Candy Cane Producers Feel the Bite of Rising Sugar Prices
By Erin Delmore
Marketplace
When the holiday season rolls around, Dave Giambri’s candy shop in Clementon, New Jersey, is bustling. Customers are flocking to Giambri’s Quality Sweets for the candy canes.
Giambri’s candy canes are made almost entirely of sugar — and all are made by hand.
To find out more, we went to the land of Mardi Gras and jazz bands. Why? Because Louisiana is also the home of sugarcane. We drove an hour and a half west of New Orleans to visit one farm.