Super_Ninja_kun
If you click the shops directory button. (Hover your mouse over the shops link and youll see it) it takes you to a vertical list it shows the candy there so you can see which ones you need to visit.
Good to know, but that's not the problem I was experiencing.
faolan
The last three -- Treehouse, Faktori, and Dernier Cri -- don't show candy icons when you're in another store, looking at the store list. The icons show up on the store list when you're on the main Shops page, though.
This is the answer to a different question than the one I asked.
FirstBornTriplet
It was never really fixed, he said just gave candy eventually. Think it was just programmed to say the same thing each time.
I guess. At any rate I was able to get all eight Jack items so all's well that ends well.