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One-on-One with Brian Blanchard, Managing Director of pladis Americas

Company to leverage brands to grow in North American market.

June 28, 2017

Getting the word out about the newly formed company takes time, pladis’ new exec admits, but a bevy of strong brands makes him optimistic about the future.

The sizzle at Summer Fancy Food Show

Curtis Vreeland

June 28, 2017

Hunger-busting bars, plant-based snacks, fruit-filled meringues, and stuffed truffles make their debut.

RCI celebrates 100 years of helping candy makers

Association offers education, opportunities to connect.

Carla Zanetos Scully

June 26, 2017

It's helpful advice. It's friendship. And it's family. That is how candy makers and suppliers feel when they think about the last 100 years of Retail Confectioners International.

2017 Sweet 60: The top companies in North America

The North American Sweet 60 is a subset of the Global Top 100 list. In order to qualify for the listing, companies have to be based in North America.

Carla Zanetos Scully

June 22, 2017

And the changes keep on coming. It looks like 2017 is giong to be much like 2016 with more candy companies under new or changed management

Sanders and Morley Candy Makers to renovate Chocolate & Ice Cream Shoppe

Renovations to Clinton Township, Mich. store to be complete this fall.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

June 22, 2017

Sanders and Morley Candy Makers will unveil a renovated Chocolate & Ice Cream Shoppe this fall, the Clinton Township, Mich.-based company announced Wednesday.

All in the family

RCI brings spirit of camaraderie, collaboration to annual convention.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

June 21, 2017

It’s been 10 months since I joined Candy Industry, but it wasn’t until a week ago that I had a chance to partake in an event hosted by the Retail Confectioners International (RCI). I didn’t realize it, but I was in for a treat.

Savage Bros. back in business after water main break

Employees escape without injury but flooding affects 90 percent of 81, 500-sq.-ft. site.

Bernie Pacyniak

June 21, 2017

Last Thursday, more than 240 Retail Confectioners International (RCI) convention attendees toured Savage Bros. offices and its manufacturing facility in Elk Grove Village, Ill. The next day, 11 employees in the company’s engineering area of the 81,500-sq.-ft. complex were startled to hear a rumbling sound around 1:45 p.m.

Katjes acquires 5.7 percent of Josef Manner

Josef Manner generated $222.5 million in 2016.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

June 21, 2017

Katjes International has purchased a 5.7 percent stake in Austrian wafer manufacturer Josef Manner & Comp AG, the German gummy maker announced earlier this month.

Yelibelly Chocolates offers 'flavors that make your belly dance'

Belly dance instructor, dietician finds passion for flavor-infused chocolates.

June 19, 2017

When dietician and belly dancer Sarahbeth Marshall, otherwise known as Yeli, traveled to Italy, she discovered flavor-infused chocolates that she had never seen or tasted before. She brought that inspiration back to Dallas, Texas.