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Big steps for Big Candy

Major manufacturers agree to reduce calories, update packaging.
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Alyse Thompson
May 17, 2017
I’ll admit: I didn’t see this coming. Last week, eight major candy manufacturers — a confectionery Justice League, if you will — joined forces on a new mission, but it’s not to stamp out crime. 

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Packaged Facts: Premium chocolate influences innovation in candy, food and beverage industries

Premium chocolate dollar sales grew by 5 percent over the last year.
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Alyse Thompson
September 16, 2016
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In the 11th edition of “Chocolate Candy Market in the U.S.,” Packaged Facts, a division of MarketResearch.com, reports that premium chocolate makes up just 18 percent of total chocolate dollar sales and 14 percent of unit sales, but it still leads the way in developing flavor trends and new product formulations, particularly in the use of clean-label ingredients.


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Covers and careers

Ghirardelli ceo realizes he’s connected to his high schools days in more ways than he thought
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Bernie Pacyniak
May 1, 2012

In Thomas Wolfe’s novel, You Can't Go Home Again, the central character, George Webber, exclaims, “You can't go back home to your family, back home to your childhood ...


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