Customers will be greeted by an 11-ft. Ferris Wheel candy display, a lollipop garden made with more than 1,000 lollipops, and a Chicago skyline made entirely of jelly beans.

As a member of the executive team, Trujillo will be responsible for delivering IT’SUGAR stores sales and participating in the strategic leadership of the company.

Each Läderach chocolate retail store offers more than 85 varieties of fresh, artisanal chocolate directly from Switzerland.

The Confectionery Leadership Awards program was created in 2011 to recognize and honor the confectionery industry’s best and most innovative category champions and leaders.

Situated in San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf area, Ghirardelli Square has been home to the beloved chocolate brand since 1893.

There’s a running theory that if the confectionery industry refuses to address the problems cocoa farmers face, eventually there just won’t be anyone willing to work as a cocoa farmer. The same is true for retail employees. 

IT’SUGAR began selling its rainbow star-shaped lollipops, benefiting Make-A-Wish, at all of its locations in August 2019.

The 18,000-sq.-ft. location is IT’SUGAR’s second candy department store and features more than 30 candy stations.

Läderach will continue its retail expansion in North America with the announcement of new store locations through March 2022.

Online-only shoppers are 3.5 times more likely to be loyal to brands than in-store shoppers, and they’re 14.7 times more likely to be loyal to the same grocery store.