Pam Vieau and Marcy Goetz, mother-and-daughter owners of Chocolate Inspirations in Roselle, Illinois, didn’t originally intend to operate a chocolate business.
Website designed to boost sales during COVID-19 pandemic, educate on fine chocolate.
April 15, 2020
The Fine Chocolate Industry Association (FCIA) has launched Make Mine Fine, an online marketplace featuring specialty chocolates from the U.S. and abroad.
Ingredion is set to acquire a 75 percent controlling stake in PureCircle, a leading producer of stevia sweeteners for the global food and beverage industries.
We have come to realize just how incredibly dependent we are on the frontline (and often low-pay) employees we take for granted. It turns out it’s the factory workers, the delivery truck drivers and the grocery store clerks who truly make this country run.
Event could not continue due to COVID-19 pandemic, use of NYC’s Javits Center for patients.
April 14, 2020
The Specialty Food Association’s Summer Fancy Food Show, originally scheduled for June 28-30 at the Jacob Javits Center in New York, will not take place as planned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
World’s Finest Chocolate is on a mission to donate 10 million chocolate bars to emergency responders, healthcare workers and other frontliners during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Flavor company, which was declared essential, is training staff on sanitation procedures (including executives), offering digital events, and staggering shifts to increase social distancing.
FONA talks about how the company is training staff — including executives — on sanitation procedures and managing supply chain issues, while offering digital alternatives to in-person events.
Barry Callebaut donated Ruby chocolate to Roselle, Ill.-based Chocolate Inspirations.
April 9, 2020
Chocolate Inspirations, a mother-and-daughter-owned chocolatier in Roselle, Illinois, is donating 500 ruby chocolate Easter bunnies to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.