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Abt Electronics and Dylan's Candy Bar partner on licensed in-store location

Suburban Chicago appliance store boosts shopping experience with candy boutique

September 18, 2017

Jon Abt, who runs the 81-year-old appliance store with his three brothers, acknowledges most appliance stores don't pair chocolate bars and gummy candy with refrigerators and home theater systems. But Abt is not the average appliance store.

Lolli & Pops set to double U.S. retail locations

California-based retailer opens its 39th store in Albuquerque, N.M.

Alyse Thompson

September 13, 2017

San Francisco-based specialty retailer Lolli & Pops has spread its sweet stock into the Southwest by opening a store in Albuquerque, N.M. this month, kicking off a drive to double the chain’s number of locations by the end of 2018.

GetHappy offers sweets, smiles at malls in Illinois, Wisconsin

GetHappy has seven locations in Chicago, Milwaukee areas.

July 12, 2017

Lindsay Erickson wears many hats: concert violinist, mother, entrepreneur and lover of sweets.

St. Louis grocer United Provisions draws young, international customers with fresh, global offerings

United Provisions serves Washington University students, adventurous eaters.

Alyse Thompson

May 24, 2017

With its bohemian vibe, funky shops and eccentric eateries, the Delmar Loop is unlike any other neighborhood in or around St. Louis. And that’s exactly why people visit, says Shayn Prapaisilp, a member of the group that owns global grocery store United Provisions.

A group of Australian researchers, led by Constantine Gasser, discover that candy consumption is not related to obesity.

Teachable moments, Part II

Editor-in-Chief Bernie Pacyniak responds to comments on column about candy- and tabloid-free checkout aisles.

Bernie Pacyniak

January 18, 2017

If you missed the column, which appeared in Sweet & Healthy Issue 1, it dealt with a mother’s proposal to create candy- and tabloid-free checkout aisles for parents who are shopping with their children.

A teachable moment

Mother’s attempt to have grocer remove candy from the checkout aisle garners national attention, advice.

Bernie Pacyniak

January 4, 2017

As Judy Putnam, Lansing State Journal columnist put it, “If you have a kid, you know the moment.” Putnam was referring to the checkout drama that occurs when children tug at their parents’ sleeves and ask for candy, which is conveniently placed at eye level.

NACS: Consumers turning to fresh items from convenience stores

Survey shows shoppers increasingly looking for fast, healthy items.

Crystal Lindell

April 29, 2015

There’s been a noticeable shift in the type of food people buying at convenience stores.

Retail Profile: Stocking Everyone's 'Candy Favorites'

Jon H. Prince, president of the McKeesport Candy Co., which runs CandyFavorites.com, says if you can't find it on his website, it doesn't exist.

Crystal Lindell

November 20, 2012

The Prince family is really good at selling candy and that’s likely because they don’t much care how or where you buy it from them.

Self-Service Solutions for Retailers

January 20, 2012

Innovation is the result of fresh thinking.

Snak King acquires C.J. Vitner

January 9, 2012

Snak King, City of Industry, Calif., one of the largest independent snack food manufacturers in the United States, says it has acquired Chicago-based C.J. Vitner Co., a manufacturer and distributor of snack foods in the greater Chicago market.