September 2004

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Confectioner

Valero's
CORNER STORE
SPECIAL REPORT
- Candy by the Dollar$
The confectionery category is a coveted one in an increasingly viable channel that seems made for the sweet stuff: dollar stores.

FEATURES
category insights
- A Full Pack of Innovations!
Recent technology has paved the way for dynamic fruit flavors and functional gums.
- Rebagged Candy Rates with Readers
- Category Driver/Silver - Circle Award Winners Honored

confectioner news
- Summer’s end Heats Up Candy Acquisitions

in the store
- Corner Store Candy — Valero Style
Candy gets careful consideration in the consumer-friendly Corner Store format unveiled by this leading Texas-based energy corporation.

Show Preview
- NACS Show set for Oct. 17-20 in Las Vegas
More than 1,400 exhibitors will be on hand to showcase products targeted to convenience-store buyers.

DEPARTMENTS
upfront
- Why You’ve got to Make the Consumer Feel Special

Product Update
- Omegas Sour Eggs , Gemz Finger Lites and more...

trade talk
- Distribution Solutions
Candy distributors are using information technology to improve their warehouse processes and their services to retailers.

Marketing & Merchandising
- Miniature Dinosaur Models To Be Sold with Candy

Advertiser Index
- Index