Three generations ago, Chet Enstrom perfected the art of blending the finest natural ingredients to create batches of almond toffee as gifts for family and friends
Archer Daniels Midland Co. will donate more than $576,000 to Opportunities Industrialization Centers International to fund bridge and well construction projects in 24 villages throughout Côte d’Ivoire. The projects, to
Gourmet gifts retailer
Harry & David will help troops far from home this holiday season enjoy an
extra special treat in their Soldiers' Angels care packages - Harry &
David's delicious Moose Munch Bars.
The
World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), which celebrated its tenth anniversary last month,
marked the occasion with a gathering of representatives from industry,
government, development organizations and research institutes around the globe
at its two-day Partnership Meeting in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 26-27.
By Bernard Pacyniak Editor-in-Chief Candy Industry pacyniakb@bnpmedia.com Getting fresh: Let's talk serviceAs William Dean Brown, founder and chief chocolatier of William Dean Chocolates remarked in the Oct. issue of Candy
Cacao
beans exclusively sourced from the southern Ben Tre province of Vietnam are
used to make Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker’s new Scharffen Berger Ben Tre
chocolate bar
“Junior candy buyers” from the Boys & Girls Club of Las Vegas
selected their favorite confections from those submitted by exhibitors at
ECRM’s Candy Annual Planning Event last month, naming three winners in the 2010
Kid’s Candy Choice awards.
At the American Association of Candy Technologists’ (AACT)
2010 Technical Seminar, held late last month in Lincolnshire, Ill., Robert
Boutin, principal and president of Skokie, Ill.-based Knechtel, Inc., was
presented with the association’s highest honor: the Stroud Jordan award.