Alamo Candy Co. is seeing green. The San Antonio, Texas-based company recently installed two solar projects that will cover the majority of Alamo Candy’s energy needs and save the company $750,000 over the next 25 years.
1-800-Flowers.com has launched an online “sweet spot” for chocolate lovers, filling a portfolio gap created after the $115-million sale of Fannie May and Harry London brands to Ferrero Group earlier this year.
This holiday shopping season is already shaping up to be merry and bright, according to data from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics.
Harry & David will operate approximately 20 pop-up stores nationwide this holiday season, in addition to its 46 year-round retail locations, the company announced last week.
Sanders Candy and Morley Candy Makers will celebrate the grand reopening of their newly-remodeled chocolate and ice cream shoppe in Clinton Township, Mich. on Saturday.
L.A. Burdick Handmade Chocolates has had a big year. The Wapole, N.H.-based company, known for crafting European-inspired bonbons for a devoted following in New England, marked 30 years in operation.
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.