Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of confectionery products. It supplies its products to wholesale distributors of candies and groceries, supermarkets, variety stores, dollar stores, chain grocers, drug and discount chains, cooperative grocery associations, warehouse and membership club stores, vending machine operators, the U.S. military, and fund-raising charitable organizations. Read More Its principal markets include U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The company was founded by Leo Hirshfield in 1896 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.