The Industry Sweet Tea

News, updates and the “real tea” from the food and baking industry. Discover a breakdown of current issues and headlines from the food industry.

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King Cakes Banned from Facebook...well kinda

A Louisiana based company took to Facebook after their request to boost an ad was denied due to "excessive skin and nudity." In the South, king cakes are traditionally a ring of twisted cinnamon roll-style dough, topped with icing or sugar and can sometimes include flavored fillings.

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Gigi’s Cupcakes filed for bankruptcy! Here’s why you should not freak out.

As soon as news hit the Sweet Community about the bankruptcy of one of the nations most iconic cupcake shops, concern soon spread that this may mean the end of the gourmet cupcake trend. There's more to this story than meets the eye. From $6 million paydays to class action lawsuits, this bankruptcy is everything but a commentary on the gourmet cupcake trend.

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Unicorn Trend Still Lives!

Thanks to Keebler, the Unicorn trend lives on in the Cupcake Flavored Unicorn Fudge Stripes Cookies! There is no doubt that 2018 was the Year of the Unicorn! From unicorn slime to unicorn poop and EPIC unicorn cakes and cupcakes, I’m sure most bakers would agree we were looking forward to a new flavor trend in 2019!

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Hershey’s sloppy kisses ruin the Holidays

The Hershey Company has some how managed to ruin holiday baking for a handful of bakers, and the internet is going crazy over it. If you missed the news a large batch of Hershey's Milk Chocolate Kisses are missing their iconic pointed tip. Some call them flat top kisses, but I prefer the name sloppy kisses. Here's the deal...

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