Galia Orme 'loves chocolate!' and can recall childhood memories of making and eating chocolate as a child in South America. She set up CHOC Chick from her kitchen table to promote the 'pure goodness of chocolate in its raw state and bring...
The overriding theme at the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) annual State of the Industry Summit, held in Chicago, was one of evolution. The old convenience store model of ‘smokes, cokes and gasoline’ has morphed into a more complex retail...
Former Fannie May executive Steve Druckman provides strategic leadership across 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc, Simply Chocolate and Cheryl’s Cookies, bringing his vast experience in the confectionery industry to launch new products and innovative offerings...
From, Derek Chambers’s speech to the CMAA, to a podcast on the cadmium crisis in Ecuador’s cocoa industry, and our exclusive article on Blockchain technology, here we reveal the top five stories trending across our social media channels this week.
Ecuador’s efforts to create value at origin could be damaged by the EU’s recent regulation of heavy metal cadmium in chocolate, claims the president of the country’s cocoa export association.
The Burlington, Vermont-based chocolatier partnered with Blue Cross Blue Shield, the insurance company that covers more than 100 million Americans, to develop a wellness accountability program.
Guittard Chocolate has been going for 150 years, but marketing director Amy Guittard still likens it to a ‘start-up’ company, with team members combining different roles to continue the family legacy and keep the company relevant in today’s challenging...
The National Confectioners Association named Kirk Vashaw of Ohio-based Spangler Candy Company as the chairman to the Board of Trustees and Paul Chibe, president and CEO of Ferrero USA, as vice chairman.
‘Confectionery across the generations’ was the theme of president and CEO John Downs’ opening speech to over 650 senior industry professionals gathered in Boca Raton, Florida for a candy update.
After 30 years in the corporate world, Brian Watt gave it all up and followed his love for chocolate with startup Sir Hans Sloane Chocolates. The company has five employees and produces its ‘posh hot chocolate' from a studio in the south of England...
Fudge Kitchen has seven outlets in major UK cities and employs more than 80 staff. MD Sian Holt explains the rich heritage behind the premium, indulgent brand and how she got into the business of making fudge.
BLOCKHEAD is a relatively new start up that makes functional confectionery such as Blockhead caffeine Energy Gum and Blockhead Vitamin Gum, available in retail stores across the UK. Founder Danny Lowe tells Confectionery News what inspired him to get...
Peppersmith, don’t ask where the name came from, make sugar free mints and gum using a ‘clever little plant based ingredient called xylito’. Mike Stevens is co-founder and ‘Master of Mints’ and he tells why his company is blowing fresh air into the gum...
Smith & Sinclair is a London-based start-up specializing in punchy alcoholic cocktail gummies and other boozy confections. Co-founder and MD Melanie Goldsmith talks food, drink, sex and beauty with CN.
Helen Pattinson founded Montezuma’s Chocolates with her husband Simon in 2000 with only a 'kitchen sink sized machine' and a 'broad ideal to bring chocolate innovation to a boring and staid British chocolate market.' So far it's...
