Huffman was chosen by PMCA's Production Conference Program Committee, which will hand out the award on April 12 during the 70th Annual Production Conference dinner.

Patrick Huffman, president of the Warrell Corp., will retire on June 5, as part of the long-planned transition back to family management of the candy company.

The Union League Club's main room was filled with more than 250 guests, who came to celebrate the five nominees.

When I had the chance to break bread with Patrick Huffman, we talked. And talked. This year's 68th Kettle Award recipient is a great storyteller.

Huffman learned that the slowest plant walks can be the most important ones, particularly when it comes to viewing what employees, as well as supervisors are doing. Of course, it not just a matter of observing what’s going on; it’s the follow-through that’s even more important.

When I had the chance to break bread with Patrick Huffman, we talked. And talked. This year's 68th Kettle Award recipient is a great storyteller.