McCowan's

His wife attempted to make some extra money on the side by selling toffee from the window of their house in Stenhousemuir.

[1] Within 15 years, McCowan was producing a variety of confections including tablet, rock, snowballs, lollipops and macaroons.

In the early years, Andrew worked from a shop in Church Street, but in 1924 he opened a factory in its current location of Tryst Road.

In 1987 Nestlé merged with Rowntree's leading to a short term re-branding of McCowan's under the Nestlé-Rowntree name.

[5] In 2005 the company was purchased by Graham Wallace and Andy Allan, who later that year bought John Millar & Sons.