Success Story
LUMU CANDIES
Port
Deposit, MD
(410) 378-2401
“An Award-Winning Company with
Award-Winning Candy”
Small
Business
Entrepreneurial Award, 2006
(Cecil County Chamber of Commerce)
The story of LuMu Candies is the story of
how love created a business. Norm and
Joanne Gaither’s love story can be read on their website at
www.lumucandy.com.
Joanne, an organic chemist and ardent
candy maker, met
Norm Gaither, a business consultant
and teacher. “LuMu” comes from their acronym for “love you, miss you” that
they used in their frequent e-mails before they
married. Together they meshed their individual skills to develop a
candy-making business in 2004.
LuMu Candies include award-winning
buttery English toffees, barks, crunches, and something really special
called “Strawberry Swirl.” The candies are all handmade from uniquely
formulated blends created by Joanne. Norm used his business skills to
develop and market the business.
After LuMu Candies was fully established,
Joanne approached the SBIC to help her with understanding some of the basics
about business. Lera Chitwood, Small Business Librarian, gave her a brief
lesson in some of the financial terminology she needed to know. Joanne
also benefited in making a sale. After tasting her samples, Lera
immediately ordered the small, bow-boxed wedding favors for her son’s
wedding!
LuMu Candies supplies candies for sale to
the general public on the Internet and at local businesses listed below:
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