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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBig Candy is lobbying the Trump administration. Its also holding events at Trump hotels.
The National Confectioners Association is doing a lot of business with President Trumps company.
In addition to this weeks gathering of 600 attendees at the Trump National Doral resort near Miami, the group has booked two upcoming meetings, in September and again in 2018, at the Trump International Hotel down the street from the White House.
At the same time, the organization, representing candy titans Hershey, Mars and Jelly Belly, among other companies, is optimistic about scoring big, early policy wins from the Trump administration. Among the industrys priorities: a long-sought rollback of government sugar subsidies that candy firms say drive up the costs of making their products.
We have a very narrow window of time now with the current administration and political dynamics to win this fight, the groups president and chief executive, John H. Downs Jr., wrote to the board of trustees in the days before this weeks Doral meeting. The memo, which was posted on the groups website, estimated that a victory on the sugar issue could save the industry $280 million annually.
In addition to this weeks gathering of 600 attendees at the Trump National Doral resort near Miami, the group has booked two upcoming meetings, in September and again in 2018, at the Trump International Hotel down the street from the White House.
At the same time, the organization, representing candy titans Hershey, Mars and Jelly Belly, among other companies, is optimistic about scoring big, early policy wins from the Trump administration. Among the industrys priorities: a long-sought rollback of government sugar subsidies that candy firms say drive up the costs of making their products.
We have a very narrow window of time now with the current administration and political dynamics to win this fight, the groups president and chief executive, John H. Downs Jr., wrote to the board of trustees in the days before this weeks Doral meeting. The memo, which was posted on the groups website, estimated that a victory on the sugar issue could save the industry $280 million annually.
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Big Candy is lobbying the Trump administration. Its also holding events at Trump hotels. (Original Post)
ehrnst
Mar 2017
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FarPoint
(12,412 posts)1. I need to Boycott these candy predators..
I like calling them predators...
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)2. Big Sugar vs Big Candy. It's like watching 2 snakes in a bag. nt
HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)5. Big Donut 🍩 and Big Cookie 🍪 are standing by
oasis
(49,393 posts)3. Meanwhile, the American Dental Association remains neutral.
tanyev
(42,578 posts)4. Guess I'm about to have a monogamous relationship with European chocolate.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)6. Since they are staying at Trump properties
I predict successful lobbying.
meow2u3
(24,764 posts)7. What about Big Cake and Big Ice Cream?