Executives from Blommer Chocolate Co. discussed the state of the cocoa industry at its 9th annual commodity and purchasing seminar in Chicago. Topics included the cocoa supply situation, developments at

By Deborah CassellExecutive EditorCandy IndustryRetail Confectionercasselld@bnpmedia.com getting fresh: Comatose commentaryAs I write this, I am still suffering from a food coma – that unpleasant state of being reached only after

By Bernard Pacyniak Editor-in-Chief Candy Industry pacyniakb@bnpmedia.comgetting fresh: Kraft's Cadbury gambitWhen I wrote my editorial for the September issue of Candy Industry, I did so with a bit of trepidation.

By Deborah Cassell Executive EditorCandy Industry,Retail Confectionercasselld@bnpmedia.comgetting fresh: Candy LandingCall it an occupational hazard, but everywhere I go, confections follow.Take yesterday, for instance, which for me began in Chicago and

By Bernard Pacyniak Editor-in-Chief Candy Industry pacyniakb@bnpmedia.com getting fresh: Democratizing chocolateShould any of you happen to be around Colonial Williamsburg this Friday, I urge you to stop by the R.

By Deborah Cassell Executive EditorCandy Industry,Retail Confectionercasselld@bnpmedia.comgetting fresh: A match made in chocolateI love it when worlds collide. Well, not always. I’m reminded of a time several years back when

By Bernie Pacyniak Editor-in-Chief Candy Industry pacyniakb@bnpmedia.comgetting fresh: Life lessons from the roadThe cities of Donetsk and Dnepropetrovsk weren’t exactly household names to me. Thus, making travel arrangements to visit

By Deborah Cassell Executive Editor Candy Industry, Retail Confectioner casselld@bnpmedia.comgetting fresh: Blommer gets bluntAs I make room on my desk for the 10-lb. dark chocolate bar (you read correctly) given

Last month, Belgium-based Hacos NV purchased Collmann GmbH’s chocolate branch. Founded in 1938, Collmann manufactures machinery for the production of chocolate hollow figures.

TPC Partners, LLC, an affiliate of Archbrook Capital Management, LLC in Reading, Pa., has acquired a majority interest in Tray-Pak Corp., one of the leading manufacturers of custom, thermoformed plastic packaging products for the confectionery, bakery, food and other industries.