It was on Feb. 19 of that year that someone came up with the idea to put a small "prize" in each box as a promotion — and sales boomed. Previously, prizes or coupons were only included in random boxes ...

Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack. I don’t care if I never get back. And it’s pretty much the same way for Ken Carpenter of Chandler who has carried numerous boxes or bags of the caramel corn ...