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NCSA Announces Candy Hall of Fame, Distinguished Service Award Honorees

The NCSA has announced the Candy Hall of Fame Class of 2026. The new class will be formally inducted during the association’s annual event on Oct. 22-24, 2026, in Orlando, FL. This year's inductees are:

• Kaye Powell, S. Abraham & Sons, Inc.
• Allison Miazga-Bedrick, Mars Snacking
• Dale Buys, The Walt Disney Company
• Michael Flynn, Stribbons, Inc.
• Juan Gallicchio, Thayer Distribution (posthumous)
• Tim Galloway, Galloway Company
• Debra Harris, Shankman & Associates, Inc.
• Taz Murray, Murray Asset Management
• Katherine Phegley, Brown & Haley
• Michael Sitarz, Elmer Chocolate
• Alan Yarmaloff, CVS Health

The NCSA will also present its 2026 Distinguished Service Award to Michael Rosenberg, PIM Brands, Inc., in recognition of his decades of leadership, service and lasting impact on the association.

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The Convenience Distribution Association (CDA) is the trade organization working on behalf of convenience products distributors in the United States. Its distributor members represent more than $102 billion in U.S convenience product sales, serving a wide variety of small retail formats. Associate members include leading convenience product manufacturers, brokers, retailers, suppliers and others allied to the industry.

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