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Birnn celebrates 100 years with a special video

Vermont-based candy maker looks back over the last century in the confectionery business.

February 24, 2016

So how do you celebrate 100 hundred years of making chocolate and serving the retail confectionery community?

Abdallah Candies receives preliminary approval to build new facility

Finished facility will cover 159,000 sq. ft. and help meet growing consumer needs.

Abigail Watt

September 30, 2015

In 2016, the fourth-generation, family-owned company will start construction of the new space.

Baron Chocolatier

Postcard from Poznan: Visiting the Millano Group facilities in Poland

Family-run operation on a growth spurt, one that extends into the United States.

Bernie Pacyniak

September 30, 2015

Given my familial and cultural connections, I was thrilled to having been invited by Tomasz Kotas to see this family-run company’s manufacturing operations in Poland.

Morkes Chocolates: A third-generation candy maker works to stay competitive.

Rhonda continues to “mix” old-fashioned quality with the latest food and pop trends to sustain a family business in a competitive climate.

Bernie Pacyniak

August 15, 2014

Rhonda Dehn always had a head for figures. Thus, when asked to work Saturdays at the family’s retail candy shop in Palatine, Ill., there were no issues when it came to computing sales taxes on purchases or giving out change.

Photos by Steve Smith

Ready and Abel

Its recent move into a new 30,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing and headquarters facility better positions this St. Louis-based family business to capitalize on diversification efforts.

Bernie Pacyniak

October 1, 2012

Initially, Dan Abel didn’t envision overseeing a plant turning out 500 different types of confections and servicing nine retail shops, hundreds of wholesale accounts and several private-label and contract manufacturing agreements.

Tony’s Time

In capturing the 67th Kettle Award, self-proclaimed “shy guy” R. Anthony Sweet, chairman of the Sweet Candy Co., receives recognition for his lifelong dedication to the family business and the industry in general.

Bernie Pacyniak

August 21, 2012

R. Anthony, aka “Tony” Sweet never dreamed of being a Kettle Award recipient.

Opopop aims to heat up microwave popcorn category

Hershey showcases its new strategies at Sweets & Snacks Expo

Hershey showcases new strategies, candy

Hard candy evolves beyond traditional sweetness

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