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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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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Cake News: Year of Living Coral

From the Year of the Unicorn to the Year of Living Coral...here's what to look out for in 2019! This week's Sugarverse updates include the release of the 2019 Pantone Color of the Year, the reiteration of the Ban on Edible Glitter, another friendly reminder about the dangers of eating raw cookie dough, and predictions for the cake trends of 2019.

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Cyd's First Live Interview, Gift Biz Gal

This week Sue Monhait, the Gift Biz Gal herself, released an interview which she conducted with our founder Cyd to introduce our girl to the Gift Biz Unwrapped listeners. Sue is the owner of The Ribbon Print Company in Highland Park, IL and the host of Gift Biz Unwrapped podcast.

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