Each year Jelly Belly's plant in southeastern Thailand makes a rainbow of jelly beans to satisfy the world over. But many of those beans customers can't even eat.
Associate Editor Alyse Thompson discusses junket sponsored by Thailand Board of Investment.
July 18, 2018
When former Editor-in-Chief Bernie Pacyniak asked Associate Editor Alyse Thompson in April if she'd be interested in going to Thailand, she didn't see how candy fit into the opportunity. She quickly learned how.
Jelly Belly Candy Co. is helping make the transition for veterans, service members and military families throughout the United States just a tad easier, and hence sweeter. The Fairfield, Calif.-based company recently donated $20,000 to Hope For The Warriors, a national nonprofit organization founded in 2006.
Although not quite as popular as chocolate, chewy candy still commanded close to $3.3 billion in dollar sales in the 52 weeks ending March 20, 2016, according to IRI, a Chicago-based market research firm.