National Confectioners Association (NCA) is a trade organization that promotes the confectionery industry in the United States. It represents the companies that make chocolate, candy, gum, and mints.
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The Sweets & Snacks Expo announced its 2025 Most Innovative New Product Awards, honoring innovations across 12 categories in the candy and snack industries.
Gummy candy, chocolate, taffy, lollipops and hard candy top the list of consumers’ favorite summer treats, according to the National Confectioners Association.
Kelly O’Donnell has joined the National Confectioners Association's public policy and government affairs team as PAC director, according to Candy & Snack Today, the official publication...
The 2021 Sweets & Snacks Expo, taking place from June 22 to 25 in Indianapolis, will host more than two years’ worth of new products on the show floor. Ahead of the conference...
The Voortman cookie brand has been named “Official Cookie” of the 2021 Sweets & Snacks Expo, according to the National Confectioners Association, the expo’s owner.With this designation...
The Future Leadership Program provides support, education, access and opportunity to young professionals who wish to develop leadership skills and grow their careers in the confectioner...
Registration opens in January 2021 for the 2021 Sweets & Snacks Expo, which is moving from Chicago. The event will be held June 22-25, 2021 at the Indiana Convention Center in...
Beginning in 2024, the Sweets & Snacks Expo will cycle through a rotation of two years at the Indiana Convention Center, followed by one year at the Las Vegas Convention Center...
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A study from the National Confectioners Association reveals that overall sales of candy and chocolate jumped 3.8% since March 2020. Grocery stores, in particular, experienced ...
WASHINGTON (March 2, 2020) – The National Confectioners Association today unveiled a new original research report, titled Sweet Insights: State of Treating 2020, at the annual...
WASHINGTON (January 16, 2020)—The National Confectioners Association today announced the appointment of two new staff members to new roles designed to bolster advocacy and communication...
Washington, DC (May 6, 2019) – Kevin Keefe, Director of Business Development at Shankman & Associates, and Shelly Clarey, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Adams & Brooks...
WASHINGTON (May 13, 2019) – The National Confectioners Association today released a detailed look at chocolate consumers which found that while preferences for dark, milk, and...
WASHINGTON (April 15, 2019) – The National Confectioners Association today announced the appointment of Lynn Wylie as senior director of industry affairs, a new position focused...
WASHINGTON, June 6, 2018 -- John Downs, president and CEO of the National Confectioners Association, this week spoke at the annual CHOCOVISION conference in Davos, Switzerland...
Washington, D.C. (June 26, 2017) - The Sweets & Snacks Expo, hosted by the National Confectioners Association, announces the long awaited debut of the Most Innovative New Product...
Washington, D.C. (June 7, 2017) - The 2017 Sweets & Snacks Expo, hosted by the National Confectioners Association, set an all-time attendance record for the second consecutive...
CHICAGO, May 24, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Recognizing the latest innovations in candy and snacks, the National Confectioners Association (NCA) announced its 2017 Most Innovative...
Washington, DC, May 24, 2016 – The 2016 Most Innovative New Product Award winners in the confection and snack industries have officially been named by the National Confectioners...
Washington, D.C. (May 9, 2016) —The National Confectioners Association announced today three new additions to the organization’s executive team. Elise Fennig was named to the ...
