Decorative Candles | Scented Candles | Yankee Candles

The Yankee Candle Company is the largest scented candles manufacturer in the U.S. It is located in the South Deerfield, Massachusetts. Yankee Candle Company is known for providing quality scented candles in an array of different colours and wonderful fragrances. Company has been established back in 1969, and as most of the big successes it was started from something small.

The founder, Michael Kittredge, crafted his first scented candle from melted crayons as a gift for his mother. Friends, family members, even neighbours began expressing interest in buying his creations. Everyone loved Michael’s candles and everyone wanted to have a piece of it.

Quite soon the demand for scented candles handmade by Michael was more than he could keep up with. Young founder of the Yankee Candle Company learned that his parent’s home he was using to make candles wasn’t large enough. He also learned that he needed some help to meet the supply demands. Therefore, at the age of 19, with his school friend Donald Maclver and Susan Obremski, he invested in retail space to make and sell scented candles and founded a company.

In 1974 the business of making scented candles was moved into an old paper mill in Michael’s hometown of Hadley, Massachusetts. Starting since 1983 the business expanded and moved to South Deerfield (where it still is up and running today).

In 1998 Michael sold the company to New York based private equity company Forstmann Little for $500 million. Not bad, for making candles, right? Moving on, in 2007 the company was acquired by the private equity group of Madison Dearborn Partners LLC for approximately $1.6 billion.

Today, hard workers of Yankee Candle Company manufacture more than 80 million candles each year. Customer satisfaction with their products has earned them the position as the Nation’s top candle designer manufacturer, and retailer in the industry.

Customers are always impressed with the selection of candles the Yankee Candle Company can to offer. The collection includes votive candles, pillar candles, and tea light candles. However their most popular selling line is the jar candles.

Jar candles are sold with a wick as well as with a burner that the jar sits on instead of using a wick. Once you know the style of candles you want, making a decision on the colour and fragrance can be quite difficult. Yankee Candle Company offers a free catalogue featuring all of the selections available.

Well know Yankee Candle Company contributes to its success in the candle industry by always using high quality supplies in all their products. They use the highest quality of paraffin and natural wax to create their candles. The wicks are designed to light quickly and burn evenly. Customers have learned that the Yankee Candle Company offers excellent candle products that burn for long periods of time.