plug away

But Zehme kept plugging away, completing the first three-quarters of “Carson the Magnificent” before he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2013.

While other nostalgic food brands have gone wild with gimmicks or leaned into flashy marketing, Spangler just keeps plugging away, making candy that everyone in America has adored for basically their entire lives.

“A group that never wavered, just kept plugging away,” said Stafford.

“He demands a lot from us. And we’re right there. We’re plugging away. And we know we still have a ways to go.”

“We just plugged away, took it possession by possession. And eventually the game turned for us.”