Garrett Popcorn Shops

{{Infobox company

| name = Garrett Popcorn Shops

| logo = GarrettPopcornLogo.svg

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1949}}

| founder =

| location_country = United States

| area_served = {{Unbulleted list|United States|Singapore|Japan|South Korea|United Arab Emirates|Bahrain|Thailand|Malaysia|Hong Kong}}

| key_people =

| industry = Restaurants

| parent = Garrett Brands

| num_employees =

| homepage = {{URL|https://www.garrettpopcorn.com/}}

}}

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Garrett Popcorn Shops is an American chain of gourmet popcorn stores founded in 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. Today, it has shops in nine countries, corporate offices in Chicago, Singapore, and Tokyo, and an online store. The majority of its brick and mortar stores are still in Chicago, including shops on the Magnificent Mile and in the O'Hare International Airport. As such, it is often referenced as part of classic Chicago cuisine.

Garrett Popcorn Shops is a part of Garrett Brands, which also owns the Frango brand of chocolates.

History

The first store was opened on 10 Madison Street in Chicago, Illinois.{{cite book|author1=Carol Haddix|author2=Bruce Kraig|title=The Chicago Food Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4YyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT458|date=16 August 2017|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-09977-9|pages=458}}

The recipes for several of its popcorn flavors are trade secrets{{cite web |title=Garrett Popcorn Shops lures us not with secrets, but with ... popcorn |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-garretts-popcorn-recipe-20190423-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |accessdate=2 March 2020}} that are based on family recipes.

A tin of Garrett Popcorn was named as one of Oprah's Favorite Things in 2002.

Garrett Brands, the owner of Garrett Popcorn Shops acquired the rights to Frango from Macy's, Inc in 2017.{{Cite web|last=Channick|first=Robert|title=Garrett Popcorn owner to buy Frango from Macy's, returning brand to local ownership|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-garrett-buys-frango-0131-biz-20170130-story.html|access-date=2021-10-31|website=chicagotribune.com}}