How many Sees candy store locations are supposedly closing?
Throughout the history of See’s Candies, Mary See has symbolized the old-fashioned virtues of homemade quality and friendly service. The spectacled, silver haired woman still smiles with pride from candy boxes shipped throughout the world, and her original recipes are savored by millions to this day. When Charles See arrived in Los Angeles from Canada in 1921 to try his hand at the confection business, he decided that no image would better reflect the personality of his fledgling venture than that of his mother. Apart from using her recipes as a foundation, See knew that keeping things in the family was the only way to bring about the kind of lovingly crafted product he desired. See along with his mother and his wife, Florence, opened the first See’s Candies shop and kitchen on Western Avenue in Los Angeles in November of 1921. The sparkling clean, black and white shop was designed to resemble Mary See’s home kitchen. Benefiting from the wide acceptance of an unusually high quality can
See’s Candies in downtown Portland to close Saturday By Fred Vulin, The Oregonian February 13, 2009, 1:56PM The last day of business for the See’s Candies store in downtown Portland is Saturday, Valentine’s Day, corporate officials confirmed this morning. Cheryl Mitchell, assistant to the company’s president, would not say why the store at 719 S.W. Morrison Street — across the street from Nordstrom and a truffle toss from Pioneer Courthouse Square — is closing but said it might have something to do with the store’s sales performance. A sales clerk who answered the phone at the store this afternoon said the store was “extremely busy” today, selling boxes of nuts and chews, brittles and toffees and even Kosher goodies. The doors will close at 5 p.m. Saturday. The downtown location is one of nine Oregon locations, including two new stores that opened last year at Tanasbourne Town Center and in Lake Oswego. See also:
