"of Fame in 1984. Profile in Fortune Magazine, published in 1967, republished March 31, 2013. http://fortune.com/2013/03/31/the-sweet-secret-world-of-forrest-mars-fortune-1967/ Forrest Mars Sr. Forrest Edward Mars Sr. (March 21, 1904 – July 1, 1999) was an American businessman and the driving force of the Mars candy empire. He is best known for introducing Milky Way (1923) and Mars (1932) chocolate candy bars, and M&M's (1941) chocolate candy, as well as orchestrating the launch of Uncle Ben's Rice. He was the son of candy company Mars, Inc. founder Frank C. Mars and his first wife Ethel G. Mars (née Kissack). Mars was born in Wadena,"
"revived for short runs since then. In 1932, Forrest Mars, son of American candy maker Frank C. Mars, rented a factory in Slough and with a staff of twelve people, began manufacturing a chocolate bar consisting of nougat and caramel covered in milk chocolate (using Cadbury's chocolate couverture), modelled after his father's Milky Way bar, which was already popular in the US. The bar and the proportions of the main components have changed over the years. With minor variations, this version is sold worldwide, except for the US, and is packaged in a black wrapper with red gold-edged lettering. In"
"bars to fudge. Large manufacturers of chocolate products include Cadbury (the world's largest confectionery manufacturer), Ferrero, Guylian, The Hershey Company, Lindt & Sprüngli, Mars, Incorporated, Milka, Neuhaus and Suchard. Guylian is best known for its chocolate sea shells; Cadbury for its Dairy Milk and Creme Egg. The Hershey Company, the largest chocolate manufacturer in North America, produces the Hershey Bar and Hershey's Kisses. Mars Incorporated, a large privately owned U.S. corporation, produces Mars Bar, Milky Way, M&M's, Twix, and Snickers. Lindt is known for its truffle balls and gold foil-wrapped Easter bunnies. Food conglomerates Nestlé SA and Kraft Foods both"
"Forrest Mars Jr. Forrest Edward Mars Jr. (August 16, 1931 – July 26, 2016) was an American heir. He was the eldest son of Audrey Ruth (Meyer) and Forrest Mars Sr., and the grandson of Frank C. Mars, the founder of Mars, Incorporated, the confectionery company. In March 2015, ""Forbes"" estimated his wealth to be $26.8 billion up from US $11 billion in March 2010. In October 2012, the Bloomberg Billionaires List ranked Mars as the 31st richest man in the world with an estimated net worth of 20.1 billion. Mars graduated from the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut, in"
"Mars (chocolate bar) Mars is a variety of chocolate bar produced by Mars, Incorporated. It was first manufactured in 1932 in Slough, England by Forrest Mars, Sr. The bar was sold in two different formulations. In its original British version the bar consists of milk chocolate surrounding caramel and nougat, developed to resemble the American candy bar known as the Milky Way, which had been introduced a decade earlier. Later, an American version of the Mars Bar was produced which had nougat and toasted almonds covered in milk chocolate. The American version was discontinued in 2002, though it has been"
"3, 1941. Production began in 1941 in a factory located at 285 Badger Avenue in Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey. When the company was founded it was M&M Limited. The two ""Ms"" represent the names of Forrest E. Mars Sr., the founder of Newark Company, and Bruce Murrie, son of Hershey Chocolate's president William F. R. Murrie, who had a 20 percent share in the product. The arrangement allowed the candies to be made with Hershey chocolate, as Hershey had control of the rationed chocolate at the time. The company's first big customer was the U.S. army, which saw the"
"Tunes. In 1932, Forrest Mars, Sr., opened what was then Mars (Europe) headquarters, and remains Mars (UK) headquarters in Slough, Berkshire on the then-new Slough Trading Estate, after a disagreement with his father, Franklin Clarence Mars. In this factory, he produced the first Mars bar, based on the American Milky Way. Many brands first created and sold in Britain were later introduced in the U.S., including Starburst (original UK brand name Opal Fruits) and Skittles. The brands Twix and Topic were UK based. Milky Way in Europe and worldwide is known as the 3 Musketeers in America. Similarly, the Snickers"
