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Oatfield Sweets began as a wholesale and retail outlet on the Port Road in Letterkenny. The company was first founded by Ira and Haddon McKinney in 1927. The McKinney family began to make their own sweets and on 15 August 1927. The first sweets were ..

Cadbury is the second highest selling confectionery brand in the world after Wrigley’s chewing gum. The Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate bar was introduced in 1905. Developed by George Cadbury Jr, it was the first milk chocolate bar to be mass produced..

Throughout much of the nineteenth century, Bassett’s was the largest sugar confectionery manufacturer in the world. Today the brand is best known for Liquorice Allsorts and Jelly Babies.  George Bassett (1818 – 1886) was the son of a farmer at Ashove..

Barratt & Co was once the largest sugar confectionery manufacturer in the world. Today it is best known for children’s confectionery products such as Sherbet Fountains and Dip Dabs.  George Osborne Barratt (1827 – 1906), pastry cook, entered into par..

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What's in a Logo?If you look at our logo, the thinking behind it becomes apparent.   We sell sweets, chocolate, etc. and our logo was designed to represent exactly that.  Extracting the hues from light, milk and dark chocolate, we simply made our l..