Meet my new best friends, 12 life-size marzipan figures, representing famous Lübeck residents, from Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen to Thomas Mann. Of course, in the center is Johann Georg Niederegger, founder of J.G. Niederegger GmbH & Co., KG, the famed manufacturers of premium marzipan products based in Lubeck. By the way, that’s me on the far right.
A new report from Juniper Research has found mobile coupon’s global redemption rate will average more than 8% by 2016 - an eightfold increase over the best paper coupon campaigns. Associate Editor Crystal Lindell looks at what this could mean for candy companies.
As we plunge into the second full week of 2012, freed of holiday burdens and buoyed by resolutions, it’s tempting to speculate what the winds of fortune will bring to us all. And while there are plenty of stats regarding election-year tendencies, all I can say is there’s one editor who will be happy once the campaigning concludes come Nov. 6.
Editor Bernard Pacyniak tours Valor Chocolates’ manufacturing facility in Villajoyosa, Spain with Pedro Lopez Lopez, the company’s ceo and managing director and winner of the 2011 European Candy Kettle Club award.
Alas, the Republican presidential primaries have finally brought us some candy-related news. But, when 18-year-old Chloe Thomas asked presidential hopeful Mitt Romney about Pop Rocks, it wasn't just the topic that was off base, but the entire request.
Editor-in-chief Bernard Pacyiak shares more highlights of his confectionery tour through Germany, including stops at Christkindlmarkt, the Galeria Kaufhof department store, Lemke, Viba Nougat-Welt Die Erlebnis-Confiserie, Ritter Sport and Rubezah.
Editor-in-chief Bernard Pacyiak shares highlights of his confectionery tour through Germany. So far he’s stopped at Coppenrath Feingeback, Hachez, Niederegger and Ragold.
Finally, the stars are starting to align for all the students out there wishing they could just pop a piece of watermelon gum during history class. Glee Gum pointed me to new research from the National Center for Biotechnology Information, that shows chewing gum five minutes before cognitive tests improved performance.
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