TRENDS: Valentine’s Day Chocolate Statistics

Raspberry Chocolate Hearts from Pierre Marcolini. According to The Nielsen Company: – Consumers are expected to purchase more than $345 million in chocolate candy during Valentine’s week, accounting for 5.1% of annual sales in the chocolate candy category. Consumers will purchase more than $448 million worth of total candy during Valentine’s week. – More than…
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CONTEST: Win A Year Of Chocolate

Bridge Brands’ “Chocolate By Numbers” collection. The San Francisco Chocolate Factory has changed its name to Bridge Brands Chocolate. To commemorate the new name and the company’s ninth anniversary, one lucky person will win a year’s supply of chocolate. But you have to tell the company why you deserve all that chocolate, by sending in…
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NEWS: Penguin Ice Water Served At Inaugural Ball

We just learned that Penguin Ice waters was served at The Green Ball, held in Washington D.C.’s historic Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on Inauguration weekend. Designed by noted San Francisco architect Arthur Brown, Jr. between 1926 and 1931, the Mellon Auditorium was completed in 1934 and is the central focus of a tripartite building group…
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TRENDS: Gastroporn, Or, How To Make Vegetables Erotic

How times change! Animal rights organization PETA has turned the other cheek. Previously, members of the organization attracted publicity by throwing red paint (signifying blood) onto fur coats. Now they’ve recalled the bet between the sun and the wind over who could get the man to take his coat off. (The wind blew and blew…
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NEWS: Winter Fancy Food Show 2009

Essential Cane, our Bronze Star winner from the 2009 Winter Fancy Show, dazzled with a dozen flavors of cane sugar, including Green Chili, Habañero and Sweet Onion. Who took the Silver? See the complete article. Amazing! In the midst of an economic downturn, the 34th Winter Fancy Food Show matched all-time records with 16,000 attendees…
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