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Sweets, the new beautiful

Confectionery industry should take a new approach to critics
Bernie Pacyniak
August 15, 2012
It might be time for the confectionery industry to take advantage of this post-Olympic medal glow and get into some inspirational messaging.
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Down for the 'calorie' count

Calorie counting methodology study by USDA raises more questions
Alyse Thompson
Alyse Thompson-Richards
August 8, 2012
In an age when counting calories has become just as important as counting nickels and dimes, a new study how those calories are counted could give dieters the trick they’re looking for. Or so it seems.
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Good Food awards good idea

Awards recognize and support the sustainable food movement
Bernie Pacyniak
August 1, 2012
What the Good Food awards are designed to do is recognize sustainable food production and superior taste — parameters that have often been separated in past competitions.
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Sugar prices aren’t so sweet

U.S. sugar regs simply aren’t fair.
Crystal Lindell
Crystal Lindell
July 25, 2012
Every penny counts. And that’s exactly the mindset candy makers have when it comes to sugar prices. You see, they’ve all scanned the metaphorical bar codes on the sugar cane plants and realized they get a better deal, well, umm, just about anywhere else in the world.
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Can taxes and bans really curb obesity?

Fighting this epidemic won’t be as easy as labeling things “good” or “bad.”
Crystal Lindell
Crystal Lindell
July 11, 2012
The thing about obesity is that it’s nothing like smoking. I know. I know. It blows (pun intended) that we have to come up with new ways to fight the latest epidemic.
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Colombia’s ‘value-added’ economy

New Free Trade Agreement with the United States has Colombia hoping for the best
Crystal Lindell
Crystal Lindell
June 20, 2012
Maybe it’s the mountains, maybe it’s the fruit that tastes like it’s from the Garden of Eden, or maybe it’s the fact that a local confided in me that every time she talks about the drug trade she gets a headache — but whatever the reason, it only takes a few hours in Colombia to feel the same desire for change that the locals do.
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How Connected Are You?

Kelly Brinkmann
June 15, 2012

 When I visit our member candy stores, one of my favorite things to do is to spend time in the retail area and watch the connections customers have with the staff and the store.  


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Risk-taking and innovation

Two confectionery innovators prove risk taking can pay off
Bernie Pacyniak
June 13, 2012
Everyone’s heard the complaint about too many me-too products being introduced into the marketplace. One of the main reasons for this lack of creativity stems from the fact that being innovative truly requires extensive use of the right brain as well as having a penchant for risk-taking.
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