Frango mint is the first brown truffle brand created for Frederick & amp; Department store Nelson. Traditionally peppered with mint and popularized extensively by Marshall Field and Company department stores, they are then produced and distributed by Macy department stores. Frango is also a brand of various other food related product lines.
Historically linked to the Middle West and North West Pacific regions of the United States, this candy is sold in stores across the country. Frangos was created by Seattle, Frederick & amp; Washington; Nelson's department store in 1918; the company and the Frango trademark were both acquired by the Marshall Field department store in Chicago, which introduced the recipe in 1929. Frango mint was produced in a large melting pot on the 13th floor of a Marshallfield's Field store on State Street for 70 years.
In early 2017, Garrett Brands acquired the rights to sell Frango from Macy's. While department stores continue to sell their own versions, Garrett Brands will focus on developing a chocolate brand while preserving the rich heritage and traditions of both cities. Currently, the company has developed, created, sold, and distributed Frango chocolates with fresh images in boutiques and online.
Video Frango
Origins
The origin of Frango candy goes back to 1918, according to trademark documents of the US Patent Office. Initially, Frango was the name for a frozen dessert sold in the sophisticated Tea Room at Frederick & amp; Department store Nelson, on Sixth Avenue and Pine Street in Seattle, Washington. The first Frango frozen dessert is available in maple and orange flavor. There are several different theories about the origin of the Frango name. One theory comes from a combination of "Fr" from Frederick's and ango from the word tango. Employees trained in Frederick and Nelson were taught that the name was an acronym for FRederick and Nelson COmpany. C is changed to G because Franco suggests a different meaning. Some also say that Frango is the portmanteau for FR ederick A nd N elson GO odness.
A repetitive theory - repeated, sometimes even by people who are very close to the store in question - stated that Frederick & amp; Nelson originally called the Franco Mints chocolate. In the 1930s, after Frederick & amp; Nelson was acquired by Marshall Field's, the name changed to Frango mints after the Spanish Civil War, when GeneralÃÆ'simo Franco met with Hitler, to avoid similarities with the name of the Spanish dictator. However, the brand name Frango is a trademark of June 1, 1918.
In 1926, the consistency of Dessert Frango was described as chips, requiring the use of a fork, not a spoon like the one you would use with ice cream. The name Frango was eventually expanded to ice cream, pie, and milkshakes sold at the store. New in 1927 Ray Alden, who runs the candy kitchen inside the shop, develops a Frango mint meltaway chocolate. Alden's secret recipe uses chocolate made from African and South American cocoa beans and three-distilled oil from Oregon peppermint and 40% local butter.
Maps Frango
Two forms
A few months after Marshall Field agreed to buy Frederick & amp; Nelson and took over the Seattle company in 1929, Frederick & amp; Nelson's candy maker in Seattle was summoned to Chicago to introduce Frango's candy to Marshall Field to help build a slump in sales during the Great Depression. Soon, the candy kitchen at Marshall Field's has produced a Midwestern interpretation of Frango Chocolate's own recipe. Although the Northwest version still uses Frederick & amp; Nelson's recipe, Marshall Field recipe has been modified several times. This, as well as the use of different materials and equipment, will explain the difference in taste between the two versions.
Package variations
One important difference between the two types of Frango chocolate is its packaging. The Frango Midwestern chocolates are sold in traditional flat candy boxes, with chocolates set in candy paper. Instead, West Frango chocolates are individually wrapped and sold in a typical hexagon-shaped box.
Seattle changed
Frederick & amp; Nelson closes
For years Marshall Field during stewardship over Frederick & amp; Nelson's chain stores, Field's preserves Frederick & amp; Nelson's name and regional character. However, the purchase of Marshall Field in 1982 by BATUS Retail Group (unit BATUS Inc.) proved unsuitable for Frederick & amp; The subsidiary of Nelson. In 1986, too many BAT decided to cast Frederick & amp; Nelson, sold it and Spokane, a Washington-based retailer, The Crescent, to a Washington-based investor group. Despite this turmoil of ownership, Frederick continued to distribute Frangos, albeit with a license from Field's. In 1992, financial difficulties continued to cause the final closure of all Frederick locations. By then, Field himself had changed hands, becoming a Minneapolis Hudson Corporation-based unit. Seattle civic leaders quickly engineered a deal in which Dayton Hudson agreed to let the complete all-purpose store left in Seattle, The Bon MarchÃÆ'Â ©, continue to sell Frangos in the northwest.
