See’s Candies to open new stores in The Golden State

A specialty retailer continues to expand its breadth.



See’s Candies plans to open nearly a dozen new or relocated stores by the end of 2017. All new locations will set up shop in California.



The new stores will be located in San Jose, Castro Valley, Manhattan Beach, Paso Robles, Laguna Hills, Glendale and Calabasas. The new locations come on the heels of new shops that have previously opened or moved this year into new or larger locations in Escondido, Windsor and Pleasant Hill, California.



“When deciding where to focus our new retail shop locations, it was important for us to see where customer demand was,” said Ann Ostrander, senior VP of sales at See’s Candies.



“Many of our new and relocated stores are in convenient locations in outdoor malls and strip centers where our consumers are shopping these days,” said Ostrander. “In this time of uncertainty for many brick-and-mortar retailers, we’re very excited to be growing and expanding our retail presence throughout California, as we also look to add retail locations in the other states.”



See’s currently operates more than 240 locations, as well as an e-commerce site.