Hickory Farms Inc. announced today that it will move its national headquarters from Maumee to downtown Toledo next month.

The company, which sells specialty foods and holiday food gifts, said it had signed a 10-year lease for space in the Hylant Building at 811 Madison Ave.

About 50 full-time employees will move downtown in mid-August, the company said.

Hickory Farms was started in 1951 by Richard Ransom. The company's current headquarters are on Perrysburg-Holland Road in Arrowhead Park.

First Published July 18, 2012, 9:42 p.m.