"category. In addition to these businesses, Mars also operates a chain of premium chocolate shops called Ethel M Chocolates. These shops are an outgrowth of the Ethel M premium chocolate business that Forrest Mars started in Las Vegas in 1980, when he became bored with retirement. On April 28, 2008, Mars, Incorporated, together with Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated, announced the buyout of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, the world's largest chewing gum producer, for $23 billion in an all-cash deal. The two companies together generate sales in excess of $30 billion. The company spent more than $1.8 million on lobbying during 2008,"
"April 11, 1980), a schoolteacher, were married in 1902. Their son, Forrest Mars, Sr., was born in 1904 in Wadena, Minnesota. They divorced. Mars and Ethel Veronica Healy (1884 – December 25, 1945) were married in 1910. He started the Mars Candy Factory in 1911 with Ethel V. Mars, his second wife, in Tacoma, Washington. This factory produced and sold fresh candy wholesale, but ultimately the venture failed because there was a better established business, Brown & Haley, also operating in Tacoma. In 1920, they moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Mars founded Mar-O-Bar Co. and began to manufacture chocolate candy"
"In 1976 this was changed to look more similar to the US version. In the UK, the Marathon was a chocolate covered peanut bar in a brown packet with blue lettering, also manufactured by Mars Inc. It was eventually renamed Snickers. Curly Wurly Curly Wurly is a brand of chocolate bar currently manufactured by Cadbury UK and sold in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Malta, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Romania, Malaysia, U.A.E and the United Kingdom. It was launched in the UK in 1970. Its shape resembles two flattened, intertwined serpentine strings. The bar is made of chocolate-coated"
"bars. The company later incorporated as Mars, Incorporated. In 1923 he introduced his son Forrest's idea, the Milky Way, which became the best-selling candy bar. Mars moved to Chicago in 1929 and settled in River Forest. He became an honorary captain of the Oak Park, Illinois police department. In 1930, Mars developed the Snickers Bar. Mars died from heart problems in 1934 at age 51, with the ownership of the family business passing to his son Forrest. In the late 1920s, in Pulaski, Tennessee, Mars bought a number of local farms and constructed a large estate called Milky Way Farm."
"Maltesers Maltesers are a British confectionery product manufactured by Mars, Incorporated. Maltesers consist of a spheroid malted milk centre surrounded by milk chocolate. Maltesers are sold in a variety of packaging, including plastic bags (ranging in size from small 'fun-size' upwards), larger cardboard boxes and tubes, and plastic buckets (ranging in size from medium to very large). They also have medium-sized ""teasers"" in Celebrations boxes. Maltesers are also one of the types of chocolate included in Mars's Revels assortment. Maltesers were created by the American Forrest Mars, Sr. in England in 1936, and first sold in 1937. They were originally"
"Starburst (confectionery) Starburst (originally known as Opal Fruits) is the brand name of a box-shaped, fruit-flavored soft taffy candy manufactured by The Wrigley Company, a subsidiary of Mars, Incorporated. Starburst has many different varieties such as Tropical, Sour, FaveReds, Very Berry, Superfruit Flavor and Original. The original flavors include: strawberry, lemon, orange, and cherry (changed from the initial lime). The tropical flavors include: strawberry banana, pina colada, cherry kiwi, and mango melon. The brand was introduced by Mars in the UK in 1960, named Opal Fruits by Peter Phillips (known as Peter Pfeffer at the time), the winner of a"
"In 1959, Forrest Mars purchased Erich Huzenlaub's interest in the company and merged it into his Food Manufacturers, Inc.. Since 1946, Uncle Ben's products have carried the image of an elderly African-American man dressed in a bow tie, said to have been a Chicago maître d'hôtel named Frank Brown. According to Mars, Uncle Ben was an African-American rice grower known for the quality of his rice. Gordon L. Harwell, an entrepreneur who had supplied rice to the armed forces in World War II, chose the name ""Uncle Ben's"" as a means to expand his marketing efforts to the general public."
