Margaret McClain McEntire

Margaret McClain McEntire is president and chief executive officer of Candy Bouquet International, the largest chocolate and candy franchise in the world.

McEntire founded the company in a Little Rock garage in 1989. The opened their first store in Houston, Texas, which closed after only a year in business. Returning to Arkansas, McEntire opened a small shop in Little Rock and began giving away her bouquets in restaurants and banks.

Since 1993 McEntire has amassed over nine hundred Candy Bouquet franchisees in all fifty states and thirty-one other countries. Some of the franchises are incorporated into florist's shops.

References

• "Candy Bouquet Founder is Executive of the Year," Arkansas Business, March 2005.
• Shara Lessley, "Sweet Rewards: Giving Back Spells Success for This Candy Franchise," Entrepreneur Magazine, November 1998.

External links

• Margaret McEntire homepage