references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . march 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message ganong bros. limited type privately held company founded 1873 founder gilbert w. ganong & james h. ganong headquarters one chocolate drive st. stephen new brunswick canada number of locations offices moncton new brunswick toronto ontario vancouver british columbia key people david a. ganong david pigott marc lefebvre products confectionery website http www.ganong.com the old ganong factory has become the chocolate museum where one can learn about the history of ganong brothers . the new ganong factory opened in 1990 located appropriately on chocolate drive the new factory as it appeared in 2006 ganong bros. limited is canada s oldest candy company . it was founded by james and gilbert ganong in 1873 in st. stephen new brunswick where it remains . primarily a producer of boxed chocolates it now provides many chocolates for laura secord stores . contents 1 history 1.1 today 2 chocolate museum 3 products 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit the ganongs were descendants of huguenots who fled persecution in france and emigrated to new amsterdam in the second half of the 17th century the family name ganong is a corruption of the original french language name guenon . ganong bros. limited has been one of the canadian chocolate industry s most important companies . arthur ganong was the first to make any sort of a wrapped chocolate bar ; ganong began selling the first chocolate bars in 1910 . in 1920 they began using the brand name pal o mine for their chocolate bar . the company also was the first to introduce a heart shaped box of chocolates in north america . the heart shaped boxes were originally used for presents over the christmas season before it also succeeded around valentine s day . 1 in 1911 ganong bros. purchased the bankrupt white candy company in saint john new brunswick and operated a factory there until 1931 . today edit in 2008 for the first time in its history ganong selected a president and ceo from outside the family . doug ettinger who had been a senior executive in the food industry for 20 years was approved by the ganong board of directors as the top executive of canada s oldest candy company . in 2015 the first female ceo was appointed bryana ganong part of the fifth generation of ganongs . david ganong maintains an advisory role on the company s board and remains the controlling shareholder . 2 company heads james h. ganong co founder gilbert w. ganong co founder arthur d. ganong president 1917 1957 r. whidden ganong president 1957 1977 david a. ganong president 1977 2008 doug ettinger president 2008 to 2012 david a. ganong president 2012 2014 bryana ganong president 2014 to present chocolate museum edit ganong s long history is showcased at its chocolate museum fr le mus e du chocolat which opened in 1999 in their old factory building in st. stephen new brunswick . exhibits describe the ganong brothers and the company and include hands on and interactive displays about the process of making chocolate and candies historically and currently and a display of historic chocolate boxes and antique candy making equipment . visitors can also taste chocolate samples . the building also houses the ganong chocolatier company store . in conjunction with the community the museum co hosts the st. stephen chocolate festival which has been held since 1985 . 3 in 2000 the town was registered as canada s chocolate town . products edit pal o mine a soft fudge coconut and peanut bar covered in dark chocolate introduced in 1920 and still being made today is ganong s oldest product . see also edit food portal history portal laura secord chocolates list of food and beverage museums purdy s chocolates references edit ganong chocolate factory . http thechronicleherald.ca business 1068765.html n.b. candy company to select boss outside family for first time http www.chocolatemuseum.ca home.htm craigs melodie . ganong the candy family 1984 literacy council of fredericton isbn 0 920333 16 8 folster david . the chocolate ganongs of st. stephen new brunswick 1991 goose lane editions isbn 0 86492 115 2 external links edit it wouldn t be christmas without chicken bones excerpt ganong by david folster official company website the chocolate museum retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ganong bros. & oldid 724471621 categories chocolate companiesfood and drink companies of canadacanadian brandscompanies established in 1873ganong familyst . stephen new brunswickcompanies based in new brunswickprivately held companies of canadahidden categories articles lacking in text citations from march 2011all articles lacking in text citationspages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 9 june 2016 at 13 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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