Pam Vieau and Marcy Goetz, mother-and-daughter owners of Chocolate Inspirations in Roselle, Illinois, didn’t originally intend to operate a chocolate business.

With governments issuing shelter-in-place orders and concerns over the coronavirus spreading in public, it’s not a surprise consumers are turning to the Internet to get what they need.

Chocolate offers an opportunity to indulge, but it also serves as a palette for flavor innovation and provides an entry point into where and how cocoa is grown, harvested and processed.

While food manufacturing has been deemed “essential infrastructure,” allowing it to continue, the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Co. to adopt even stricter safety protocols. There’s also the challenge of meeting payroll in the face of canceled or delayed product orders. 

As new non-imported cases of coronavirus decline, Shenzhen-based Amos Sweets faces challenges including changes in demand, increased difficulty in communication and the cancellation and postponement of industry events.

Playing on consumers’ memories and emotional connections to nostalgic flavors and products can spell success for food manufacturers, according to a new report from FONA International.

Organizers for Natural Products Expo West have postponed the show, set for this week, over concerns associated with novel coronavirus.

Over the last decade, Morinaga America has strived to carve out a place in the U.S. confectionery market for its fruity, chewy HI-CHEW brand. But where exactly it fits within the market is not easy to describe. 

ECRM hosted its annual Candy Planning: Christmas & Halloween program Feb. 16-19 at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.