Allen's was founded by Alfred Weaver Allen (1870–1925), a Melbourne confectioner. Originally employed by MacRobertson's, he commenced confectionery production in 1891 at his Fitzroy confectionery shop. By 1909, Allen's was the third largest confectionery business in Melbourne. It launched as a public company in 1922 and erected a vast factory on the banks of the Yarra River, where its’ animated neon sign was a local landmark up to its demise in 1987.
Allen's abandoned chocolate production after World War II, however, it became Australia's largest confectionery company. Allen's was purchased by UK-based Rothmans Holdings in 1985 and later sold to Nestlé. Allen's is the top brand of sugar confectionery in Australia.
Unfortunately, we couldn’t find a Kool Mint container for this cache, so we used a funky-coloured one that Nudge74 brought back from Malaysia.