This Jeffersonville confectionery is celebrating 130 years of candy making Share Updated: 5:58 PM EDT Apr 5, 2021 Share Updated: 5:58 PM EDT Apr 5, 2021
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Show Transcript CELEBRATE 130 YEARS OF BUSINESS SHIMS IS TAKING THE PRICE OF THEIR FAMOUS CINNAMON RED HOTS BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL 1891 PRICE OF T CENTS PER QUARTER POUND WAS A DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE MASS PRODUCED STUFF IS. I DON’T KNOW BUT IT JUST HAS A DIFFERENT FEEL I THINK FOR PEOPLE TO WATCH AND SEE CANDY MADE HARD CANDY. THE CHOCOLATES WARREN CHIMP IS A FOURTH GENERATION OWNER OF SHEMPS CONFECTIONERY. HE’S ALSO KNOWN AS THE CANDYMAN SHOW PEOPLE HOW 90 IS MADE IN YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GIVE THEM A TASTE OF IT AND THEY SAY WOW THAT’S GOOD. THE SHOP IS CONSIDERED AN ANCHOR OF DOWNTOWN JEFFERSONVILLE AS IT CELEBRATING 130 YEARS SO MANY HAPPY TIMES AND RED HOTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THIS BUILDING, BUT IT’S ALSO SURVIVED A LOT. IT’S ALREADY GONE THROUGH ONE PANDEMIC AND NOW HERE’S ANOTHER ONE BUT FLOODS AND RECESSIONS AND DEPRESSIONS PHOTOS OF THE 1937 FLOOD. HANG ON THE WALLS. WARREN SAYS THE STORE SHUT DOWN FOR MONTHS WHEN YOU THINK OF THE EFFECT OF SOMETHING ON THE BUSINESS COVID DOESN’T EVEN BEGIN TO IN FACT FINANCIALLY THE BUSINESS LIKE THE 1937 THE DELIS TAKEOUT BUSINESS KEPT SCHIMPS OPEN DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WARREN SAYS IT’S BECAUSE OF THEIR LOYAL CUSTOMERS. THEY’RE STILL ABLE TO PUSH FORWARD. I KEEP SAYING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. YOU CAN HAVE A BUSINESS HERE AND IF PEOPLE DON’T COME AND SUPPORT YOU YOU DON’T SURVIVE JILL AND WARREN ARE BEGINNING TO SLOW DOWN AND TRANSITION FIFTH GENERATION FAMILY MEMBERS INTO LEADERSHIP IN HOPES THIS SWEET SPOT. KICKS AROUND FOR ANOTHER 130 YEARS VERY FEW BUSINESSES GO PAST THE SECOND THIRD GENERATION. WE’RE FORTH AND HOPING IT WILL GO TO THE F
For 130 years, a historic Clark County candy maker has become a destination for just about anyone in America with a sweet tooth. Schimpff's Confectionery is the oldest retail business in Jeffersonvill