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Alain Roby: Record-Setting Chocolatier Continues To Innovate

Alain Roby’s talents have taken him around the globe, but he enjoys serving up chocolate creations of all kinds in a small-town environment.
Bernie Pacyniak
August 20, 2014
A certified master chef of pastry and sugar artistry, Alain Roby is internationally known for his sugar and chocolate masterpieces.
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Insects as the Food of the Future

Could eating bugs ever go mainstream?
Crystal Lindell
Crystal Lindell
August 15, 2014
The next big thing could be bugs.
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Morkes Chocolates: A third-generation candy maker works to stay competitive.

Rhonda continues to “mix” old-fashioned quality with the latest food and pop trends to sustain a family business in a competitive climate.
Bernie Pacyniak
August 15, 2014
Rhonda Dehn always had a head for figures. Thus, when asked to work Saturdays at the family’s retail candy shop in Palatine, Ill., there were no issues when it came to computing sales taxes on purchases or giving out change.
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Leaders in Innovation: Collaboration begets innovation

A look at some of the most promising new developments in confectionery technology.
Bernie Pacyniak
August 14, 2014
“Innovation does not, of course, mean throwing out the old for the sake of the new," says Mitch Barns, ceo for Nielsen.
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Kettle Winner Profile: A Beamin’ And Beanin’ Bianco

Candy Industry’s 69th Kettle Award Mike Bianco recipient encompasses all the best attributes of a candy maker’s “candy maker.”
Bernie Pacyniak
August 14, 2014
Mike Bianco openly professes that he prefers “talking to machines.”
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Bianco’s Bash: 10 Great Moments from Candy Industry's Kettle Awards

From the committee to the nominees, there was plenty to celebrate at the annual event.
Bernie Pacyniak
August 14, 2014
Once again — as is the tradition at the Kettle Awards — the crowd burst into applause when Crosio read the recipient’s name: Mike Bianco of the Jelly Belly Candy Co.
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Chocolate Bar Trends: Candymakers continue to raise the "bar."

Consumers look for innovation from both mainstream and premium chocolate makers.
Crystal Lindell
Crystal Lindell
August 13, 2014
These days you can grab a chocolate bar with almost anything inside. In the past year companies have introduced flavors ranging from marshmallows to ginger to hemp seeds.
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Nielsen finds disconnect between America’s desire for better health and actual behavior

Report finds that half of U.S. consumers say it’s a challenge to eat healthy.
Crystal Lindell
Crystal Lindell
August 13, 2014
“Do as I say, but not as I do,” a phrase used by parents over several generations, could very well apply to America’s attitude toward healthy eating, a recent Nielsen/Natural Marketing Institute (NMI) report reveals.
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Jelly Belly

Jelly Belly’s North Chicago plant to focus on private-label candies, will no longer make Jelly Belly jelly beans

Move eliminates 66 jobs, transfers branded candy production to main plant in Fairfield, Calif.
Bernie Pacyniak
August 13, 2014
"Eliminating positions is a difficult decision to make,” says Bob Simpson, the company’s president and coo. “This move to private-label manufacturing is a forward thinking step for the best deployment of the Illinois facility and the company overall.”
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M&M'S World

M&M'S World celebrates grand opening in Shanghai

New store offers 1,600-sq. meters of colorful, chocolate fun
Crystal Lindell
Crystal Lindell
August 13, 2014
The main focal point of the second floor features the Great Wall of Chocolate — the world's largest M&M'S candy wall — offering visitors an amazing photo moment and a chance to create their own customized blend of M&M'S Brand Chocolate Candies from 132 individual tubes.
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