Content area
Full text
Candy importer and manufacturer David E. Babiarz, a leader in the candy industry for more than 40 years, passed away peacefully Sept. 1 at home from complications of diabetes. He was 61.
Emil Babiarz, David's father and business partner, started a small candy and gourmet foods import business named Dae Julie in 1958. The name originated from Emil's two children, David and Julie.
Early in the 1960s, David and Emil were among the fi rst to import gummies into the United States, David realized there was an opportunity...