Editing Sneek (section)

==Trade and industry==
The clothing store [[C&A]] started in 1841 with a store in Sneek. The Candyfactory Leaf produces [[Mint (candy)|Peppermint]] under the name {{ill|KING (mint)|nl|KING (pepermunt)|lt=KING}} as well as chewing gum (Sportlife) and various other sweets. The name "KING" has nothing to do with the English word 'king'; it stands for {{Lang|nl|Kwaliteit in niets geëvenaard}} ("Quality equaled by nothing"). Sneek also has steel, machinery and rope factories. Since 1964 there is a factory of [[Yoshida YKK]] from [[Kurobe]]. Besides that, the supermarket branch [[Poiesz]], clothing brand [[Gaastra (merk)|Gaastra]] and Frisian gin called [[beerenburg]] from [[Weduwe Joustra]] are products that have their roots in Sneek.