Seattle Gourmet Food
This solution proved to be very problematic. While Frederick & amp; Nelson is still in business, the candies are made on the 10th floor of Pine Street's flagship store. After Frederick & amp; The death of Nelson, a former Frango candy maker founded Seattle Gourmet Foods, which won a production contract with The Bon and moved candymaking to a new site. Seattle Gourmet manufactures meltaways using much of the same equipment Frederick & amp; Nelson used to make candy.
Bon MarchÃÆ' Â © corresponding file
After ten years of using Seattle Gourmet Foods to produce chocolate, The Bon MarchÃÆ' Â © terminated the contract in early 2003. The cheerleader retaliated by producing the line "Frederick & Nelson Fine Chocolates," itself using a hexagonal package similar to a traditional Frangos box. The Bon MarchÃÆ' Â © soon was sued, but Seattle Gourmet Foods retaliated, claiming that the termination of the contract was unlawful. At the end of 2004, the parties reached a settlement in which The Bon MarchÃÆ' Â © made an undisclosed payment to Seattle Gourmet Foods, in exchange for exclusive rights to recipes, use of hexagonal boxes, and Frederick & amp; Nelson and F & amp; N.
Bon MarchÃÆ'Â ©, Bon-Macy's, Macy's
Currently, the Pacific Northwest Frango Chocolates are sold at Macy's Northwest locations in Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Oregon. This is the result of a Federation Department Store that brings together its regional department stores under a single Macy flag. Another local Seattle company, Seattle Chocolates, now creates Frango chocolates for Macy's Northwest.
Chicago changed
Marshall Field candy kitchen closes
The Midwest version was produced on the 13th floor of Marshall Field State Street store from 1929 to March 1999. However, the demand for chocolate made the in-house facility overwhelmed; consequently, then the Dayton company owner Hudson Corp. awarded a production contract for Frangos to Gertrude Hawk Chocolates in Dunmore, Pennsylvania and closed the Field candy kitchen, releasing almost all employees of the candy kitchen. This angered many Chicago residents and angered Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, who was trying to get a chocolate brown made by a local Chicago company.
Gertrude Hawk production process
The process begins using Blommer's own Chicago blend block, melting at nearly 200 ° F. Small rectangular prints accept a combination of milk and dark chocolate, plus special mint oil, after the mixture is forged to 83 ° F. The air bubbles are removed by shaking the mold. The product is cooled through the journey through a long tunnel that is cooled. Chocolate is then sent through an enrobing machine, where more chocolate is poured onto it. Frango candy is cooled once more, then packed by hand, sealed, wrapped, and packaged for shipment.
From Marshall Field's to Macy's
In 2004, Marshall Field's and the Frango trademark were acquired by St. May's Department Store Company. Louis. New owner Field, May store, refused to renew Macy's license to the Frango trademark. As a result, Macy's Northwest re-branded the North West Frango as "Frederick & Nelson, Original" in February 2005. On August 30, 2005, Macy's company owner, Department Store Federation, completed the acquisition of May Stores. As a result, licenses are no longer required for Macy's Northwest to use the Frango name. The acquisition brings together two branches of the Frango family for the first time in two decades. Macy's Northwest soon renamed the Northwest version of meltaways mint as "Frango."
Return to Chicago?
Due to a controversial and highly public protest from former Marshall Field customer and Chicago Mayor Daley, Federation chairman Terry J. Lundgren announced in September 2005 that Macy would consider moving production back to Chicago. In making the announcement, Lundgren noted that Macy would look into our "contractual obligations" to determine whether chocolate production could be transferred back to Windy City; however, Lundgren stressed that he did not make any promise about moving all or part of his production back to Chicago.
