Also, we check in on the last American gumball company standing, Ford Gum and Machine Company, which has been around for more than a century. Today’s show is sponsored by Alliance for Lifetime ...

When you see a gumball, there’s a pretty good chance it was made right here in Western New York. That’s because Ford Gum and Machine Company is the only gumball manufacturer in the U.S ...

For Ford Gum & Machine Co., in Akron ... Now Ford Gum, which once had its head- quarters in Lockport, is the only U.S. gumball manufacturer and has over 160 distributors nationwide.

The Ford Gum plant in Akron, NY was started by an enterprising young man named Ford Mason who began by making a better gumball machine. Ford Gum president George Stege says that the founder soon ...

Ford Gum & Machine Co. Inc., the Akron gum and gumball machine company founded on the penny, would not be affected very much if America followed Canada’s lead and did away with the little copper ...

“People stopped actually going to gumball machines and turning knobs and handling gum in that fashion,” Carl Fix, Vice President of Operations at Ford Gum, said. Fix also mentioned that the ...

it's almost impossible to know exactly how old the gumballs in that creaky gumball machine outside your laundromat really are. For all you know, the colorful mouth marbles could be 100 years old.

Also, we check in on the last American gumball company standing, Ford Gum and Machine Company, which has been around for more than a century. Today’s show is sponsored by Alliance for Lifetime ...