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Abt Electronics holds grand opening for in-store Dylan’s Candy Bar

Licensed Dylan’s location had a soft opening in June.

August 23, 2017

Abt Electronics has opened a licensed, 600-sq.-ft. Dylan’s Candy bar location inside its sprawling appliance store in Glenview, Ill.

KIND enters fruit snack category

Snack bar manufacturer targets children’s sugar consumption with KIND Fruit Bites.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

August 23, 2017

Snack bar manufacturer KIND Healthy Foods has branched into the fruit snacks category by introducing KIND Fruit Bites, made with fruit and no added sugar.

Three earn Buyer’s Choice Awards at Orlando ECRM event

Candy Planning: Everyday & Summer Seasonal show held Aug. 13-17 at the Rosen Centre Hotel attracts new industry participants.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

August 23, 2017

ECRM hosted its annual Candy Planning: Everyday & Summer Seasonal event Aug. 13-17 at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Fla., where new and previously attending manufacturers showcased more than 100 new, innovative products.

North Carolina chocolate company to expand

French Broad Chocolate to almost triple production space, open new cafe.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

August 23, 2017

French Broad Chocolates is moving to a new facility, giving the Asheville, N.C.-based company nearly three times the production capacity, the Citizen-Times reported.

Primrose Candy’s Mark Puch passes away

Chief executive of fourth-generation family business died last Friday

Bernie Pacyniak

August 16, 2017

Mark Puch, ceo of Chicago-based Primrose Candy, died last Friday. He was 63 and is survived by his wife, Dawn (nee Castro) and children, Gia, Mark Jr. and Nina as well as his mother Lillian and brother, Jeff, and his wife, Mary.

Hannah Vezzetti is the 2016-2017 winner of the John Kitt Memorial Scholarship.

AACT invites ‘Iron Confectioner’ participants

Annual competition at the end of technical seminar a popular finale.

August 16, 2017

Held at the conclusion of the group’s annual technical seminar — to be held October 2 - 4, at the Hyatt Lodge at McDonald's Campus, Oak Brook, Ill. — the Iron Confectioner Competition features two teams of three members each tasked to create three different types of confections within one hour.

Creativity abounds among sofi winners at 2017 Summer Fancy Food Show

Coconut, coffee, cashews among popular flavors at show, held June 25-27 in New York City.

Curtis Vreeland

August 16, 2017

With more than 180,000 specialty food and beverages from 2,600 exhibitors, the 2017 Summer Fancy Food Show continues to reign as the largest show in North America devoted to this industry.

Time flies when you’re having fun

Associate Editor Alyse Thompson reflects on her first year at Candy Industry Magazine.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

August 16, 2017

It’s hard to believe that this week — yesterday, to be exact — marks my one-year anniversary as a full employee of Candy Industry Magazine. And what a year it has been.