After 26 years with Retail Confectioners International, executive director Van Billington has left to pursue other employment opportunities, creating an opening for a new executive director. On Jan. 1, 2009,

Doylestown, Pa.-based The Quigley Corp. announced it will close its Simon Candy manufacturing facility located in Elizabethtown, Pa. due to increased raw material costs and low-cost, foreign-sourced products. The closure

According to an article by Jerry Lynottjlynott at timesleader.com, Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. purchased property and a building in Hazleton, Pa. for $12.24 million at the end of December 2008.

Standard Candy Co., the producer of Goo Goo Clusters, announced its plans to close its Eastman, Ga. manufacturing plant by early April. Operations at the Georgia plant will be relocated

Barry Callebaut has opened a new state-of-the-art chocolate factory in Monterrey, Mexico. Besides being the company’s third-largest chocolate production facility, with an annual production capacity of around 100,000 tons, the

By Bernard PacyniakEditor-in-ChiefCandy Industrypacyniakb@bnpmedia.comgetting fresh: Clips from kölschlandFor those of you who have never been to the International Sweets & Biscuits Fair (ISM), in Cologne, the world’s largest gathering of

Medford, Ore.-based Harry & David Holdings, Inc. announced it has cut approximately 10% of salaried and full-time employees, excluding retail store employees. This reduction in staffing was decided upon after

At the recent Winter Fancy Food Show held in San Francisco, The San Francisco Chocolate Factory launched more than new products - it launched a new name. Now known as

Richard KrauseIn December 2007, an affiliate of American Capital, Ltd. purchased NECCO with intentions to increase the company’s innovation and branding initiatives. These goals have led NECCO to appoint a

By Deborah CassellEditorConfection & Snack Retailingcasselld@bnpmedia.com getting fresh: Recall woesDespite the number of new product samples always floating around BNP Media’s Deerfield, Ill., office – home to 15-plus food, beverage