What the company does

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. is a confectionery company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, that produces and markets a wide variety of sweet treats. Its well-known brands include Tootsie Roll, Tootsie Pops, Child's Play, Caramel Apple Pops, Charms, Blow-Pop, Charms Mini Pops, Cella's, Dots, Junior Mints, Charleston Chew, Sugar Daddy, Sugar Babies, Andes, Fluffy Stuff, Dubble Bubble, Razzles, Cry Baby, NIK-L-NIP, and Tutsi Pop. The company distributes its products across the United States, Canada, Mexico, and other countries through a broad network of sales channels, including wholesale distributors, supermarkets, variety stores, dollar stores, chain grocers, drugstores, discount chains, cooperative grocery associations, mass merchandisers, warehouse and membership club stores, vending machine operators, online merchants, the United States military, and charitable fundraising groups, often using food and grocery brokers. Tootsie Roll Industries generates revenue by selling its confectionery products to these diverse customers.