Candy & Confectionary

Highlights

Courtesy of The Hershey Co.
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April 17, 2025
The chocolate processing plant is the first manufacturing facility to be built in Hershey, Pa., in more than 30 years and will help the processor support growth in its legacy ...
Courtesy of Bazooka Brands
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April 10, 2025
When its legacy Scranton, Pa., Ring Pop plant had to be closed, the Bazooka team found a new, much larger home, moved operations and got production restarted in half a year’s ...
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April 8, 2025
The huge Crème Egg is believed to be the largest created in the world, and is legitimately chocolate and fondant, just like the standard-sized holiday confection — but no one ...
Confectionary Sales
March 13, 2025
The State of Treating Report from the National Confectioners Association, Circana and Euromonitor reveals that even in shifting times of food and beverage spending, consumers ...
Andy Hanacek
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March 11, 2025
Stacy Taffet will oversee Hershey’s snacks portfolio after years driving marketing success at PepsiCo.
Openverse: IvoShandor
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March 5, 2025
Industry veteran Tiffany Menyhart joins the company after stints at Kraft Heinz, Sodexo and Mars Wrigley.
Openverse: MatrixxPR
Feb. 28, 2025
Pladis North America will shut down Pennsylvania facility, putting 60 people out of work, to focus its efforts on nearby Reading, Pa., plant, which employs more than 200.
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Feb. 18, 2025
Like its peers, Mondelēz has had to adjust to cocoa price inflation, but it has its sights set on continuing to grow in biscuits, baked snacks, chocolate, and cakes and pastries...
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Feb. 18, 2025
Despite sky-high inflation of the price of cocoa, The Hershey Co. believes it will emerge from the challenge in a better place, propelled in the short term by its “juggernaut”...
Courtesy of Sweets & Snacks Expo
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May 14, 2024
More than a dozen candy and snack products were awarded at the annual trade show in Indianapolis this year.
Courtesy of Ferrero North America
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May 10, 2024
Bloomington, Illinois, manufacturing campus continues to grow with the opening of the 70,000-sq.-ft. expansion, with will produce chocolate for numerous brands.
April 10, 2024
Godiva has been owned by Yildiz Holding since 2008, and Yildiz created Pladis, home of United Biscuits and DeMets.
Courtesy of Evolved
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April 9, 2024
Joe Serventi, credited with successful brand scaling projects over the years, joins the company, bringing more than two decades of food and beverage industry experience with him...