Unfortunately, the demand for Frango Marshall Field candy is much greater than Frangos Macy's request. No longer a unique product from the famous Marshall Field in Chicago, Frangos branded Macy is seen as just another mint; with a 75% discount from retail sales, Frango's candy under Macy remained well below last year's sales at Marshall Field's. However, this may also be due to Chicago's hostility towards Federated, Macy's and Lundgren in particular over the destruction of Marshall Field stores and the way stores changed after their absorption into Macy's, becoming a mid-level retailer rather than high-end competitors that the Marshall Field store had for the most part 20th century. Macy's is considered a lower-level retail chain of Federated Bloomingdale's top level retailers; folding up stores in Field's to Macy's was seen by Chicago residents as a 150-year-old Chicago institution's decline and insult to the city itself, and critics urged Macy's boycott after Macy's takeover.
In July 2009, Macy announced that Candidate Cupid Candies from Chicago would start producing a pound of Frango mint chocolate boxes. Cupid Candies is a 73-year-old Chicago candy maker located on the south side of the city. Frango candies made by Cupid Candies will be delivered to Macy stores in Chicago. All other Frango candies, as well as Frango cakes, will continue to be made by Gertrude Hawk Chocolates, located in Pennsylvania. However, the contract with Cupid Candies, though local cheer, may be a case of too little, too late to Federated because Macy's sales figures, including for Frango's candy, continue to stagnate or decline even before the Great Recession begins.
State Street see the kitchen reopen
Around the same time as the Cupid Candies deal, Kitchen See Frango on the seventh floor of Macy's On State Street in Chicago, which was closed in 1999 when Frango's production was moved to Pennsylvania, reopened. The kitchen allows store guests to see the enrobing process in which the Frango brown center is covered in chocolate to create an outer layer. This enrobed chocolate is then used for sampling.
Only in Macy's
In 2006, Midwest's Frango chocolates and related items became available for sale online on Macy's website. In the former Bon MarchÃÆ'Â © store stores, Macy's sells the Northwest version of chocolate, while the Midwest version is sold elsewhere throughout the country.
In the Northwest, Frango chocolate is sold in a variety of flavors, with seasonal flavors added throughout the year. During Christmas, Macy's Northwest sells Frango doll dolls and various other gift packages. In 2006, a gift package with a Frango cup, chocolate drink, biscotti, and a box of Frango chocolates were sold.
In continuing the Marshall Field tradition, Macy's North sells the entire Frango product line. Together with Frangos mint classics, chocolates featuring other flavors, special editions of Frangos, coffee, hot chocolate, truffles, cakes, and sugary drinks are among the products sold under the Frango brand. In 2006, Macy announced that Chicago's famous cheesecake, Cheesecake Eli, would once again produce Frango cheesecake for sale in Macy's North area stores; Eli had previously made Frango mint cheesecakes for Marshall Field during the 1980s.
Also as part of the seventh floor food offerings on Marshall Field on State Street is Frango Cafà © à ©, which serves sandwiches and salads along with other sweet foods.
Gallery
Marshall Field Package
The Marshall Field packaging featured on a box sold today by Macy's in the Midwestern region of the United States. Candy featuring a typical logo Marshall Field created using a variety of recipes in 1929 made by department stores. Field packaging retention in the Midwest is seen as an effort to regain goodwill with lost customers who are still loyal to the Marshall Field brand; it is not clear that this strategy has worked for Macy's, although changing the packaging to show the name of Macy might even generate another uproar for the beleaguered chain.
Macy.27s_packaging Macy packaging
Designed when Macy was only a licensee to sell the Frango brand, different logos adorned the candy packaging sold in the Pacific Northwest. After Macy acquired the Frango brand from Marshall Field's owner, Macy continued to use the logo. Candies packaged in this style use Frederick & amp; Nelson's recipe.
See also
- Mint chocolate
References
External links
- The Official Site of Frango
- Remembering Marshall Field's
September 9, 2006 (Includes video archive from Marshall Field 13th floor candy kitchen)] - Macy Expects To Facilitate Takeover of WMAQ-TV July 14, 2006
- Frango candy to the Chicago Sun-Times beauty care November 17, 2006
- In a sweet spot: The CEO of New Seattle Chocolates has a great plan Puget Sound Business Journal August 8, 2003
- Chicago Marshall Field fans
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