D. L. Clark Company

[1] In 1921, Clark Brothers Chewing Gum Company was spun off as a separate corporation.

In 1955, when the family-owned D. L. Clark company was sold to Beatrice Foods, they had production facilities in Pittsburgh and Evanston, Illinois.

The new owner, entrepreneur Michael P. Carlow, would operate it under the umbrella of the Pittsburgh Food & Beverage Company.

The assets of D. L. Clark were purchased by Pittsburgh businessman James Clister for $3.2 million, and operated under the newly formed Clark Bar America, Inc.[4] Following a subsequent bankruptcy, its assets were acquired by Necco (New England Confectionery Company) in 1999 for $4.1 million ($8 million today).

[6] Clark's Teaberry gum is currently marketed by First Source, LLC in Buffalo, New York, and made in Mexico.