National Candy Show Draws Pitches for Farts Candy, Bacon Sex Lube
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What happens when you put 600 candy marketers in a room with thousands of retail buyers? A sugar-filled pitch-a-thon where no packaging detail seems too small or sales stat too regional.
“We dominate North Texas,” Mike Sanderlin said at this week’s Sweets & Snacks Expo in Chicago when asked about his cotton candy brand, called Cotton Candy A La’ Cart. His pitch? Unlike other brands, it is packaged in transparent bags so “the kids can see it.”
Like so many others, Mr. Sanderlin is looking to close deals at the three-day event, which is expected to draw some 15,000 people from across the globe. Buyers are seeking the next big thing in candy, while marketers large and small are hoping to fill orders as fast as they can. All the while, mascots like a walking Sour Patch Kid roam the exhibit hall, which is filled with enough free samples to induce a weeks-long sugar high.
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