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Starting your own candy or snack company takes more than just a great idea. Making the right connections is the key to breaking into the highly competitive and innovative confectionery & snack industries. To help shine a light on the companies making waves within these industries, the 25th annual Sweets & Snacks Expo (May 23-26 in Chicago’s McCormick Place) will feature a curated selection of innovative business owners who started their confectionery or snack business within the last three years through Startup Street.

This year, attendees at the 2022 Sweets & Snacks Expo (May 23-26 in Chicago’s McCormick Place) will have even more opportunities to make connections and gain insights into trends and best practices in the confectionery and snack industries, thanks to show’s newly announced industry education programming. 

The National Confectioners Association has announced the winners of three industry awards ahead of the 2022 Sweets & Snacks Expo taking place May 23-26 in Chicago’s McCormick Place.

Largest Candy and Snack Trade Show in North America Heads to Indianapolis and Las Vegas Aventura, Florida —The  National Confectioners Association today announced that its Sweets & Snacks Expo will make a historic move to host the premier trade show…

Sweets & Snacks Expo announced that registration is open for the 2022 show, taking place May 23-26 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, Ill. Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, the Sweets & Snacks Expo is poised to delight attendees who can anticipate hundreds of the world’s best candy and snack makers displaying their latest innovations, a new spin on education and a reimagined Destination Front End. The show will kick off with the annual Most Innovative New Product Awards, showcasing groundbreaking ideas, concepts and products in the candy and snacks categories.

The Sweet & Snacks Expo officially opened this morning as the first trade show to be held in Indianapolis in 2021 and the first food industry trade show in more than a year. This is the premier trade show for the candy and snack categories and it offers attendees the opportunity to discover new confectionery and snack products, actionable insights and unparalleled access to industry and retail personnel.

To kick off the 2021 Sweets & Snacks Expo, judges of the coveted Most Innovative New Product Awards unveiled this year’s winners. These highly competitive awards recognize the most innovative candy and snack products and companies for their achievements and new products introduced to the market over the past two years.

The Sweets & Snacks Expo announced today winners of multiple industry awards at the Indiana Convention Center ahead of the show opening. These awards are highly regarded within the industry and carry with them special recognition of the recipients.

The 2021 Sweets & Snacks Expo on June 22-25 in Indianapolis is where the confectionery and snack industries will find more than two years’ worth of products on the show floor, and the excitement for the show continues to grow. Today, the Sweets & Snacks Expo released the top trends for the 2021 confectionery and snack categories, and these explosive trends will be seen on the show floor in Indianapolis.

It is no secret that the way we shop has changed this year. But will these habits stick around? What does the future of retail look like, and how can retailers inspire consumers? At the 2021 Sweets & Snacks Expo, Destination Retail is where retailers and manufacturers can get informed on the latest retail merchandising trends and technologies.

For the first time in the history of the Sweets & Snacks Expo, over 400 of the top candy and snack companies will head to Indianapolis to celebrate two years of the industry’s most innovative products. Indianapolis has played host to important events this year, including the NCAA Men’s March Madness basketball tournament, and the Sweets & Snacks Expo will join these events to give the candy and snack industries the chance to get back to business and deliver the latest innovations from some of America’s favorite candy and snack companies.