"Thomas Caffrey Thomas Andrew Caffrey (12 September 1917 – 15 May 2010) was an Irish chocolatier and founder of Caffrey's Confectionery, which today sells products in Ireland, Europe, Australia and the United States and is the oldest remaining family-owned, family-named chocolate company in Ireland. He was considered ""Ireland's answer to Willy Wonka"", and was referred to as this when alive, having been credited with personally inventing treats such as the Macaroon bar, the Big Time bar and the Chocolate Snowball. Generations of Irish schoolchildren recognised these products, according to ""The Irish Times"", while his imagination was inspired by his son's"
"Mint Crisp bars amongst many others"". Caffrey's Confectionery was still in business at its Walkinstown base when he died. Thomas Caffrey Thomas Andrew Caffrey (12 September 1917 – 15 May 2010) was an Irish chocolatier and founder of Caffrey's Confectionery, which today sells products in Ireland, Europe, Australia and the United States and is the oldest remaining family-owned, family-named chocolate company in Ireland. He was considered ""Ireland's answer to Willy Wonka"", and was referred to as this when alive, having been credited with personally inventing treats such as the Macaroon bar, the Big Time bar and the Chocolate Snowball. Generations"
"earliest incarnation of the present day Mars company was founded that year as Mar-O-Bar Co., in Minneapolis and later incorporated there as Mars, Incorporated. Forrest Mars, Sr., son of Frank and his first wife, Veronica, was inspired by a popular type of milkshake in 1923, to introduce the Milky Way bar, advertised as a ""chocolate malted milk in a candy bar"", which became the best-selling candy bar. In 1929, Frank moved the company to Bakersfield, California and started full production in a plant which still exists today. In 1930, Frank Mars created the Snickers bar and first sold it in"
"Mars Canada Mars Canada Ltd is the Canadian division of Mars, Incorporated, a privately held multi-national company and a world leader in food, pet care products, and confectionery products. The Canadian division began its operation in the late 1940s as a branch of Uncle Ben's Inc. In 1967, the first Canadian office was opened in Montreal, moving to Toronto in 1972. In 1974, the branch was replaced by a Canadian limited company and named Effem Foods Ltd., which was named after the original founder Frank, his wife Ethel, and their son Forrest E. Mars. In 1998, the company was renamed"
"Mars family The Mars family is an American family that owns the confectionery company Mars, Inc., bearing their name. The family once was ranked as the richest family in the United States by ""Fortune"" magazine in 1988, it has since been surpassed by the Walton family and the Koch family, currently ranking as the third richest family in America as of 2016. Upon the death of Forrest Mars Sr., he and his two sons were ranked No. 29, 30, and 31 by ""Forbes"" magazine's list of richest Americans, and they each had a worth of approximately $4 billion. As of"
"Jr., John, Janet, and Jacqueline. Mars retired from Mars, Inc. in 1973, turning the company over to his children. In 1980, retired and living in Henderson, Nevada, he founded Ethel M Chocolates, named after his mother. Ethel M was purchased by Mars, Inc. in 1988. Mars died at age 95 in Miami, Florida, having amassed a fortune of $4 billion. He was ranked as 30th in ""Forbes"" magazine's list of richest Americans (Forrest Jr. and John were 29th and 31st, respectively). He left the business jointly to his three children. Mars was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall"
"company. In 2009, the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg upheld the appeal, stating ""The allegedly distinctive characteristics, namely the rounded ends of the bar and the three arrows or chevrons on top of it, cannot be sufficiently distinguished from other shapes commonly used for chocolate bars"". In her book and television series ""Nigella Bites"", Nigella Lawson includes a recipe for a deep-fried Bounty bar. Bounty (chocolate bar) Bounty is a chocolate bar manufactured by Mars, Incorporated and sold internationally. It was introduced in 1951 in the United Kingdom and Canada, initially only coated with milk chocolate. Bounty has"
"Jacqueline Mars Jacqueline Mars (born October 10, 1939) is an American heiress and investor. She is the daughter of Audrey Ruth (Meyer) and Forrest Mars, Sr., and granddaughter of Frank C. Mars, founders of the American candy company Mars, Incorporated. As of June 2018, Mars was ranked by ""Forbes"" as the 38th richest person in the world, with a net worth of $23.2 billion. Jacqueline Mars was born on October 10, 1939. She attended and graduated from the boarding school Miss Hall's School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1961 with a degree in anthropology. Mars"
"products such as Oreo will become impulse buys for children. Mars, Inc. is second in the confectionery market with 14.6% share, followed by Nestlé with 7.8%. At the time of the purchase, the chocolate and sugar industry had been growing rapidly at 15% over the previous three years and was valued at $113 billion. The purchase of Cadbury was considered strange because they did not have a strong foothold on the confectionery market, but at the time Kraft noted their production of confectionery foods like Toblerone and candy foods like Oreo. Cadbury also owned popular gum brands such as Stride,"
"Merci (candy) Merci (French for ""thank you"") is a brand of chocolate candy manufactured by the German company August Storck. Merci is manufactured as bars of differently flavored chocolate, such as plain milk chocolate, coffee and cream, hazelnut-almond, hazelnut crème, marzipan, praline-cream, dark cream and dark mousse. Each flavor has its own individual color, to distinguish it from the other flavors in the box. The chocolate is sold in over 70 countries. A survey conducted by Merci and The Emily Post Institute showing that most Americans both do not think they say 'thank you' enough and feel bothered when they"
