Remember when you were a kid and every Valentine’s Day, you looked forward to someone giving you a box of candy Sweethearts. You could not wait to see what was written on those little hearts. You actually enjoyed eating them even though they tasted disgusting.
Why am I telling you all of this? Well Necco the company that makes those Sweethearts, Neeco Wafers, Mary Jane, Clark chocolate bar and so many of the other candies we love, abruptly closed down their factory in Boston on Tuesday. The Boston Globe says that the company filed for bankruptcy in May and were bought by another company who bought and sold them. It looks like the new owners deiced to pull the plug on the them and now we do not know if they will ever reopen.
Since we do not know who the new owners are, we cannot petition them to reopen. I mean, how do we have, Valentine’s Day and Halloween without them? It just won’t be as sweet. There has to be a way to tell them we need our Necco candy! Save the Sweethearts.
