With the start of a fresh seasonal...

With the start of a fresh seasonal candy cycle just around the corner, the confectionery industry is readying for it against a less-than-ideal backdrop. Clouding the picture is an economy mired in a fright consumers with less disposable income, and evidence of questionable increase in the last seasonal round of years

But across the board, candy manufacturers appear to be priming the seasonal work and promotion pump, betting that the two trade and consumer demand for candy of all impressed signs from Halloween through Easter 2003 will be early, steady and powerful As usual, many manufacturers report plans to unveil of recent origin seasonal-specific ...