Alison Soley

Overall, sales in the salty snack category grew 4.32 percent over the last year, for a total increase of $21.3 billion in the last 52 weeks ending July 12, 2015, reports IRI, a Chicago-based research firm.

"Candy” and “starch” might not sound like they have anything to do with each other.

Perhaps one of the best traits the chocolate bar industry has to offer is its maintenance of old favorites, coupled with innovative and exciting new flavors that give even the bravest of taste buds a run for their money.

Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker are debuts new 72% Cacao Dark Chocolate with Raspberries and Sea Salted Almonds bar.

The Gluten Free Bites are part nutritious bar, part healthy truffle, and they’re rolling out in two delectable new flavors.

Fans of the classic MoonPie bakery snack will love Taste of Nature’s new MoonPie Bites.

Known for their tasty puffed corn products, Cosmos Creations is updating some of it's packaging.

For many cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire, life is rife with both social and ethical issues.

This year’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in Chicago includes three confectionery industry supplier companies: Bell Flavors and Fragrances, Fona International, and Bosch

Unfortunately, child labor is still a reality in today’s world.