Cindy Maly from Casey’s General Stores and Stephanie Panzetta from Weis Markets are recipients of the National Confectioners Association’s (NCA) 2019 Confectionery Leadership Awards. 

As we slog through the second longest government shutdown in history (so far), it’s becoming increasingly clear that even partially shutting down the government has ripple effects all the way to the candy industry. 

 Confectionery sales in the United States continued to do fairly well overall in 2011 and 2012, despite some underperforming areas and retail price increases.