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How will rising gas prices, inflation impact the candy industry?

As gas hits $5 per gallon and grocery prices increase nearly 12 percent, how will consumers respond?

June 13, 2022

Editor Crystal Lindell asks: how much room do consumer packaged goods companies have to increase their prices in response to more expensive gas? And what happens when things hit a tipping point?

Lindell column: New Fona report on millennials highlights the generation’s tumultuous adulthood

Editor Crystal Lindell reflects on seeing the events that shaped her life broken down into statistics and trend predictions.

Crystal Lindell

September 8, 2021

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Editor Crystal Lindell reflects on seeing the events that shaped her life broken down into statistics and trend predictions.

Delta variant's spread across the U.S. raises questions for candy industry

It’s hard to predict how consumers, industry events and upcoming holidays will be impacted by the new COVID-19 variant.

Crystal Lindell

August 11, 2021

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Seeing news this morning that an in-person industry event had been canceled felt eerily similar to spring 2020.

Lindell column: Grocery stores need to stop treating pick-up order staff like robots

Recent New York Times report details how stores are treating the staff that compile online orders — it’s alarming.

Crystal Lindell

June 7, 2021

Recent New York Times report details how grocery stores are treating the staff that compile online orders — it’s alarming.

After a sour year, 2021’s National Candy Month is uniquely sweet

After a long, difficult year, the confectionery industry has a lot to be thankful for.

Crystal Lindell

June 2, 2021

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June is National Candy Month, so allow us to make a proposal: This year, go all out.

Pandemic heightens consumer demand for brand transparency

Innova Market Insights reveals that shoppers want to know what’s in their food and where it comes from.

Crystal Lindell

May 26, 2021

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According to an Innova survey, 28 percent of consumers globally said that trust had become more important to them over the past 12 months, while over a fifth specifically named “transparency,” which is instrumental in building that trust.

Lindell column: Conferences should continue virtual event access after COVID-19

As events move in-person, Editor Crystal Lindell asks organizers to keep virtual offerings for participants.

Crystal Lindell

May 12, 2021

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"To be clear, I’m not asking that we hold events with only virtual options — I’m just asking that we don’t hold any with only in-person options," Lindell writes.

Amazon

Why is Amazon opening in-person stores just as consumers shift to online grocery shopping?

Amazon's expanding grocery store presence also means more distribution centers.

Crystal Lindell

April 12, 2021

Why would any grocery retailer be expanding in-person stores at a time like this? Editor Crystal Lindell has a theory: In short, stores double as distribution points.

COVID-19

After a year of COVID-19, how will the candy industry know the worst is over?

With about 3 months to go until the NCA’s Sweets & Snacks Expo, the event will again serve as a touchstone in the pandemic timeline.

Crystal Lindell

March 10, 2021

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It’s different for different people. Editor Crystal Lindell marks the beginning of COVID-19 at 8:51 p.m. Central Time, March 11, 2020.

Pantone’s 2021 Colors of the Year offer strength, optimism

Ultimate Gray, Illuminating yellow follow 2020’s Classic Blue.

Alyse Thompson

January 20, 2021

How can we hold both the somberness of what has happened and optimism for what could come? Pantone, the provider of professional color language standards, has represented this through its selection of the 2021 Colors of the Year.

On Demand Confectionery industry experts weigh in on the state of the candy industry, which has gone through the most massive shift in recent memory after grappling with COVID-19. While confectionery as a whole proved to be “pandemic proof,” not every individual category fared so well. Experts will share the insights they’ve gleaned over the last year, while also offering predictions on what’s to come.

It’s clear that the global candy industry is rapidly changing and keeping up with those trends will require both historical context and an eye toward innovation.

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How will rising gas prices, inflation impact the candy industry?

Lindell column: New Fona report on millennials highlights the generation’s tumultuous adulthood

Delta variant's spread across the U.S. raises questions for candy industry

Lindell column: Grocery stores need to stop treating pick-up order staff like robots

After a sour year, 2021’s National Candy Month is uniquely sweet

Pandemic heightens consumer demand for brand transparency

Lindell column: Conferences should continue virtual event access after COVID-19

Why is Amazon opening in-person stores just as consumers shift to online grocery shopping?

After a year of COVID-19, how will the candy industry know the worst is over?

Pantone’s 2021 Colors of the Year offer strength, optimism

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