b. a. Sweetie is open to the public and started back in 1950 as Bag-A-Sweet Candy located on Brookpark Road in Parma, Ohio. Started by Albert Tokar and his brother-in-law Frank Stasny, Bag-A-Sweet was primarily a re-bagger of bulk candy which was sold to local grocery, convenient, and drug stores. The bagged candy which sold for 19¢ to 59¢ each were delivered to the stores by a network of 8 independent distributors. Each driver would go to the candy section, write down the items that he needed to take out of the truck, and replenish the candy department. During the late 70’s the company serviced over 250 stores from that little two story garage. As the business climate changed in the early 80’s, a lot of the independent stores closed.

Interest rates to borrow money were close to 20% and the customer base was shrinking, Frank had already retired and Al was getting old. The Tokar family decided to sell the company to the current owner in 1982. Tom Scheiman had known Al since he got into the wholesale candy business in 1970 and decided to buy the ity bity Bag-A-Sweet. In order to survive, the decision was made to leave the 1,200 foot garage and move to a larger facility that was more condusive to traffic volumes and open the candy warehouse to the public. The company prospered for the next 10 years opening up 10 additional retail stores in malls across northeast Ohio named after his son Joey: “Joey’s Candies.” During the early 90’s, Bag-A-Sweet closed all of the retail stores and went back to the basics of wholesaling.

The corporate name changed to b. a. Sweetie Candy Company Inc. in 1993 with the introduction of the new retail store Sweeties Candy. The company moved in 1997 to a 6,000 square foot location on Brookpark Road in the City of Brooklyn. Over the past 11 years the company has more than doubled its square footage to over 14,000. Today, we are selling candy completely different than we did in 1950. We continue to service a few locally owned grocery stores and other retailers but now we sell to the world! We operate one of the largest web businesses in the United States. We may have grown a lot in our 56 plus years but our mission has never changed....

To be the absolute BEST SOURCE OF CANDY ANYWHERE!