City of Philadelphia - File #: 130859

• File #: 130859
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 11/14/2013
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 11/14/2013
• Title: Proclaiming that the City of Philadelphia recognizes the life of Carl Goldenberg, the third-generation of operators of the Goldenberg Candy Co., the originator of Goldenberg's Peanut Chews.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Henon, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Oh, Councilmember O'Brien, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Council President Clarke, Councilmember Squilla, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Blackwell

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
11/14/2013	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass
11/14/2013	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED

Title
Proclaiming that the City of Philadelphia recognizes the life of Carl Goldenberg, the third-generation of operators of the Goldenberg Candy Co., the originator of Goldenberg's Peanut Chews.

Body
WHEREAS, In 1890, the Goldenberg Candy Co. was founded by Carl Goldenberg's grandfather, David, a Romanian immigrant, in the Kensington section of Philadelphia; and

WHEREAS, In 1917, the Goldenberg Candy Co. began producing Goldenberg's Peanut Chews, which were used by the U.S. military as a ration bar during World War I; and which, following the Second World War, became the sole focus of the Goldenberg confectioners; and

WHEREAS, Peanut Chews were produced in a plant on Wyoming Avenue in Feltonville for 50 years before the company moved to a larger facility on State Road in Northeast Philadelphia in 1997; and

WHEREAS, Carl Goldenberg, the third-generation operator of the Goldenberg Candy Co., graduated from Penn State University with a degree in Economics in 1950; and

WHEREAS, Following a four-year stint as a Lieutenant in the Air Force during the Korean War, Goldenberg returned to his hometown and joined the family candy business in Northeast Philadelphia; and

WHEREAS, Goldenberg, a native Philadelphian, managed the Goldenberg Candy Company for 55 years; and

WHEREAS, In 1986, Carl Goldenberg received Candy Industry's Kettle Award, in recognition for his accomplishments as an executive and his service to the industry; and

WHEREAS, Following the sale of the Goldenberg Candy Co. to Just Born, Inc. in 2003, the name Goldenberg was removed from the Peanut Chews label, only to be restored after sales dropped; and

WHEREAS, Carl Goldenberg, was the last president of the Philadelphia Manufacturers of Confectionery and Chocolate, a professional association of manufacturers of Goobers, Raisinets, Sno-Caps, Good & Plenty, and the 5th Avenue Bar, all candies that were, at one time, manufactured in Philadelphi...