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O-Pee-Chee | |
Industry | Candy, Collectables |
Founded | 1911 |
Founder | J.K. McDermid D.H. McDermid |
Defunct | 1996 |
Fate | Acquired by Nestlé |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | United States, Canada |
Products | Bubble gum Trading cards |
The O-Pee-Chee Company, Ltd. was a Canadian confectionery company founded in 1911 based in London, Ontario.[1] O-Pee-Chee was best known as a maker of trading cards. It entered into a marketing agreement with the Topps Company in 1958, releasing several collections of baseball, gridiron football and ice hockey cards.
O-Pee-Chee's candy business was sold to Nestlé in 1996. The O-Pee-Chee name was licensed by Topps, and later Upper Deck, which continues to use it for hockey cards to the present day.