&D departments to source the necessary ingredients strategically. [14] Original product samples are created using a structured stage-gate process. Warrell Creations has a full breadth of snack and confectionery capabilities, including artisanal chocolate panning, chocolate enrobing, and fire roasting. [15] Warrell also has the ability to co-manufacture nut cluster squares, brittle and toffee candy, as well as snack bites. [16] Warrell Creations has packing machines that utilize roll stock.   

Politics

In 2013, Warrell Corp. representatives announced the company would be supporting Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey's bill to "end sugar market controls and subsidies". Representatives of The Hershey Company have announced they would also be supporting the legislation. [17]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Warrell Corp. aims to grow its nonseasonal confectionery-making operations by Natalie Maneval (Central Penn Business Journal, 30 July 2012)
  2. ↑ New Name, Plant For Warrell Corp. (Professional Candy Buyer, 1 November 2000)
  3. ↑ Melster Candies leaving longtime Cambridge facility for Janesville by Jim Leute (The Janesville Gazette, 9 November 2010)
  4. 1 2 Co-packer's Broad Operational Footprint Helps it Cater to Customer Demands, Trends by Bob Sperber (Food Processing magazine, 11 October 2011)
  5. ↑ "Fire Roasting & Hot Panning". Warrell Creations. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  6. ↑ "Team Experience". Warrell Creations. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  7. ↑ Lincoln A. Warrell: Inducted into the Candy Hall of Fame in 2001 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (National Confectionery Sales Association)
  8. ↑ Linc'ed to leadership: Candy Industry's 59th Kettle Award recipient, Lincoln Warrell, chairman of the Warrell Corp. by Bernard Pacyniak (Candy Industry Magazine, 1 August 2004) [archive]
  9. ↑ "Nassau Candy Acquires Assets of Pennsylvania Dutch Candies". NCA. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  10. ↑ Bonomo's Turkish Taffy returns by Scott Cendrowski (CNNMoney.com, 27 October 2010)
  11. ↑ The Warrell Corp. acquires Classic Caramel (Candy Industry Magazine, 6 May 2009)
  12. ↑ Classic Caramel returns to York as The Warrell Classic Company by Brent Burkey (York Daily Record, 30 July 2009)
  13. ↑ "Confectionary & Snack Manufacturing Innovation". Warrell Creations. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  14. ↑ "Value Chain". Warrell Creations. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  15. ↑ "Candy Manufacturing Capabilities | The Warrell Corporation". Warrell Creations. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  16. ↑ "Nut Cluster Squares Co-Manfacturing". Warrell Creations. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  17. ↑ Midstate candymakers back Sen. Pat Toomey's sugar bills by Jim T. Ryan (Central Penn Business Journal, 15 February 2013)
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