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When Todd Siwak, ceo of Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.-based Ferrara Candy Co. shared his vision about helping “improve the lives of employees” with Mike Goldwasser, the company’s chief human resources officer, the idea of providing scholarships surfaced soon afterwards.

It’s not every day that this humble editor has lunch prepared and served to him by a corporate executive chef.

Seattle, Wa.-based Toosum Healthy Foods, LLC, has acquired the Austin, Texas-based health bar brand KUTOA.

Nassau Candy South, a division of Nassau Candy Distributors, Inc., has acquired McClain’s Old Florida Gourmet, a distributor of specialty food and candy primarily throughout Florida, the companies announced Wednesday.

Typically, Goetze Cow Tales run seven inches long and weigh one ounce. But as the Baltimore Sun reports, the famed creator of the cream-filled caramel “dessert jerky” stick looks to greet visitors to the Bulk Candy Store at Maryland State Fair’s exhibition hall with a whopping 10-ft. version. It will be the largest Cow Tale that the Baltimore-based candy manufacturer has ever produced.