O-Pee-Chee

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O-Pee-Chee Company, Ltd.

Trade name	O-Pee-Chee
Industry	Candy, Collectables
Founded	1911
Founder	J.K. McDermid D.H. McDermid
Defunct	1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Fate	Acquired by Nestlé
Headquarters	London, Ontario , Canada
Area served	United States, Canada
Products	Bubble gum Trading cards

The O-Pee-Chee Company, Ltd. was a Canadian confectionery company founded in 1911 based in London, Ontario.^[1] The company was best known as a maker of trading cards. It entered into a marketing agreement with the Topps Company in 1958, releasing several collections of baseball, gridiron football and ice hockey cards.

O-Pee-Chee's candy business was sold to Nestlé in 1996. The O-Pee-Chee name was licensed by Topps, and later Upper Deck, which continues to use it for hockey cards to the present day.