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He sold the company to John William Pepper who renamed it Ye Olde Pepper Companie. YE OLDE PEPPER CANDY COMPANIE - Salem - 122, Derby Street Confiserie - Drages : Cette boutique de bonbons, auto - proclame la plus ancienne de tous les. 330 likes 1 talking about this 56 were here. At first, she sold it only to Salem residents and crew ships only, but when others found out about Spencer’s gift, she purchased a horse drawn wagon (which can be found at the Peabody Essex Museum)to start traveling across the North Shore. This is why t he company’s logo is a sketching of Spencer pulling a wagon.Īfter Spencer’s death, Thomas managed the business until 1830 when he returned to the mother country to inherit a fortune.
When a neighbor found out she knew how to make candy, the two pitched in together to buy a struggling Spencer a barrel of candy so she could start up her own business selling a type of candy called Salem Gibralter, which is said to be the first cane made and sold commercially in America. Bob Burkinshaw is the president of Ye Olde Pepper Companie, a company that traces its roots back 200. Mary Spencer had all but the clothes on her back when she moved to America with her son, Thomas, from England. Ye Olde Pepper Companie Americas Oldest Candy Company.