C R Frank Popcorn & Supply Co

Been buying their cheese popcorn for a couple of years now. It’s available at Dierbergs and on their website.. If you’re familiar with Garrett’s in Chicago, CR Frank gives them a serious run for their money. By far the best popcorn around. This stuff is addictive.

I used to love this place, it was so handy for buying any carnival supplies like popcorn, sno-​cone syrup, cotton candy.
However, their prices have almost doubled in past year or two. And website prices are just a joke (possibly a ruse to get you to come in to the store).
Clerk in «store» is extremely rude, which just adds to the 1-​star atmosphere.
There are tons more places (e.g. American Carnival Mart, Restaurant Depot) that has better prices and friendlier staff.

Bottom Line: Quality ingredients at fair prices.
Apparently C.R. Frank has quite a long history in Saint Louis. From what I understand, they used to provide popcorn tins to employees at Anheuser-​Busch for Christmas. Unfortunately, that is a bygone era.
That said, I make the long trek from time to time to get my cheese popcorn at C.R. Frank’s. They have *the* best cheese popcorn. I hear the secret ingredient is coconut oil.
If you are in South Saint Louis, be sure to call ahead to make sure they have cheese popcorn in stock. If not, they will let you know when it will be available and they may even save you some if you ask nicely.
I also learned at C.R. Frank about something called a «Chicago» mix. Basically, it is taking caramel, cheese, and butter popcorn and mixing it up in one bag.

Add this to the «Lifesavers» list!
Seriously, C R Frank hooked it up last week! I needed bulk popcorn for the «Ghostbusters» showing and had no intention of renting/​operating a giant popcorn machine. Someone (i.e., ME) would have gotten burned or set something on fire!
Lucky for me, a friend told me about C R Frank in North County. They sell bulk candy, bulk popcorn, sno cone syrup and all kinds of carney food supplies! It’s basically a concession stand incubator…
Was able to buy 3 giant bags of already popped popcorn for $ 8 each, plus a scoop. Already had the Unilocalcorn bags, but if you/​your company doesn’t have branded bags like we do, you could buy some of those as well at C R Frank. The Owner even helped me carry those giant bags out to the car…
Would highly recommend C R Frank to anyone who’s planning a party and in need of kiddie supplies. Well done!