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Sanders Candy and Morley Candy Makers will celebrate the grand reopening of their newly-remodeled chocolate and ice cream shoppe in Clinton Township, Mich. on Saturday.

Kellogg Co. will acquire Chicago Bar Co. LLC, maker of clean-label protein bar line RXBAR, for $600 million.

Gummy vitamins are continuing to gain traction, according to a new report from Albany, N.Y.-based research firm Transparency Market Research.

alpa has introduced two new products under its Yves Thuries line. 

The Big Chocolate Show held its second annual event in New York City on Saturday, Oct. 7. The event’s highlight was honoring four experts as “Legends of Chocolate” for their contributions to the craft chocolate industry. The four honorees included cacao and chocolate flavor expert Ed Seguine; the father of American craft chocolate John Scharffenberger; authors Sophie & Michael Coe, and cacao geneticist Juan Carlos Motamayor.

Several of my BNP Media colleagues and I attended PACK EXPO, staged by PMMI at the Las Vegas Convention Center last week. More than 2,000 exhibitors displayed their processing and packaging capabilities and equipment for thousands of attendees from across the globe — attendees who undoubtedly hit the Strip to blow off steam after long days at the show.

HI-CHEW is here to make things mysterious this Halloween with the new Sweet & Sour Mystery Mix bag. Featuring flavors including Sour Grapefruit, Sour Lemon and Green Apple, the bag will also include a fourth mysterious flavor.