Articles by Bernie Pacyniak
Editor-in-chief Bernie Pacyniak travels to Italy and Washington state to discover some wonderful wine and chocolate pairings
January 9, 2013
Recent trips have —and I’m truly grateful for this — further enlightened me about wine and its wonderful connection to confections.
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Senior v.p. of operations shares design and engineering concepts involved in building West Hershey plant addition.
December 27, 2012
Senior v.p. of operations details process that went into building new $300-million plant, including why they decided to use more natural light, how green it is, and how they made their famous Kisses even better.
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The year of the snake to bring innovation more private label, and more chocolate
December 20, 2012
In our sweeter-than-most confectionery industry, I’d say that most companies, be they large or small, fared fairly decently. I recognize that many of you are already wondering what kind of Kool-Aid I’m sipping while writing this.
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This bias, if you want to call it that, stems from common sense, not self-service.
December 12, 2012
Discussions about kids and candy have typically taken a cautious, defensive stance lately. They shouldn't.
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Entrepreneur Birol Altinkilic believed the timing was right when he switched from trading cocoa beans to processing cocoa and chocolate.
November 30, 2012
When Birol Altinkilic decided to create a cocoa processing company in 1992, he did so knowing the risks involved.
Enrobing
Aasted employee inspired while taking a bath.
November 27, 2012
Dennis Holmud admits to practically living in the lab, but breakthroughs don’t necessarily descend onto the workplace. In Holmud’s case, he was taking a bath.
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the storm came at the worst possible time for the company, just when it was in the process of shipping products out for the holiday season.
November 14, 2012
Not only did Sandy wreck havoc with families living on the Rockaway Peninsula, it did its best to shatter dreams, particularly family-run businesses.
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N.J.-based company still on skeleton crew after Hurricane.
October 31, 2012
Despite facing hurricane-force winds, torrential rains, loss of power and an inability for employees to travel, Promotion in Motion (PIM) was able to restart production in its Somerset facility yesterday afternoon.
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Editor-in-Chief Bernie Pacyniak fights back against attacks on treats this Halloween
October 31, 2012
Editor-in-Chief Bernie Pacyniak fights back against attacks on treats this Halloween
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Sustainability
Blommer: Today, only 5% of cocoa beans are certified. To meet the 2020 deadline, at least 55% is needed.
October 17, 2012
Current crop numbers show a two million metric ton gap in the amount of sustainable cocoa needed by 2020 and the amount currently produced.
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