About Us

Dear Visitor,

Ann's family We are currently located in the small farming community of Kellogg, Minnesota in the beautiful Mississippi River Valley about ninety miles Southeast of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Annie B's Candy has been homecooked in our copper kettles for 25 years.  The pictures are of our Annie B's family. The top picture is Ann's family with my mother in the middle. The center picture is Jennifer's family and the one on the right is myself & Carol, and our grandchildren.

JC's family "The Bouquet/ Annie B's Candy story goes back 25 years and is worth sharing from its simple beginnings”, states Tom Bouquet.  “We actually started out of our home in 1978 as a small wood manufacture by the name of Country Bouquet. Along with our young daughters Ann and Jennifer (JC), a few neighbors, and lots of great ideas we began crafting in our garage.  Heart shaped peg racks, pine shelves and wood burned gingerbread men with wood faces and ribbon bows were hot, hot, hot.  As more and more people became interested in our items I spent more and more time away from my home contracting business and Carol and I spent more time side by side in the garage designing and making products.

Tom, Carol and their grandchildren We eventually out grew our garage and moved six miles south of Wabasha (home of “Grumpy Old Men” and the National Eagle Center for the United States). Kellogg’s population is under 500 people, and was the perfect atmosphere for our growing gift business. Over the twenty-five years we have added more candy manufacturing and warehouse space along with a large shipping department. With showrooms in the major markets and independent sales representatives throughout the country the business flourished.  In 1999 we had outgrown our facilities and underwent a large expansion and now covers over 65,000 square feet.

This past year marked yet another milestone Bouquet & Company.  We have partnered wtih the well recognized Wild Wings wholesale company.  They are owned by Cabela's, have a strong distribution & sales focus and are located only 15 minutes North of our office.   Wild Wings will handle all sales & distrubution for the Gift related product.  Annie B's Caramel & Caramel Corn will continue to be homemade, sold & distributed by us.  Please feel free to contact us by phone, fax or e-mail we always look forward to hearing from our customers.

Sincerely, Tom Bouquet