Thief River Falls business owners have opened a candy shop in Grand Forks.
The Candy Corner started selling sweets April 1 in the former Zales store in the Columbia Mall. Zales, a national jewelry chain based in Texas, left the mall at the end of December.
The new tenants of the almost 1,500 square-foot space boast hundreds of candies from different parts of the world, said co-owner and general manager Bucky Cameron. She and her husband, David, own Eclectic Collections and Confections in Thief River Falls and wanted to open a candy store in Grand Forks, she said.
“I’m hoping we will be a destination place that will increase the foot traffic of the mall,” she said.
Bucky Cameron plans to sell the Thief River Falls store to one of her employees. She said a lot of things fell into place for opening the store in Grand Forks, which has about 10 employees.
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She also noted the candy business tends to bring out happiness in people, adding she wants to “leave the world a better place” in her own small way.
“Everybody becomes a kid again,” she said. “It may only last a couple of minutes or 30 minutes, but it takes you back and it makes you happy.”
