| Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company |
 | | Type | Public (NYSE: WWY (http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=WWY)) | | Founded | Chicago, Illinois in 1891 | | Location | 410 North Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois | | Key people | William Wrigley, Jr., President, CEO, Chairman
Ronald Waters, COO | | Industry | Food processing | | Products | Juicy Fruit, Wrigley's Spearmint, Doublemint, more... | | Revenue |
 $3.649 billion USD (2004) | | Website | wrigley.com (http://www.wrigley.com/) | The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (NYSE: WWY (http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=WWY)) was founded on April 1, 1891 originally selling products such as soap and baking powder. In 1892, William Wrigley, Jr., the company's founder, began offering chewing gum with each can of baking powder. The chewing gum eventually became more popular than the baking powder itself and Wrigley's reoriented the company to produce the popular chewing gum. The logo of Wrigleys, from the official website. ...
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Assorted Juicy Fruit packaging Juicy Fruit is a flavor of chewing gum made by Wrigleys. ...
A modern packet of Wrigleys Doublemint Doublemint is a flavour of chewing gum made by the Wrigley Company. ...
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Chewing gum Chewing gum is a type of confectionery which is designed to be chewed, not swallowed. ...
The corporate headquarters Wrigley Building is a well-known landmark in Chicago, Illinois. The gleaming white Wrigley Building (410 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois) is a skyscraper located directly across Michigan Avenue from the Tribune Tower. ...
Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles) and the largest inland city in the country, with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...
The company currently sells its products in more than 180 countries and maintains 14 factories in various countries, including Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, the Philippines, France, Kenya, Taiwan, China, India, Poland, and Russia.
In 2004, Wrigley purchased the Life Savers and Altoids businesses from Kraft Foods for US$1.48 billion. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
LifeSavers is a traditional American brand of hard candy. ...
Altoids Wintergreen Altoids are a popular brand of breath mints that have been in existence since the turn of the 19th century. ...
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Subsidiaries - The Wrigley Company Limited
- Amurol Confections Company
- Northwestern Flavors, LLC
Brands NOTE: Here's a list of brands in order of their introduction.
Gum Assorted Juicy Fruit packaging Juicy Fruit is a flavor of chewing gum made by Wrigleys. ...
1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
A modern packet of Wrigleys Doublemint Doublemint is a flavour of chewing gum made by the Wrigley Company. ...
1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...
Big Red is a cinnamon flavoured chewing gum made by Wrigleys. ...
Extra is a type of chewing gum from Wrigleys that is sugar-free, yet still has a distinct, long-lasting flavor. ...
1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
External link Winterfresh - Official website Categories: Stub | Gum ...
1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Orbit is a brand of chewing gum from the Wrigley Company. ...
Bubble Gum & Candy Big League Chew is a brand of bubble gum that is shredded so that it can be chewed like chewing tobacco. ...
Bubble Tape is a brand of bubble gum that experienced its greatest notoriety in the early 90s for its unique packaging and direct marketing to preteen children (its six feet of bubble gum for you, not them - them referring to parents or just adults in general). ...
Hubba Bubba is a brand of very soft bubble gum originally produced by The Wrigley Company in the U.S. in 1980 but more recently produced in countries around the world. ...
LifeSavers is a traditional American brand of hard candy. ...
Altoids Wintergreen Altoids are a popular brand of breath mints that have been in existence since the turn of the 19th century. ...
Orbit is a brand of chewing gum from the Wrigley Company. ...
See Also Wrigley Field is a sports stadium in Chicago, Illinois which was built in 1914 for the Chicago Federal League baseball team, the Chicago Whales and which became the home of the Chicago Cubs in 1916. ...
Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...
Los Angeles Wrigley Field was a ballpark which served host to minor league baseball teams in the region for over 30 years, and was the home park for the Los Angeles Angels in their expansion season of 1961. ...
Downtown Los Angeles skyline facing northeast toward the San Gabriel Mountains on a clear winter day. ...
Lakeview (properly and historically spelled as Lake View) is a neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago, USA. It is located along the shores of Lake Michigan and runs approximately from Diversey Parkway on the south to Irving Park Road on the north and from Lake Michigan on the east...
A Wrigley roof is the name given to the roofs of residential buildings which have bleachers or seating on the top to view sporting events or other major events nearby. ...
Wrigley Square is a section of Millennium Park in Chicago. ...
The gleaming white Wrigley Building (410 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois) is a skyscraper located directly across Michigan Avenue from the Tribune Tower. ...
External link - Official site (http://www.wrigley.com)
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