Gertrude Hawk Chocolates

Gertrude Hawk Chocolates is a chocolate company based in Dunmore, Pennsylvania. The company was started by Gertrude Jones Hawk in 1936. Hawk began her career at the age of 12 after the death of her father. She took a job in a candy shop and later began making chocolates in the kitchen of her home in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Following World War II, her son Elmer Hawk invested his service pay in the fledgling business enabling the family to purchase mechanical chocolate making equipment. The family also used their products in fundraising sales through area churches and schools. In 1959 the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation took Gertrude's home for an Interstate 81 bridge. The family bought a piece of land in Dunmore, Pennsylvania and built a factory there that opened in 1962. In addition to the factory, the building housed a full-service restaurant and a retail area. The restaurant was converted into a candy shop in 1973. In 1988, the company constructed the Gertrude Hawk Corporate Center. The company is now a $90 million annual business with four divisions. It employs over 1,000 people and operates 75 Gertrude Hawk Chocolates Chocolate Shops throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. [http://www.gertrudehawkchocolates.com/index.cfm?act=about_history2 Gertrude Hawk Chocolates : About Us : History ] ]

Gertrude Hawk manufactures Frangos, cite news
last = Dolinsky
first = Steve
title = Frangos: 75 years of decadence
publisher = ABC WLS-TV/DT Chicago
date = 2005-09-07
url = http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=restaurants&id=3421487
accessdate = 2006-12-19 ] and inclusions for several companies such as Ben and Jerry's and Turkey Hill Dairy. In February 2008, the company produced a limited edition ice cream flavor with Turkey Hill called Getrude Hawk Box of Chocolates which featured three different Gertrude Hawk produced chocolates in milk chocolate flavored ice cream. The company also supplies chocolates and confections to Marshall Field's/ Macy's of Chicago, The Hershey Company, Nestle and Fannie May Candies.

References

* [http://www.gertrudehawkchocolates.com/index.cfm?act=about_history2 Gertrude Hawk History]

External links

* [http://www.gertrudehawkchocolates.com/ Corporate Site]