From a roadside pecan stand in the 1930s to a powerhouse road-trip destination in the 1960s and 70s, few brands are as iconic in Georgia as Stuckey's. Donald Trump’s tariff circus is a work of ...

Stuckey`s has been a roadside institution since Williamson B. Stuckey built a stand to sell pecans and pecan candy in Eastman, Ga., in 1936. In its peak years in the 1960s, there were 363 Stuckey ...

s wife Ethel made. A few stores followed, each making its own candy on site. As businesses do, Stuckey’s ebbed and flowed. At its highest point, Stuckey’s had 368 stores, all strategically placed.

“The bridge club became the candy club,” Stephanie Stuckey said. The women, often a rotating roster drawn from Ethel Stuckey’s seven sisters and various neighbors, gathered to make ...

The new food marts feature mirrored walls, neon lighting and delicatessen-style food, in addition to the Stuckey’s staples of pecan candy and rubber snakes. Some converted stores incorporate ...

about 30 miles southwest of Augusta — to get an exclusive tour of the Stuckey’s candy plant, where the company’s famed Original Pecan Log Rolls, pralines, peanut brittle, chocolate-covered ...

I step inside Stuckey’s, and even on a chilly winter day, it feels like a beach vacation, with spinner racks of T-shirts, piles of Mexican blankets and shelves and shelves of candy.

Stuckey had grown his chain to more than 100 ... citing the brand's proprietary assortment of candy, falsa blankets, T-shirts and souvenirs.

Stephanie Stuckey, CEO of the Georgia-based Stuckey’s chain of candy and convenience stores, believes road trips are a great time to give yourself permission to step away from normal dieting habits.

Stuckey’s – the chain of kitschy roadside travel stops that once stretched coast-to-coast – is investing more than $5 million in its Jefferson County candy-making facility. The company ...

A look inside the Stuckey's candy factory From a roadside pecan stand in the 1930s to a powerhouse road-trip destination in the 1960s and 70s, few brands are as iconic in Georgia as Stuckey's.