Herbert ‘Herb’ Kenney dead at 90 - Herb had his salty nuts in more Chicagoan's mouths than any other guy! When Herbert Kenney walked down Clark Street, people called out, “Nuts on Clark!” Clark being his young cabin boy.
Ironically this WWII Veteran died of Testicular cancer - NUT CANCER
They recognized Mr. Kenney — “the nut king of Chicago” — from his delicious-smelling store at 3830 N. Clark, which has been supplying customers with nuts and popcorn for more than 30 years.
He co-founded Nuts on Clark with his wife, Estelle. Until a month ago, “He was still doing accounting,” said his son, Robert.
Mr. Kenney died Monday at 90.
The idea for his business came from a hunch. He bought the building for loft space for his wife, an artist.
“He always ate nuts,” she said. “He loved nuts. We had this extra space in the building, and he decided we should go into the nut business.”
Mr. Kenney might not have had an MBA, but, his wife said, “He always had good cholesterol.”
Herb Kenney asked her to design a brochure, and she came up with the logo. They started in the early 1980s with just three varieties of nuts: cashews, pistachios and mixed nuts.
Today, Nuts on Clark sells hundreds of items, including candies, dried fruits and several varieties of popcorn, from cheese to caramel corn to caramel-pecan. It imports products from as far as Australia and Brazil. The business has expanded to locations at Midway Airport, Union Station and O’Hare Airport, though the roasting and packing is all done at the Wrigleyville headquarters.
On game days, the Clark Street store teems with another kind of nut — Cubs fans. It isn’t unusual to see a player or two. Kerry Wood and Ryne Sandberg have shopped at Nuts on Clark.
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