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 When Norman Love first met Dave Taiclet and Terry Mitchell from 1-800-FLOWERS.COM and Fannie May Confections Brands, respectively, three years ago, he was adamant about one thing. 

Lily’s Dark chocolate bar is the first Fair Trade certified chocolate bar made with stevia. 

The Imperial Sugar Company has announced that it will be acquired as a subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus Commodities LLC — but at least three law firms feel the shareholders got a raw deal. 

When I first started working for Candy Industry more than a decade ago, my knowledge about the industry was at best rudimentary. It was also unbiased. Hence, when the first headlines about child labor began to surface, I did what every good journalist should: research the hell out of the topic.