private industry confectionery founder savino gillio tos headquarters claxton georgia united states products fruitcakes website www.claxtonfruitcake.com the claxton bakery is a confectionery company based in claxton georgia . contents 1 history 1.1 albert parker s claxton bakery 2 additional reading 3 references 4 external links history edit the claxton bakery was founded by savino gillio tos march 31 1885 in ivrea italy january 1966 in claxton georgia who immigrated to the united states in 1902 . he moved to new york city where he worked at a brooklyn hotel as a master baker . he eventually took a job in macon georgia and moved from there to claxton . mr. gillio tos s claxton bakery was a successful maker of baked goods homemade ice cream and fruitcakes . in 1945 savino gillio tos sold the bakery to albert parker an employee and retired . albert parker s claxton bakery edit under parker s leadership the claxton bakery began to focus on fruitcakes ; this eventually led the bakery to start selling fruitcakes for fundraising purposes in the 1950s . one of the bakery s earliest fundraising partners was civitan international ; since 1951 local civitans have sold millions of pounds of claxton fruitcake each holiday season in support of their work with the developmentally disabled . 1 a little over a decade later in 1964 and 1965 the company was part of the new york world s fair . mr. parker quickly took advantage of the success at the fair and came up with other means to get his product out to the world . one such innovation came when he entered several floats in the orange bowl jamboree parade in miami and also the cherry blossom festival parade in washington d.c. today the claxton bakery inc. works with over a thousand organizations throughout north america . on may 21 1995 albert parker died . his three sons and his daughter now run the corporation . additional reading edit evans county historical society . a history of evans county georgia . claxton ga evans county historical society . 1999 . claxton bakery article at www.georgiafruitcakecompany.com claxton bakery article at american profile claxton bakery article at taipei times references edit armbrester margaret e. 1992 . the civitan story . birmingham al ebsco media . pp. 74 75 . external links edit www.claxtonfruitcake.com official web site this food and or confectionery corporation or company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the claxton bakery & oldid 647150723 categories evans county georgiaconfectionery companies of the united statesprivately held companies based in georgia u.s. state food company stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 20 51 . 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