Volume 21, Number 45 Thursday, November 17, 2005 A Sweet Excursion
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Volume 21, Number 45 Thursday, November 17, 2005 THE Weekly Newspaper 911 Franklin Street Michigan City, IN 46360 TM A Sweet Excursion to Albanese Candyland by Paula McHugh Set back along U.S. 30 east, leading from the mega-shopping closer to I-65, sits a white Victorian “mansion” with a widow’s walk. It’s the home of the Albanese Candy Factory and Outlet Store, a candy-lover’s dream. Walk inside and you may just think you’ve awakened into a child’s delight of a Technicolor dream. But instead of visions of sugar plums, you’ll be surrounded by bins and bins of Gummis, chocolates, nutmeats and other sweet confections. If you are in a gray mood before you walk through the door, the burst of candy colors spread out before you is enough to lift the grouchies from even hard-core joy destroyers. The Albanese Confectionery Group has been in business for 23 years, but the col- orful Victorian outlet store three miles east of I-65 is celebrating its first anniversary this month. It’s a place where you can watch the “World’s Best” Gummis and chocolate treats being made from scratch behind large glass win- dows. Large video screens along the tour provide entertaining (and educational) background infor- mation about the Gummi-making process. The Albanese Candy Factory and Outlet is a family-friendly Northwest Indiana attraction. “The candy factory has been here for six years,” com- pany president Scott Albanese explained. The Victorian outlet store, which has fast become a Northwest Indiana tour destination, is one of three store loca- tions in the area. Albanese Continued on Page 2 Army Guys Fighters Easter Bunnies Crunch Bear Assorted Crunch Rings Assorted EasterCrunch Gummis
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