Martha’s Candies Reopens Under New Ownership

For Glendora native Joyanne Postajian, 24, heading into Martha’s Candies to peruse the array of sweet confections was a childhood ritual.

But when previous owner in December of last year, it was presumed to be the end for the nearly 40-year-old candy shop and fixture in Glendora’s downtown.

Ganas claimed a poor economy prevented her from turning a profit on the shop throughout the entire three years under her management.

But Postajian and her mother Jana Jones couldn’t bear to see the old-fashioned candy shop close.

Giving the candy shop a new coat of paint, lighting fixtures and a bigger selection of chocolates and other sugary sweets, Postajian and Jones reopened Martha’s Candies with Tuesday’s ribbon cutting.

“The candy store always had a place in my heart,” said Jones, 50. “Each time it changed hands, I always wished it was us. But it wasn’t the right time.”

Jones, also broker and owner of Ken Turner Real Estate, said she and her daughter will be the third owners of Martha’s Candies in the last five years.

While they know running any business in this economy is difficult, Postajian and Jones believe the store’s previous financial woes had more to do with management. The two established regular business hours, and increased and added variety to its inventory of chocolates, gummy worms, lollipops, chocolate-dipped confections and other sweets, including a selection of sugar free assortment.

Jones, who ironically is hypoglycemic and can’t eat sugar, said Martha’s Candies has the biggest selection of sugar free candy in the area.

“When I go out with my family, I love to go someplace where there’s good variety and I can also enjoy the sweets,” said Jones. “Most of the time, those places are hard to find.”

The store will also begin selling ice cream and ice cream sundaes. For a little nostalgia, the new owners also brought back the toy train that used to circle the shop on tracks overhead.

“We really tried to listen to what the community wanted,” said Jones.

, 133 1/2 N Glendora Ave, is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a week.