Yankee Candle Company is one of the largest manufacturers of scented candles, throughout the world. The company was founded in the South Hadley, Massachusetts, by Michael Kittredge and his two partners, Donald Maclver and Susan Obremski. Kittredge, at the age of only sixteen years, produced his own scented candle for his mother on Christmas in 1969. Since childhood, candle making was his hobby. When his neighbor articulated interest in purchasing his candle, he turned his hobby into one-man business. Donald helped to start up the business with his part-time job earnings. Susan contributed her time and creativity. Susan managed to start the business by founding Yankee Candle Shop, near to South Hadley, in 1975.

After some years, this small business was converted into a company. In 1982, the Yankee Candle Company employed over thirty workers. Kittredge got cancer in 1993, and he sold his company to a New York Company Forstmann Little for 500 million dollars. Kittredge still remains the company’s chairman emeritus. Now this company produces a wide range of candles with different colors and fragrances. Yankee is considered as one of the most brilliant, most powerful and successful candles company in the world. Yankee has a reputation of making some very high quality candles over the years. The name of Yankee has a sheer class in its name and it has always tried its best in order to maintain a very high quality standard throughout its career and also in its production. There are more than 300 Yankee candle retail stores. You can easily contact them through their website and buy candles form there. There are many online retailers from where you can buy Yankee Candles in a spectrum of fascinating colors and sophisticated designs.