By Bernard PacyniakEditor-in-ChiefCandy Industrypacyniakb@bnpmedia.comgetting fresh: U.S./Canadian equivalency signing first step toward global organic accord Call it a victory for common sense. Last week at the Organic Trade Association (OTA)’s All
Deborah CassellExecutive Editor Candy Industry casselld@bnpmedia.com getting fresh: Sample Sales PowerIn celebration of its grand re-opening, my local Dominick’s store in Evanston, Ill., recently held a preview party, where it
By Bernard PacyniakEditor-in-ChiefCandy Industrypacyniakb@bnpmedia.com getting fresh: A truly American phenomenon: chewing gumSo what would prompt an archaeologist to write a book about gum, or rather chicle, the natural gum base?
By Deborah Cassell Executive Editor Candy Industry casselld@bnpmedia.comgetting fresh: Ode to Rocky RoadIn case you missed it, yesterday was National Rocky Road Day. Your day planner might have omitted this
The quality and taste of sweeteners are continually improving, and sugar-free chocolates are riding that curve. As a result, these new and improved products aren’t just for diabetics anymore.
The recession has forced U.S. consumers to cut back on general spending, but confectioners and chocolatiers hope to buck that trend with new seasonal products for fourth-quarter 2009 and beyond.
They say good things happen in threes, and that’s certainly the case for Shearer’s Foods, Brewster, Ohio. The snack manufacturer recently won two awards and made an acquisition that has
The Topps Confectionery division of The Topps Company, Inc., New York, has been renamed Bazooka Candy Brands. As such, Bazooka Candy Brands will be the parent company that sells all
Not too long ago, Food Lion LLC discovered that business as usual, centered on a one-size-fits-all mentality, simply wouldn’t cut it anymore. The Salisbury, N.C.-based retailer, part of the Brussels-based
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