By 1937, Stuckey was selling over $150,000 worth of pecans a year that he bought himself and sold to local processors.

That same year, he opened a roadside stand along Highway 23 in Eastman selling pecans, sugar cane juice, syrup, homemade quilts, and “all you can drink for five-cents” cherry cider.

[4] After the war ended, Stuckey's business once again began to grow as it opened a number of new franchises.

The company then constructed its own candy factory in Eastman to supply an eventual 350-plus Stuckey's stores located throughout the continental US.

As the post-war baby boom flourished and families undertook more long-distance auto travel, Stuckey's continued to grow along major highways.

[5] In the early 1960s, with over 368 stores across the country now filled with candy, novelty toys, and kitschy souvenirs, the franchise seemed to become something bigger than one man alone could handle.

[11] In August 2020, Stuckey’s acquired Front Porch Pecans, a pecan snack company that sells to domestic and foreign markets, including grocery channels in the Southeast U.S.[12] With this merger, Stuckey’s gained management support and co-owner, R.G.