57th Kettle Award Winner to be Announced June 5th 2002 August 19 1944 was the first publication date of Candy Industry.

57th Kettle Award Winner to be Announced June 5th 2002

August 19 1944 was the first publication date of Candy Industry, "the newspaper of confectionery business" to be published each other Saturday. The publication's mandate was to provide a platform for the industry--a simple the same Don Gussow the founder, editor and publisher stated that Candy Industry would be "modern and in keeping with today's and tomorrow's thinking and will elevate the welfare of our industry energetically."

Gussow also decided that the publication would establish the "Candy Industry Man of the Year Award," singling public one person ...