Editing Jelly Belly (section)

==History==

===1866–1913===
[[File:Goelitz Candy Corn.jpg|150px|thumb|Packing of Goelitz candy corn]]
Gustav Goelitz came to the United States in 1866 from Germany and in 1869 started the confectionery business Gustav Goelitz in [[Belleville, Illinois]].<ref name="Gustav Goelitz">{{cite web |url=http://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=142 |title=Gustav Goelitz (1846-1901) |last=Bearden-White |first=Christina |date=March 3, 2013 |website=Immigrant Entrepreneurship |publisher=German Historical Institute |access-date=October 17, 2014 |archive-date=November 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113072633/http://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=142 |url-status=live }}</ref> His younger brothers, Albert and George, emigrated to America soon after joining him in the business.
In 1898, the company began manufacturing [[mellowcreme]] candies (also called mellow cream or butter cream). [[Candy corn]], a type of mellowcreme candy, was likely developed by George Renniger, an employee of Wunderle's Candy Company in [[Philadelphia]].  
The Goelitz Confectionery Company was successful in selling a variety of mellowcreme candy including candy corn.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bhg.com/halloween/recipes/the-history-of-candy-corn|title=The History of Candy Corn: A Halloween Candy Favorite|date=2015-08-28|newspaper=Better Homes and Gardens|access-date=2016-10-18|archive-date=2016-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014115917/http://www.bhg.com/halloween/recipes/the-history-of-candy-corn/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theplate.nationalgeographic.com/2015/10/27/the-saccharine-history-of-candy-corn|title=The Saccharine History of Candy Corn {{!}} National Geographic {{!}} The Plate|date=2015-10-27|access-date=2016-10-18|archive-date=2016-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020103740/http://theplate.nationalgeographic.com/2015/10/27/the-saccharine-history-of-candy-corn/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1900 the company opened a factory in Cincinnati and in 1904 the company opened another factory in [[Chicago]]. Eventually, the company relocated to North Chicago in 1913.<ref name="Gustav Goelitz" />

===1913–1980===
Herman Goelitz, the son of Gustav, moved to the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] to start his own business, Herman Goelitz Candy Company. The company eventually settled in [[Oakland, California]] in 1924. In the 1960s, the company began to expand the product line to include [[jelly beans]], various [[Gelatin dessert|jells]], and other confections. "One of those new products was a small and very flavorful Mini Jelly Bean [developed in 1965]."<ref name="CNBC2012">{{Cite web |url=http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000075839 |title=How I Made My Millions: Episode 14 |date=February 28, 2012 |website=CNBC |access-date=October 28, 2014 |archive-date=December 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225045930/http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000075839 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://jellybelly.com/Info/newsandevents/hillOfBeans |title=A Hill of Beans, Jelly Belly on CNBC |website=Jelly Belly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028191517/https://jellybelly.com/Info/newsandevents/hillOfBeans |archive-date=October 28, 2014 |access-date=October 28, 2014 }}</ref> The Mini Jelly Bean had natural flavoring added to the center and the outer shell was flavored, which was innovative for the time.

[[Ronald Reagan]], who "had quit smoking years before and turned to popping candy as an oral substitute", first tried the company's [mini] jelly beans in 1969. According to Maria Wilhelm of [[People (magazine)|''People'' magazine]], he was "hooked" upon receiving the beans from Rowland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20078676,00.html |title=If the Reagan Administration Is Full of Beans, Blame Jelly Belly Baron Herman Rowland |last=Wilhelm |first=Maria |date=February 23, 1981 |website=People Magazine |access-date=October 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028195612/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20078676,00.html |archive-date=October 28, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Reagan wrote to Herman Rowland as governor in 1973, "we can hardly start a meeting or make a decision without passing around the jar of jelly beans."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5166402 |title=Jelly Belly honors Reagan |website=[[NBC News]] |date=June 8, 2004 |access-date=June 6, 2023 |archive-date=June 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606162739/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5166402 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1976, [[David Klein (businessman)|David Klein]], a candy and nut distributor, collaborated with Herman Rowland (grandson of Herman Goelitz) to develop a jelly bean using natural flavoring. Using the Mini Jelly Bean concept, the Jelly Belly jelly bean was created.<ref name="NewYorkTimes">{{cite news |url=https://nytimes.com/2008/06/26/business/smallbusiness/26sbiz.html |title=Not Just Another Jelly Bean |last=Murphy |first=Kate |date=June 26, 2008 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=October 17, 2014 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402191709/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/26/business/smallbusiness/26sbiz.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  David Klein hired Herman Goelitz Candy Company as his contract manufacturer to produce the bean. David Klein called the bean, Jelly Belly jelly bean. Klein coined the name "Jelly Belly" as a tribute to blues musician [[Lead Belly]], and was responsible for the design of the product's famous red and yellow trademark.<ref name =LAT>{{cite news | last =Knoll | first =Corina | title =Jelly Belly creator sour over lost legacy but sees sweet future: David Klein now gives midday $5 tours at his no-frills candy factory in Covina while he brainstorms ideas for a new line of gourmet jelly beans in exotic flavors as he seeks what he craves most: recognition. | newspaper =[[Los Angeles Times]] | date =June 22, 2011 | url =https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2011-jun-22-la-me-adv-candyman-20110622-story.html | access-date =January 18, 2018 | archive-date =April 2, 2018 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180402073809/http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/22/local/la-me-adv-candyman-20110622 | url-status =live }}</ref>

