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How Maxx Chewning Sold Candy for $75M: The Sour Strips Playbook That Hershey Couldn’t Resist.

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David Olusegun
Apr 21, 2025
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Last week I talked about Hershey buying LesserEvil; now I’m back with another sweet play from Hershey: a $75.5M acquisition of Sour Strips, a sour candy brand built by… wait for it… fitness influencer Maxx Chewning.

Yep, a gym guy sold sweets to a $48B conglomerate. And no, this wasn’t luck. It was leverage.

It’s a blueprint for creators, operators, and b…

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