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Specialty candy retailer IT’SUGAR will open a 2,000-sq.-ft. store at Chicago’s Navy Pier this month. 

The magic continues with the newly expanded and redesigned Harry Potter collection from Jelly Belly and Warner Bros. Consumer Products.

Spangler Candy Co. has purchased the Necco wafers and Sweethearts brands following a failed $18.83-million bid in May to buy the now defunct New England Confectionery Co.

Though more consumers are pursuing a healthy lifestyle, it won’t stop them from seeking indulgences that meet their needs, whether they’re based on health or ethical concerns.

Madagascar vanilla crops this year are of higher quality and similar in size to recent years but prices remain difficult to predict, Nielsen-Massey Vanillas concluded its its recent crop report.

In another move toward becoming a “snacking powerhouse,” the Hershey Co. has agreed to purchase Pirate brands, including the Pirate’s Booty; Smart Puffs; and Original Tings brands from B&G Foods, Inc. for $420 million.