David Klein sold the first Jelly Belly jelly beans in 1976 at an ice cream parlor called [[Fosselman's Ice Cream Company|Fosselman's]] in [[Alhambra, California]]. The first flavors were Very Cherry, Tangerine, Lemon, Green Apple, Grape, Licorice, Root Beer, and Cream Soda.<ref name="JB News 144864">{{cite press release |date=November 8, 2013 |title=Jelly Belly Jelly Beans Celebrate Three Decades and Bean-Filled Future |url=http://news.jellybelly.com/facts.php?include=144864 |publisher=Jelly Belly |access-date=October 30, 2014 |archive-date=October 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028191708/http://news.jellybelly.com/facts.php?include=144864 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was David Klein's idea "to sell them as separate flavors instead of a variety pack...".<ref name="WadeNotSoSweet">{{cite news |last=Wade |first=Tony |date=March 29, 2013 |title=Not-so-sweet story of original 'Mr. Jelly Belly' |url=http://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/locallifestylecolumns/not-so-sweet-story-of-original-mr-jelly-belly/ |work=Daily Republic |access-date=May 26, 2015 |archive-date=May 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526214337/http://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/locallifestylecolumns/not-so-sweet-story-of-original-mr-jelly-belly/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===1980–present===
[[Marinus van Dam]], product developer and plant manager for the company, oversaw the development of Jelly Belly jelly beans. By the 1980s, many flavors had been developed. In 1980, Klein sold the Jelly Belly trademark.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-447e12ea545040ef8af042478e37e88a.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312032814/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-447e12ea545040ef8af042478e37e88a.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 12, 2017 |title=Former Mr. Jelly Belly looking for sweet comeback |author=Rogers, John |date=October 30, 2011 |publisher=Associated Press |work=AP Online |access-date=March 8, 2017|via=[[HighBeam Research]]}}</ref> "David Klein sold the Jelly Belly trademark to Rowland for $4.8 million, paid in monthly installments over 20 years, which Klein split with a partner."<ref>{{cite news |last=Wade |first=Tony |title=Not-so-sweet Story of Original Mr. Jelly Belly |url=http://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/locallifestylecolumns/not-so-sweet-story-of-original-mr-jelly-belly |date=March 29, 2013 |access-date=May 26, 2015 |archive-date=May 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526214337/http://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/locallifestylecolumns/not-so-sweet-story-of-original-mr-jelly-belly/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Jelly Belly trademark was registered August 3, 1982.<ref name="trademark">{{cite news |url=https://inventively.com/search/trademarks/73288833 |title=Jelly Belly Trademark |access-date=May 18, 2015 |archive-date=May 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520084852/https://inventively.com/search/trademarks/73288833 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Mr. Jelly Belly character was developed in 1983. Prior to the development of the character David Klein called himself "Mr. Jelly Belly."

[[File:President Ronald Reagan eating jelly beans.jpg|thumb|Reagan takes a jelly bean out of a jar, 1985.]]
The general public became aware of Reagan's preference for the jelly beans in 1981.<ref name="books.google.com">{{cite book |last1=Rowland |first1=Herman G. Sr. |chapter=The Candy Man Can |date=2012 |title=Chicken soup for the entrepreneur's soul: Advice & inspiration for fulfilling dreams |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GaGQChwvOhsC&pg=PT135 |location=Cos Cob, CT |publisher=Backlist, LLC, a unit of Chicken Soup for the Soul Pub. |page=135 |isbn=978-1-4532-7622-8 |access-date=November 18, 2014 |archive-date=July 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716042714/https://books.google.com/books?id=GaGQChwvOhsC&pg=PT135 |url-status=live }}</ref> The company supplied him with the beans throughout [[Presidency of Ronald Reagan|his presidency]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tastingtable.com/1027505/why-3-5-tons-of-jelly-beans-were-once-shipped-to-the-white-house/ |title=Why 3.5 Tons Of Jelly Beans Were Once Shipped To The White House |last=Danilovich |first=Nico |date=June 2, 2023 |website=Tasting Table |access-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602132949/https://www.tastingtable.com/1027505/why-3-5-tons-of-jelly-beans-were-once-shipped-to-the-white-house/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Chairman Rowland recalls, "We were thrilled by press reports that President Reagan gave jars of Jelly Belly jelly beans to visiting dignitaries."<ref name="books.google.com"/> Reagan made them the first jelly beans in space, sending them on the [[Space Shuttle Challenger|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'']] during the [[STS-7]] mission in 1983, surprising the astronauts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://greathistory.com/president-ronald-reagan-and-blue-jelly-beans.htm |title=President Ronald Reagan and Blue Jelly Beans |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426234204/http://greathistory.com/president-ronald-reagan-and-blue-jelly-beans.htm |archive-date=2014-04-26 |last=McCreary |first=Donna D. |date=July 9, 2009 |website=Great History |url-status=dead |access-date=2019-09-07 }}</ref> However, he "started to favor [[Presidential M&M's|M&M's as the official White House candy]] during his eighth and final year in office."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.refinery29.com/2017/01/137112/white-house-mms |title=This Is Why M&Ms Are The Official Candy Of The White House |date=January 2017 |access-date=January 24, 2017 |archive-date=April 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418063354/http://www.refinery29.com/2017/01/137112/white-house-mms |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2001, the company renamed itself to Jelly Belly Candy Company.<ref name="NewYorkTimes"/>

In 2022, the company countersued Klein in federal court for falsely claiming to be the founder of the company.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jelly Belly sues Florida man who it says is claiming to be the company founder |url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article264963344.html |access-date=2023-02-18 |archive-date=2022-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827005820/https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article264963344.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 2023, The [[Ferrara Candy Company]] announced an agreement to acquire Jelly Belly Candy Company through CTH Invest, the lead holding company of Ferrara. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.<ref name=ferrara />