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Headquarter |
410
N. Michigan Ave. |
Chicago,
IL 60611 |
United
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Founded |
By
William Wrigley Jr. in 1891 |
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Trivia |
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The company had a tradition of sending a
box of gums to its shareholders every year |
* Merger
with Mars, Inc. was compted in 2008 |
* The
founder, William Wrigly Jr., originally
started the business selling soap and offered
free baking powder for the merchants for
carrying his soap. When the baking powder
was found to be more popular than the soap,
he switched the business to selling baking
powder and offering free chewing gums to
merchant for carrying his baking powder.
He entered into chewing gum business when
the gum was more popular than the baking
powder. |
* Juicy
Fruit and Wrigley's Spearmint were introduced
in 1893 |
* 10-pack
of Juicy Fruit was the first item scanned
with UPC bar code |
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