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Laura Secord Chocolates
Canadian chocolate and candy company
Laura Secord s.e.c is a Canadian chocolatier, confectionery, and ice cream company.
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It is owned by Jean Leclerc of Quebec City, who owns Nutriart, a company devoted to chocolate production. Nutriart is a former division of Biscuits Leclerc.
History
Founding
The company was founded in 1913 by Frank P. O'Connor with its first store on Yonge Street in Toronto, Ontario.[1]
He chose the name to honour the Canadian heroineLaura Secord.
In 1813, Secord, pioneer wife and mother of seven children, made a dangerous 19-mile (30-km) journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon of a planned American attack.
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Her bravery contributed to victory at the Battle of Beaver Dams.
In 1919 O'Connor founded the Fanny Farmer Candy Stores in the US, appropriating the name and highly esteemed reputation of American culinary expert Fannie Farmer, who had absolutely no relationship to his company.