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New NECCO owners to auction off Skybar - both the name and the equipment to make it
By adamg on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 10:55pm
Now that they've laid off all the workers, the new owners of NECCO are auctioning off some of its brand names - and much of the candy-making equipment at its now closed Revere plant.
Brand names up for grabs include Skybar, Haviland Thin Mints and Mighty Malts Milk Balls. Sorry, the NECCO Wafers brand is not for sale.
Equipment for sale includes complete assembly lines for making taffy, toffee and mint patties, for chocolate enrobing, malted-milk-ball forming and panning, peanut roasting and peanut-butter making. Could make a great Christmas present for the kids!
Rabin Worldwide will be auctioning it all in person and online on Sept. 26 and 27. Of course, you want to look things over before you commit to turning your basement into a malted-milk-ball production line, and Rabin will be holding public inspections at the old NECCO plant, 135 American Legion Highway in Revere, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Sept. 24 and 25.
H/t Ron Newman.
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Say good by to Necco
Say good by to Necco
Really hard to let go
I horded my Sky Bars
In multiple mason jars
But the supply seems to be so low
Sky Bar is one of my favorite
Sky Bar is one of my favorite candy bars since childhood. They new owners better not change the way they make it!!
I love it too!
I love it too!
Skybar
Is the vanilla part of the Skybar soft or is it like Charleston Chew?
Their best product
Sky Bar was the only Necco product I liked. It figures that (Beast) Rabin Worldwide would not see the value in it.
Rabin is just the auctioneer
It's not their choice which brands to sell. The seller is Union Confectionery Machinery.
Yeah, sure
just another example of Harkonnen incompetence.
What do you mean 'another'?
They would have gotten away with all their other evil plans if they hadn't run into a meddling kid*!
* Who developed godlike powers due to his being the end point of thousands of years of secret genetic breeding program of which the Harkonnens were completely ignorant.
Evil, yes but incompetence is an unfair slight.
I don't know how big any of
I don't know how big any of these machines are but it could be a great chance for a smallish sized business to make a name for itself. One of those large candy shops in Dorchester or up on Route 1 or in the tourist towns. I could also envision a brewery buying a machine just to say they have a Necco machine... possibly even one of these small regional restaurant groups so they could produce some of their own after dinner candy.
Heck if I had the money for the inclination to run a bar I would buy the Skybar name, the machines and then open a bar and call it the Skybar. The only place you could buy Skybars and the bar itself would have four different sweet menus , you can guess what the themes would be!
There used to be a Skybar in Somerville
where China Delight restaurant is now, on Somerville Avenue between Porter and Union squares.
I doubt that they ever had a license from Necco to use the name, though.
I love skybar, I really hope
I love skybar, I really hope someone buys the equipments and starts making them again.
A local brewery or coffee chain (Blue State?) would be cool.
The problem with the Skybar
The problem with the Skybar was erratic availability and then sometimes they were quite stale because people did not know what they were.
My hope is someone gets their hands on it, even if it is a big company, that will find a way to push them out to the public properly.
Skybars were a special treat...
....because they cost ten cents when Hershey Bars and such only cost 5. I guess I'm getting on in years.
Selling some equipment without the corresponding brands
The auction advertises equipment that is used to make Clark Bars and Mary Janes, yet those brands themselves are not being auctioned.
(For Sky Bar and Haviland Thin Mints, they are selling both the equipment and the brands, though not necessarily bundled together.)
Peach Blossoms
I hope someone buys the peach blossom name and equipment. They are absolutely my favorite Necco candy and no other company makes them right. Them disappearing will break my heart (but be better for my teeth and waistline!)
Interesting...
Interesting...
It's strange (especially for a person with my waistline), but I've never even seen or heard of a Skybar before now, much less ever tasted one. Are they really that big a deal, or just honestly a local thing?
Not just a local thing, but
Not just a local thing, but it is a niche thing. You won't find them in super markets due to slotting and you won't find them in most small shops because those only want the big name brands. They could be found in places that sell the oddball and retro brands. More common than Turkish Taffy, not quite as common as Sugar Babies.