The Wrigley Company has been creating gum for more than 100 years. The Wrigley Company was founded in 1891 by William Wrigley Jr., though it didn't start producing gum until the following year. The company has been managed by 4 generations of Wrigleys and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Wrigley gum is available in more than 150 countries. Wrigley sells nearly half of all gum in the United States. Wrigley accounts for more than 50% of all chewing gum profits in Europe.
Some of the brands of gum the Wrigley Company creates are:
Juicy Fruit
Wrigley's Spearmint
Doublemint
Extra
Winterfresh
Big Red
Eclipse
Eclipse Flash
Orbit White
Orbit
Freedent
Surpass
Airwaves
Alpine
wertperch says: "most European cities are covered in the filthy dross of chewing-gum addicts who spit it on the pavement!"