"If you have fond memories of family holiday gatherings that included a savory meat and cheese tray, you're probably familiar with Hickory Farms. The brand's signature meat and cheese gift baskets and trays made party hosting easier, and were also the perfect gift. Companies handed them out to employees at the holidays, and parents sent them out to their kids and grandkids."
"By the late '90s, however, sales were declining and the company was having more success selling its products at retail shops and online. In 2000, the company announced that it was closing its 18 remaining mall stores in order to focus on catalog and internet sales. Now, Hickory Farms operates pop-up holiday kiosks and stores in malls, but primarily sells its products on its website."
Hickory Farms began in 1951 when Richard Ransom sold handmade cheese and summer sausage at Ohio county fairs. The first retail store opened in Toledo, Ohio in 1959. The brand expanded to over 1,000 stores and kiosks across the U.S. and Canada by 1981. Sales declined in the late 1990s as retail channels shifted, and the company closed its remaining 18 mall stores in 2000 to emphasize catalog and internet sales. Hickory Farms now primarily sells products online while operating seasonal holiday pop-up kiosks and stores in malls from November 1 through December 24.
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