Category Archive for "American Manufacturing"

01Dec

USA Candy Factory Map goes live!

Looking for your family’s favorite confections for this holiday season? Want to know how candy is made? NCA’s The Confectionery Foundation will introduce a map of candy factory outlet stores, tours and company stores across the USA. Stop by for sweet gifts, tours and treats. Looking for a special holiday...

09Oct

Supermarket concept was game-changer like online shopping

100 years ago in 1916, Clarence Saunders, a flour and grain salesman, saw that consumers wasted time and grocers wasted money with the traditional style of rural shops. He invented the first self service supermarket called Piggly Wiggly in Memphis, Tennessee. The chain grew to 1,200 stores by 1923. Read...

04Oct

What have you invented lately?

Modobag is the motorized ride-on suitcase for adults. Clever. Practical. Provides a solution. Isn’t that what good inventing should represent? Read the article by Chris Leadbeater in The Telegraph UK. It’s a great example of a new application for efficient technology. And, it looks like fun, too!...

24Sep

There’s a Shortage of Manufacturing Talent for American companies

Are you a technical college or university student? When deciding your major, take some mechanical and industrial engineering classes. Add a few food science and robotics classes. Summer job? Work in a factory. Find the reason in the article “Why U.S. companies pay headhunters $15,000 to fill manufacturing jobs” in...

01Jul

Allured Fund applications for 2016 courses due by July 15th

There are many fine training opportunities in our industry this year to build your skills. The Allured Fund for Confectionery Education need-based grants provide financial help for industry members who wish to expand their food-science knowledge or confectionery skills through continuing education courses. Due dates are on the 15th of...

31May

June is #NationalCandyMonth

Celebrate summer with sweet treats in the confectionery aisle. Learn about the ingredients in your favorite confections and the #Power of Sweet impact that our jobs and companies make in the US. Candy is a special treat that plays an important role in cultural traditions, seasonal celebrations and family occasions...

26May

Thank you to our 80 volunteers and 50 companies in the NextGen program

This week, NCA's The Confectionery Foundation's Next Generation program at Sweets and Snacks Expo brought together 100 college students and faculty from 18 educational institutions with 80 industry professionals to connect, inspire and strengthen. The students learned about the many career opportunities in the confectionery and snack industry as well...