Saturday, April 9, 2011

Sweet Retailing

http://www.journalism.co.uk/press-releases/new-confectionery-website-makes-life-sweeter-for-retailers/s66/a543598/

So the above link is one talking about how a new website is coming out that will be "the ultimate information resource"

and this is the ultimate candy site!

http://www.sweetretailing.co.uk/

on it i then found THIS article on the rise in liquorice sales which is weird since liquorice is gross. A leading manufacturer of this old people candy reports a 24% sale's growth.

http://www.sweetretailing.co.uk/index.php/sweet_talk/view/the_growth_of_all_things_liquorice

The article couples a casual tone and then delves into financial information. Really cool find.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Super secret candy news

https://www.agra-net.com/portal2/home.jsp?template=pubarticle&artid=1280910926143&pubid=ag005

The only thing that this link says that is public is "THE US's National Confectioners' Association (NCA) has written to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in response to the Agency's request for comments on Front-of-Pack (FOP) and Shelf Tag Nutrition Symbols in retail stores." After that the site wants users to log in. WHAT ARE YOU HIDING. Anyway, I trust something that makes you log in. Means the information isn't exactly public and thus may have some really interesting things going on