Back home with treasure!

Well I'm back home and I've brought treasure with me from San Francisco to share with my friends at school - lollypops from See's Candies.

See's Candies is a manufacturer and distributor of high quality candy, particularly chocolate, in the western United States. It was founded by Charles See and his mother Mary See in Los Angeles, California in 1921. The company is now headquartered in South San Francisco, California. It has kitchens at its headquarters and at a second location in Los Angeles, where there is also a retail shop. There is also a distribution center in South Los Angeles. The chocolate in See's candies has been provided by the Guittard Chocolate Company since the 1950s; See's and Guittard pioneered the delivery of bulk chocolate in liquid form in tanker trucks in 1959.

The company is famous for its products, which it largely markets only in its own stores and at those of fellow Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary Nebraska Furniture Mart, allowing it to control the standards under which they are stored and marketed. They are also available in some California airports. Since the late 1990s, the company has also maintained a strong Internet presence via its website. It is also well-known for being one of the very early investments purchased by Warren Buffett (via Blue Chip Stamps) for his Berkshire Hathaway Corporation (in 1972), beginning the path of that company from a textile concern to being one of the world's most successful conglomerates. The company's distinctive white stores are ubiquitous in nearly every U.S. state west of the Mississippi River. There are also stores outside the US in Hong Kong, Japan, and Mexico.

Well, it's been a great trip! If you are ever in the San Francisco area, be sure to let me know so I can tell Max and Jennie to take you on a tour!