All posts tagged "Big Candy"

(Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – A recent congressional briefing – sponsored by the Coalition for Sugar Reform, a...

(Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – Even though U.S. Census data say otherwise, U.S. candy manufacturers claim they have been shipping jobs overseas for years.  And according to their extremely well-compensated lobbyists, the fault is the high price of domestic sugar. As such, Big Candy is once again seeking a congressional bailout of sorts...

(Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – Big Candy didn’t get to be Big Candy by taking no for an answer. Since 2012, lobbyists for candy-makers and cookie bakers have used their considerable political clout and a small fortune from chocolate bar sales to pressure Congress to gut the U.S. sugar program and the...