Candy Industry articles from April 2001

Candy Industry archives from April 2001

The sun also rises in Mexico.(Editorial)
April 1, 2001... "The plant was damned good-looking. It wore its new ii facade in southwestern fashion, and the front entrance featured a curving arch, just like an office building." Yea, I guess all of us wanted to write like Hemingway at one point in...

Newsletter.
April 1, 2001... Brach's, Teamsters agree on severance terms Three months after Brach's Confections Inc. announced that it was going to shut down its massive manufacturing complex in Chicago by 2003, the company reported that it and Teamsters Local 738 had...

FDA investigation finds food companies lax in labeling.
April 1, 2001... As many as 25% of 85 food manufacturers inspected by state regulators in Minnesota and Wisconsin during the past two years did not list common ingredients that could potentially cause allergic reactions, the Food & Drug Administration (FDA)...

Feds reject demand to pull Megga Surprize eggs off the market.
April 1, 2001... Pleas by two consumer groups to recall a chocolate-covered plastic egg containing paper surprises because the product poses a choking hazard were rejected by the Consumer Product Safety Commission a week before Easter. Ann Brown,...

M&M/Mars jumps on novelty segment.
April 1, 2001... M&M/Mars looks to capitalize on its brand recognition and make an immediate impact in the confectionery novelty segment with the debut of its Toy and Pogo Dispenser featuring M&M's Minis this spring. Noting in its promotional materials that...

Study finds consumers view snacks in broad terms.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... A new study made available by Chicago-based Information Resources, Inc. finds that consumers make their snack purchasing decisions based on product attributes and personal needs rather than on category segmentation. The report, dubbed...

Haribo launches kosher and halal gummies.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... After four years of trying to come up with a heat-resistant gummi bear that satisfies both Jewish and Muslim dietary laws, Bonn, Germany-based Haribo has finally found what it believes works. Instead of using pork-gelatin to make its candies...

Senator Leahy introduces bill limiting snacks in schools.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy has introduced a bill (S. 745) that would give the U.S. Department of Agriculture additional authority to restrict the sale of "unhealthy" snacks and sodas during meals. "When it comes to our kids and...

CSM acquires Italian confectionery company, Socalbe.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... In early April, CSM, the Dutch food ingredients and confectionery conglomerate, reported that it had reached an agreement to purchase all shares of Bologna, Italy-based Socalbe, a hard candy company owned by CIR, a holding company controlled by...

People ...(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Arcor USA -- Miami The following appointments were announced: John Harris, East Coast business development manager, and Armando Carrillo, West Coast business manager. Each will supervise the development and implementation of sales strategies in...

Boyer Candy Co.'s Forgione dies.(Obituary)
April 1, 2001... Anthony Forgione, president and chief executive officer of Boyer Candy Co., died March 23 after being admitted to Bon Secours-Holy Family Hospital in Altoona, Pa. The 55-year-old executive revitalized Boyer Candy Co., best known for its Mallo...

Grain Processing Corp and SPI Polyols form new company.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Sometimes it's best to start anew. That's what Grain Processing Corp. of Muscatine, Iowa, and SPI Polyols of New Castle, Del., decided to do in pooling their resources together. Consequently, the two ingredient suppliers have formed a new...

Kliklok-Woodman enhances services.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... To more effectively meet the changing needs of their customers, the Kliklok Corp. and its subsidiary, The Woodman Co., have realigned their operations into a single, unified sales channel under the Kliklok-Woodman name. "We want to be able...

2001 ALL CANDY EXPO[R] is Buyer and Exhibitor Friendly.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 1, 2001... I can't believe five years have passed since the first ALL CANDY EXPO[R]. The enthusiastic response from both the buying and manufacturing communities have really made the EXPO the biggest and best confectionery show in North America. And this...

Image impacts purchase decisions.
April 1, 2001... Have you ever wondered if your packaging was outdated? Whether it cheapened your product? Was just plain ugly? Well, a good indicator would be if you lost a sale based on your packaging. Anthony-Thomas Candy Company certainly knows how that...

First Light.(Sunrise Confections)(Company Profile)
April 1, 2001... WITH A NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART, $20-MILLION PLANT IN MEXICO, SUNRISE CONFECTIONS LOOKS TO AWAKEN INTEREST FROM BOTH DIRECT CUSTOMERS AS WELL AS CANDY MANUFACTURERS IN THE SUGAR CANDY SEGMENT. Depending on whether it's the dry or wet season, it...

NEWS Ticker.
April 1, 2001... Sifca, a locally controlled Ivory Coast cocoa exporter and processor, acknowledged that it has signed an agreement with Archer Daniels Midland creating a new company, ADM Cocoa Sifca. ADM now controls 80% of shares in ADM Cocoa Sifca, with...

How sweet it's getting.(sugarless confectionery products sales are growing)(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... If anyone had doubts about the future growth of sugarless confectionery products during the past year, it's unlikely they still harbor those thoughts today. Recent scanning data gleaned by Chicago-based Information Resources, Inc (IRI) and...

NEW PRODUCTS.
April 1, 2001... A tiny bit of caramel COMPANY: Charlotte's Confections, Millbrae, Calif. THE PRODUCT: Tidbit Caramels THE HOOK: Chewy caramel item that's hard to resist. As Sean Callaway, vice president of Charlotte's Confections notes, "This is...

CREATORS BRIEFS.
April 1, 2001... Geneva Ingredients Group formed Geneva Flavors Inc. of Wisconsin, Gilette Flood Flavorings LLC and Gilette Food Ingredients of New Jersey, and FlavTek, Inc. of California now have one parent company know as Geneva Ingredients Group. ...

Walls, Ceilings and Overheads.(protecting candy and food factories from insects and other vermin)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Think of the walls and ceilings in your ant in a new way. These surfaces not only enclose the manufacturing space, they also protect your company's products from the outside environment. Thus, their composition, as well as the myriad electrical...

Plant, Processing and Packaging Technology.
April 1, 2001... Standard, custom-designed Moulds B.V. Vormenfabriek manufactures a broad range of high-quality polycarbonate moulds for bars and pieces. The Tilburg, Netherlands-based company has injection and thermoformed moulds. Styles include single...

New graphics flavors, for Dum Dum Pops.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... It's official. Bryan, Ohio-based Spangler Candy Co., makers of more than seven million Dum Dum lollipops daily, announced it's added three new flavors: buttered popcorn, orange cream and fruit punch. This marks the first time the company...

Grand Opening set for Schimpff's Candy Kitchen/Museum.(in Jeffersonville, IN)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Fourth-generation owners Warren and Jill Schimpff have set the date -- May 12th -- as the official grand opening for their Candy Kitchen and Candy Museum located next door to the confectionery operation in Jeffersonville, Ind. Schimpff's...

Brach's taps *NSYNC band for new `Hot Hits' fruit snacks.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... It's not as they need the additional publicity, but having a fruit snack named after you can't hurt, particularly with their new album coming out this May. Yes, popular "boy band" *NSYNC has teamed up with Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Brach's...