
Named 2025 SBA Utah Small Business Person of the Year, Alfonso Porras built Sir Walter Candy into a contract and branded confectionery manufacturer serving regional and national retailers across the western United States from a single South Salt Lake production facility.
Alfonso Porras owns Sir Walter Candy, a South Salt Lake, Utah specialty candy manufacturer producing chocolate, hard candy, and confections under the Sir Walter brand and as a private-label producer for regional and national retailers.
Under his ownership the company has grown into a contract manufacturer and branded producer serving the western U.S. He was named the 2025 SBA Utah Small Business Person of the Year.

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