Ethel M Chocolates, every mention
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Mars Inc. - The Chocolate Story (Audio) · Acquired
- ▶ 2:49:52 David Rosenthal He's gonna start another candy company, which he names Ethel M.
- ▶ 2:50:08 Ben Gilbert By the way, I ate some ethylm chocolates last night.
- ▶ 2:50:22 David Rosenthal Well, so Forrest's business plan in starting ethylm is basically to build a competitor to C's.
- ▶ 2:51:20 Ben Gilbert I did not realize that's why FLM is in Nevada.
- ▶ 2:51:24 David Rosenthal That is why FLM is located in Henderson, Nevada, which is a suburb just outside of Las Vegas.
- ▶ 2:51:54 David Rosenthal Within a couple of years, FLM is doing a hundred and fifty million dollars in revenue.
- ▶ 2:52:18 David Rosenthal After Forrest has been running it for seven, eight years, Mars acquires Ethylem for an undisclosed amount.
- ▶ 2:52:50 David Rosenthal So shortly after the FLM acquisition is when Forrest Jr. and John Mars, the brothers who are running Mars now as co-CEOs, this is when they give Joelle Brenner access and the Washington Post access to write the piece about the company.