The national average price of diesel has risen 5.9 cents in the last week and stands at $3.58 per gallon. The national average is up 17.1 cents from a month ago and $1.21 per gallon higher than a year ago. (GasBuddy) The nation’s average gas price has increased 3.8 cents from a week ago and stands at $3.36 per gallon Monday according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. What’s next for Braun? He said he’s waiting on God to show him his next adventure. “It’s been fun some days and some days not so fun, but overall it’s a sweet career,” he concluded. When Spangler Candy announced Braun’s retirement on social media with the hashtag #ThanksAl, it went viral with 25.2 million views and hundreds of thousands of shares. When he started, he used to manually set up the machines that bagged candy. Now, everything is automatic and computerized.īraun said he never minded treating himself to a Dum Dum. His favorite flavors are lemon lime and blue raspberry. A goal in my life is to touch other people’s lives and we’re touching other people because of the Dum Dums bringing them happiness and joy and just having a piece of candy.”īraun said he’s going to miss his friends at the factory, as well as working with his hands. He’s amazed by how much technology changed over the decades. “I’m satisfied because I’m making people happy because they can have a sucker,” he said. It was founded in 1906 in Bryan, Ohio.Īfter 48 years and making more than 50 billion Dum Dums, Braun finally saying goodbye to Spangler Candy. BRYAN, Ohio (WANE) – A candy bagger at the world-famous Spangler Candy Company is retiring after nearly 50 years of making Dum Dum lollipops.Īl Braun has worked for Spangler since 1969, making him one of the few workers to have been here for all four generations of the company.