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Will CBD confections be on the show floor at the next Sweets and Snacks Expo?

NCA event attracts more than 90 percent of the confectionery buying market and more than 75 percent of the snack buying market.

Sweets & Snacks Expo attendees represented 80 percent of the buying power in the candy category and nearly 75 percent of the buying power in the snack category.

The National Confectioners Association (NCA) has expanded its executive team.

According to the Pew Research Center, “The Millennial generation is forging a distinctive path into adulthood. Now ranging in age from 18 to 33, they are relatively unattached to organized politics and religion, linked by social media, burdened by debt, distrustful of people, in no rush to marry— and optimistic about the future.

The 2016 class is made up of a mix of young professionals, including one of the confectionery industry's youngest CEOs, people who have watched their family businesses grow within the industry, and a young confectionery broker.