By Bernard Pacyniak Editor-in-Chief Candy Industry pacyniakb@bnpmedia.com getting fresh: Serious about chocolateOne of the great perks about being editor of Candy Industry is that -- on occasion -- I get
By Deborah Cassell Executive Editor Candy IndustryRetail Confectioner casselld@bnpmedia.com getting fresh: Kids at a candy showThe excitement was palpable. More than 70 kids, ages 8 to 13, in a room,
By Bernard Pacyniak Editor-in-Chief Candy Industry pacyniakb@bnpmedia.com getting fresh: Steel nerves at Iron Confectioner competitionWhen Randy Hofberger of R&D Candy Consultants called me about two weeks ago, asking whether I
Last
year, U.S.
retail chocolate sales topped $17.3 billion, a new record. These sales mark a 2.8% increase over 2008,
but a percentage point lower than pre-recession 2007.
Union Confectionery Machinery Co., a
fourth-generation, family-owned business since 1912, is the world’s largest
supplier of second-hand, used and rebuilt machinery for the confectionery,
food, packaging, processing and biscuit industries.
The recent
renaissance in making chocolate from scratch signals a new appreciation - by
consumers and chocolate makers - for sourcing, crafting and experimenting.
By Deborah Cassell Executive Editor Candy Industry, Retail Confectioner casselld@bnpmedia.com getting fresh: You are how much you eatI’m a member of the Clean Plate Club … that is to say
Barry
Callebaut, the world’s largest manufacturer of cocoa and chocolate products,
and Kraft Foods, Inc., the world’s second largest food company and a global
leader in confectionery, have signed a long-term global master product
agreement.
Candy importer and manufacturer David E. Babiarz, a leader
in the candy industry for more than 40 years, passed away peacefully Sept. 1 at
home from complications of diabetes. He was 61.
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