Sweetie’s Candy of Arizona was opened in July 2010. The company expanded into the web business in 1999. Over the next 12 years, the company continued to buy out neighboring store leases and expand the store 3 times to 21,000 square feet. As the business grew, so did the need for more space.

The 6,000 square foot building was retrofitted to incorporate the new “Big Box” design of selling candy to the public. The company moved east on Brookpark Road about mile to its new home at 7480 Brookpark Road. The company’s top wholesale customers include Stop&Shop, Marc’s, Top’s Supermarkets and Medic Discount Drug. In 1993, they closed or sold all of the 10 Joey’s Candies stores and incorporated a new corporate identity. The business climate changed in the early 90’s and the company changed its focus. Over a 5-year period, the company opened 10 additional Joey’s Candies retail stores throughout Northeast Ohio. The retail store name, Joey’s Candies, was named after Tom & Judi’s son, Joe. The new owners moved the company 4 miles west to 10904 Brookpark Road into a 4,000 square foot building and started selling candy to the public. The major customers in this period were Fisher/Fazio/Costa, Leader Drug, Friendly Drug, Silverman’s and over 125 Convenient Food Mart Stores. The 1200 square foot two-story building was the home for the company until 1982 when the company was sold to Tom and Judi Scheiman. They sold the bags of candies to grocery, drug, and convenient stores through a network of 6 independent distributors. The two Broadview Heights residents started bagging bulk candy in the basement of Al’s home on Wallings Road before moving into a building at 4011 Brookpark Road.

Bag A Sweet Candy Company was formed as a partnership between brother in laws Frank Stansny and Al Tokar.

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