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The approximate number of candy firms that still call the Chicago area home. Biggies like Tootsie Roll and Mars have earned the city the title, “Candy Capital of the World.” But the industry’s in trouble. Recently, Brach’s, Frangos and now Fannie May have left town for greener manufacturing climes, costing the city 4,000 jobs since 1998 and threatening our claim to 16 % of total national confection production.
