private industry chocolate and other confectionery founded 1913 founder frank p. o connor headquarters mississauga ontario canada owner jean and jacques leclerc website laura secord official site laura secord is a canadian chocolatier confectionery and ice cream company that was founded in 1913 by frank p. o connor with first store on yonge street in toronto . 1 it was named after the canadian heroine of the war of 1812 laura secord . contents 1 ownership 1.1 foreign owners 1983 2010 1.2 laura secord returns to canada 2 laura secord today 3 references 4 external links ownership edit the company is owned by jean and jacques leclerc two well known brothers in the food industry in quebec city . the leclercs own nutriart a company devoted to chocolate production . nutriart is a former division of biscuits leclerc . founded by o connor it was known as laura secord candy store and fanny farmer candy stores in the us . in 1969 it was sold by the o connor family to john labatt limited and remained in canadian hands until 1983 . 1 foreign owners 1983 2010 edit laura secord was owned by british owned rowntree mackintosh confectionery of york england which acquired it in the 1980s . rowntree macintosh s successor nestl s canadian unit sold it in 1998 2 to archibald candy corporation of chicago 3 which then sold it to gordon brothers llc of boston in 2004 . 4 laura secord returns to canada edit it was acquired by jean and jacques leclerc of quebec in 2010 . 5 laura secord today edit as of 2010 update it has 112 retail outlets throughout the country . it has offices in mississauga ontario and quebec city quebec canada laura secord chocolates are manufactured in canada . retail outlets selling individual and premade boxes of chocolates and ice cream are located throughout canada . in 2004 there were 174 outlets with a staff of 1 600 . 3 references edit a b mcclearn matthew april 7 2011 . laura secord comes home . canadian business . retrieved january 29 2015 . nestle canada to sell laura secord . candy industry . 163 11 9 . november 1998 . retrieved january 29 2015 . a b laura secord up for sale . cbc news . april 22 2003 . retrieved january 29 2015 . laura secord is sold to gordon brothers . refrigerated transported . august 26 2004 . retrieved january 29 2015 . laura secord sold report . toronto sun . february 18 2010 . retrieved january 29 2015 . external links edit laura secord official site nutriart official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title laura secord chocolates & oldid 742147936 categories chocolate companiescompanies established in 1913food and drink companies of canadacanadian confectionerycompanies based in mississaugaice cream brandsice cream parlors1913 establishments in ontariofood and drink companies established in 1913hidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from 2010all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 2 october 2016 at 00 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view