"of reckless driving, with tests having revealed no drugs, alcohol or medications in her system that could have caused a blackout. Jacqueline Mars Jacqueline Mars (born October 10, 1939) is an American heiress and investor. She is the daughter of Audrey Ruth (Meyer) and Forrest Mars, Sr., and granddaughter of Frank C. Mars, founders of the American candy company Mars, Incorporated. As of June 2018, Mars was ranked by ""Forbes"" as the 38th richest person in the world, with a net worth of $23.2 billion. Jacqueline Mars was born on October 10, 1939. She attended and graduated from the boarding"
"themselves are not thanked served as the inspiration for National Thank You Day, established in 2007 in the United States. Merci (candy) Merci (French for ""thank you"") is a brand of chocolate candy manufactured by the German company August Storck. Merci is manufactured as bars of differently flavored chocolate, such as plain milk chocolate, coffee and cream, hazelnut-almond, hazelnut crème, marzipan, praline-cream, dark cream and dark mousse. Each flavor has its own individual color, to distinguish it from the other flavors in the box. The chocolate is sold in over 70 countries. A survey conducted by Merci and The Emily"
"Mars, Incorporated Mars is an American global manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products and a provider of animal care services, with US$33 billion in annual sales in 2015. It was ranked as the 6th largest privately held company in the United States by ""Forbes"". Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, United States, the company is entirely owned by the Mars family. Mars operates in five business segments around the world: Mars Wrigley Confectionary (headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with US headquarters in Hackettstown and Newark, New Jersey), Petcare (Brussels, Belgium, Poncitlán and Jalisco, Mexico, Querétaro, Mexico), Food (Rancho Dominguez, California),"
"Scotland. Following its success, Alora was renamed Dolmio and rolled out across the UK in 1986, and subsequently renamed Dolmio globally in 1989. It was a sponsor of Britain's mid-morning magazine show ""This Morning"" from 2005 to 2010. In 2016, the company took the unprecedented step of advising some of its products should only be eaten once a week, due to high levels of salt, sugar and fat. By coincidence, the company's advertising slogan is ""When'sa your Dolmio day?"". Dolmio Dolmio is the brand name of a range of pasta sauces made by Mars, Incorporated. The range includes jars of"
"brand was discontinued in the 1980s. At one point the Glasgow Celtic football team were nicknamed ""The Pacers"" because of the similarity of their kit to the sweets. Pacers (confectionery) Pacers is a discontinued British brand of mint flavoured confection, manufactured by Mars. Originally known as Opal Mints, they were plain white coloured chewy spearmint flavoured sweets, launched as a sister product to Opal Fruits (now known as Starburst). The product was subsequently relaunched as Pacers around 1976, and later, three green peppermint stripes were added to the sweet, possibly to align it with a similar American product of the"
"Dolmio Dolmio is the brand name of a range of pasta sauces made by Mars, Incorporated. The range includes jars of sauces and ready-meal style packets and stir-ins. The company is marketed in television commercials and other media by puppets, known as ""The Dolmio Puppets"", who also feature on the packaging. Dolmio pasta sauce in Australia was originally named Alora by Anna Ciccone and marketed by Masterfoods (and Mars), starting with a test launch of Alora Spaghetti Bolognese sauce in a 500g resealable glass jar 1985. The same year, Alora began a small test launch in the Grampians region of"
"John Franklyn Mars John Franklyn Mars, KBE (born October 15, 1935) is an American businessman. As of January 2018, Mars had a net worth of $28.1 billion, making him the 32nd-richest person in the world (tied with his sister Jacqueline). John Franklyn Mars was born on October 15, 1935. He is the son of Audrey Ruth (Meyer) and Forrest Mars, Sr., and grandson of Frank C. Mars, founders of the American candy company Mars, Incorporated. Mars graduated from the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut in 1953 and Yale University. As a member of the Mars family, his share of the"
"3 Musketeers (chocolate bar) 3 Musketeers is a candy bar made in the United States and Canada by Mars, Incorporated. It is a candy bar consisting of chocolate-covered, fluffy, whipped nougat. It is similar to the Milky Way bar (lacking Caramel topping). The 3 Musketeers Bar was the third brand produced and manufactured by M&M/Mars, introduced in 1932. Originally, it had three pieces in one package, flavored chocolate, strawberry and vanilla; hence the name, which was derived from the novel ""The Three Musketeers"". Rising costs and wartime restrictions on sugar saw the phasing out of the vanilla and strawberry pieces"
"Bennett and Frank Sinatra. The Goodlife Recipe The Goodlife Recipe is a brand name of cat food manufactured in the United States by Mars, Incorporated. The brand debuted in 2007 with cat food and dog food, however, their dog food and dog treat lines were discontinued in August 2010 for economic reasons. After years of introduction, the famous ""thought pyramid"" design came into use. The product's multiwall paper bag incorporating a slider zipper won an AmeriStar award from the Institute of Packaging Professionals. As part of a promotional campaign, Jewel recorded a cover version of ""The Good Life"", a 1960s"