Intent on nurturing connections to the source of their food, French Broad Chocolates imports cacao from trusted farmers.

The continued growth in demand for Snickers, Skittles and Starbursts is prompting Chicago-based Mars Wrigley Confectionery to invest $30 million in expanding its Waco, Texas facility.

Lindt & Sprüngli Schweiz AG has announced plans to invest more than CHF 30 million ($32.25 million) in expanding and increasing the capacity of its production facility in Olten, Switzerland, this year.

St. Louis-based Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Co. is once more in need of space, space, space.

Sanders and Morley Candy Makers, Inc., has acquired about five acres of property adjacent to its corporate headquarters in Clinton Township, Mich., with the eventual goal of expanding.

Nassau Candy will expand its 127,000-sq.-ft. Hicksville, N.Y. headquarters and add 15 jobs, Newsday reported last week.

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. (WEDC) announced last week that it had reached an incentive agreement with Haribo of America, the U.S. subsidiary of the German-based gummy manufacturer, tied to the construction of a 500,000-sq.-ft. plant in Pleasant Prairie, Wis.