Category Archive for "Working with Chocolate"

06Jan

Allured Fund grant applications due January 15th

There are many fine training opportunities in our industry this Spring and Summer to build your skills. 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...

01Dec

Career opportunities for skilled manufacturing talent

Are you a skilled candy maker? An experienced R&D Food tech? chocolate panner? Our industry has job openings now in these areas. Fill out the general contact form under Contact Us and start the conversation to build your career opportunities. Let us know in what part of the country you...

18Nov

How long have we enjoyed chocolate in North America?

Atleast 1,200 years according to researchers at Canyonlands National Park. Discoveries of bowls in Utah and Colorado contain the oldest traces of cacao found in North America. Artifacts at Mesoamerican excavation sites have long shown chocolate enjoyment for almost 4,000 years. Since cacao grows in low altitude regions 20 degrees...

06Oct

Mark your calendars PMCA’s 69th Annual Conference

PMCA’s 69th Annual Production Conference will be held at the Lancaster County Convention Center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania April 13-15, 2015. Click for conference and speaker information at pmca.com...

02Oct

Allured Fund education grant applications due 15th of each month

There are many fine training opportunities in our industry this Fall and Winter to build your skills. 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...

25Sep

National Ice Cream Retailers Association conference

Mark your calendars for the NICRA annual conference November 11-13, 2014 in Lexington, Kentucky. Clinics, seminars, contests and more Click for NICRA registration...

07Sep

Make your travel arrangements for Western Candy Conference

Aloha! 2015 marks the 82nd meeting of The Western Candy Conference and next March this convention will be held in Maui. This business-building convention brings together excellent speakers and members to learn, engage in one-on-one business conversations and stay current on industry topics. Click to learn more and register...