The Halloween spike in candy sales should be especially good for chocolate products, according to Rockville-based market research firm Packaged Facts. Last year, sales of seasonal Halloween chocolate candy reached $217 million, up 12 percent. That growth outperformed purchases of ...

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Max Brenner is opening a Chocolate Bar in its fifth American city at Bethesda Row on Wednesday.

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MONTPELIER, Vt. — Consumers will pay a little more for coffee and chocolate to ensure the farmers who produce those foods get a fair wage, so why not ask them to pay more for milk? That is the notion behind ...

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NEW YORK — Russians prefer their Lay’s potato chips dusted in caviar and crab flavors. The Chinese like their Oreos stuffed with mango and orange cream. And in Spain, Kellogg’s All-Bran cereal is served floating in hot coffee instead of ...

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Susan Leonard, owner of The Annapolis Sweet Shoppe, is trying to invoke some of the "Willy Wonka imagination" at her new store. For those who care where their chocolate comes from, she offers fine artisan and locally-made chocolate. For those with a nostalgic sweet tooth, she offers candy cigarettes and Pop Rocks. And she hopes everyone who walks through the door has a sweet experience.

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Valentine’s Day, with estimated sales of $15.7 billion, is a huge boon for retailers in an otherwise bleak economy, but if you’re a socially conscious consumer, finding one of the top-selling items — chocolate, jewelry or flowers — that fits ...

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Cupid got off easy this Valentine’s Day, but spikes in cocoa bean and sugar prices may have the Easter bunny digging deeper into your pocket for those chocolate eggs and rabbits. Chocolate prices are going up, but Valentine’s chocolates are ...

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