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RCI celebrates 100 years of helping candy makers

Association offers education, opportunities to connect.

June 26, 2017

It's helpful advice. It's friendship. And it's family. That is how candy makers and suppliers feel when they think about the last 100 years of Retail Confectioners International.

2017 Sweet 60: The top companies in North America

The North American Sweet 60 is a subset of the Global Top 100 list. In order to qualify for the listing, companies have to be based in North America.

Carla Zanetos Scully

June 22, 2017

And the changes keep on coming. It looks like 2017 is giong to be much like 2016 with more candy companies under new or changed management

Sanders and Morley Candy Makers to renovate Chocolate & Ice Cream Shoppe

Renovations to Clinton Township, Mich. store to be complete this fall.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

June 22, 2017

Sanders and Morley Candy Makers will unveil a renovated Chocolate & Ice Cream Shoppe this fall, the Clinton Township, Mich.-based company announced Wednesday.

All in the family

RCI brings spirit of camaraderie, collaboration to annual convention.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

June 21, 2017

It’s been 10 months since I joined Candy Industry, but it wasn’t until a week ago that I had a chance to partake in an event hosted by the Retail Confectioners International (RCI). I didn’t realize it, but I was in for a treat.

Wacky Wafers

LEAF Brands, Newport Coast, Calif.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

June 21, 2017

After six years, Wacky Wafers are back in their original packaging, flavors and size.

Savage Bros. back in business after water main break

Employees escape without injury but flooding affects 90 percent of 81, 500-sq.-ft. site.

Bernie Pacyniak

June 21, 2017

Last Thursday, more than 240 Retail Confectioners International (RCI) convention attendees toured Savage Bros. offices and its manufacturing facility in Elk Grove Village, Ill. The next day, 11 employees in the company’s engineering area of the 81,500-sq.-ft. complex were startled to hear a rumbling sound around 1:45 p.m.

Katjes acquires 5.7 percent of Josef Manner

Josef Manner generated $222.5 million in 2016.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

June 21, 2017

Katjes International has purchased a 5.7 percent stake in Austrian wafer manufacturer Josef Manner & Comp AG, the German gummy maker announced earlier this month.

Yelibelly Chocolates offers 'flavors that make your belly dance'

Belly dance instructor, dietician finds passion for flavor-infused chocolates.

June 19, 2017

When dietician and belly dancer Sarahbeth Marshall, otherwise known as Yeli, traveled to Italy, she discovered flavor-infused chocolates that she had never seen or tasted before. She brought that inspiration back to Dallas, Texas.

BBX Capital acquires IT’SUGAR for $57 million

IT’SUGAR ceo Jeff Rubin will remain as ceo.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

June 19, 2017

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based BBX Capital Corp. has acquired specialty candy retail chain IT'SUGAR for $57 million, the holding company announced Monday.

New Zippy Bites flavors

Zippy Bites, LLC, Piscataway, N.J.

June 16, 2017

Zippy Bites, LLC has introduced two new flavors to its line of chocolate truffles infused with natural energy.

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RCI celebrates 100 years of helping candy makers

2017 Sweet 60: The top companies in North America

Sanders and Morley Candy Makers to renovate Chocolate & Ice Cream Shoppe

All in the family

Wacky Wafers

Savage Bros. back in business after water main break

Katjes acquires 5.7 percent of Josef Manner

Yelibelly Chocolates offers 'flavors that make your belly dance'

BBX Capital acquires IT’SUGAR for $57 million

New Zippy Bites flavors

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