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Editors Crystal Lindell and Alyse Thompson share their insights on the latest industry news, product trends and marketing plans.

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The curious case of the red Skittles

Mars, Inc. investigating how discarded candies ended up on Wisconsin road.
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Alyse Thompson
January 25, 2017
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Last week, deputies from the Dodge County Sheriff’s Department in southeast Wisconsin came across thousands of red candies scattered across a county highway between the cities of Leipsig and Juneau.


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New year brings sweet celebrations

National holidays offer chance to appreciate, create buzz.
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Alyse Thompson
January 11, 2017
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One of the things I do is go through last year’s calendar to pull important dates, birthdays and anniversaries and get them on the new one. That way I don’t forget or miss them. This year, though, I decided to take a light-hearted approach to calendar planning. 


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Sugar Factory marries starpower, sweet treats for memorable experience

New location in Chicago River North opened Dec. 10.
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Alyse Thompson
December 21, 2016
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Last Wednesday I was to head to Chicago’s River North neighborhood, check out Sugar Factory’s new brasserie and store, and make eye contact with Backstreet Boy Nick Carter long enough for him to fall in love with me and propose on the spot. Sounds easy, right? Well, two-thirds of it was.

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Dubai trip offers look at world of possibilities

Yummex Middle East continues to grow, showcase innovation.
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Alyse Thompson
November 16, 2016
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Four months ago, I was a small-town newspaper journalist covering city council meetings and community events in rural West-Central Illinois, never dreaming my work would send me beyond the fringes of Northeast Missouri. But last Wednesday I found myself riding a tram out to the edge of the Palm Jumeirah. As the monorail glided past island residences and the city’s ultra-modern skyline, I couldn’t help being in awe.
 

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Yummex Middle East kicks off Nov. 7

More than 350 exhibitors from 44 countries to participate.
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Alyse Thompson
November 2, 2016
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Coordinated by Koelnmesse Group and the Dubai World Trade Center, Yummex Middle East, formerly known as Sweets & Snacks Middle East, will host the sold-out event Nov. 7-9.


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Halloween ‘scary’ good for candy sales

National Retail Federation-sponsored survey predicts 2016 holiday to bring highest-ever Halloween spending.
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Alyse Thompson
October 20, 2016

Halloween always promises a good scare, but a new survey sponsored by the National Retail Federation (NRF) estimates spending for this year’s holiday will be downright spooky -- spooky good, that is.


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August ECRM brings sweet surprise to New Orleans organizations

Boxes of candy donated to Children’s Hospital of New Orleans, Audubon Zoo after show.
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Alyse Thompson
September 7, 2016
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Fortunately, the participating sellers, buyers and I won’t be the only people to benefit from the three-day ECRM show. At the end of the event, 300 boxes of unspoken-for candy were donated to Boo at the Zoo, an annual fundraiser hosted by the Children’s Hospital of New Orleans and the nearby Audubon Zoo.


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Rounding off a sweet circle

Former intern Alyse Thompson joins Candy Industry staff as associate editor.
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Alyse Thompson
August 17, 2016
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I was working as a staff writer at a newspaper in Western Illinois when I learned earlier this summer that former Managing Editor Crystal Lindell was moving to a new position at Food Engineering. I jumped at the chance to once more join the Candy Industry team - for a variety of reasons.


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