NOTE: My Correct Address is in my signature (just remove the spaces).
On 5 Jan 2004 14:06:13 -0800, (JimL) wrote:

>Oh no! Just on the news:
>
>The Fannie Mae candy company is closing its Chicago plant.
>
>First Marshal Fields stopped making its unique Frango Mints at the
>Chicago store, so the City of Chicago switched to Fannie Mae for its
>"official" chocolate

According to this, the story is different:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...22340?v=glance

As well as this:
http://mhintze.tripod.com/seattle/frangos.htm

And even this:
http://mhintze.tripod.com/seattle/frangos_article.htm


>(and FM came out with a darn good chocolate mint
>squares). Now FM is moving out.

From where to where?

>I'm going through chocolate withdrawl..
>
>What next sacrilege? Will the Cubs move to Oklahoma?

If they do, then maybe they'll finally have a chance to win the World
Series!

>A depressing way to start the year.

Not as bad as it seems, I'm sure.

--
Davida Chazan (The Chocolate Lady)
<davida @ jdc . org . il>
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"What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of
chocolate."
--Katharine Hepburn (May 12, 1907 - June 29, 2003)
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