In the 100 years Almond Roca has been making world reknown candy, there's one man who's been working at the Brown and Haley Tacoma warehouse for more than half that time. Pat Zderic started when he ...

TACOMA, Wash. — The Almond Roca Factory is the winner of Best Treat Stop in 2025's Best Northwest Escapes viewer's poll. It looks like a river of molten toffee, it is Almond Roca being born. It comes ...

When most candy companies are ramping up for the Valentines Day and Easter crushes, Brown & Haley is also concentrating on New Years Day. In China. Tacoma-based Brown & Haley, a century-old candy ...

Tacoma was a chocolate town. Those aren’t my words. They were offered to me recently by longtime News Tribune columnist and business reporter C.R. Roberts, a guy who usually knows what he’s talking ...

A look at over a century of candy makers in Tacoma. More than a century ago, the city of Tacoma, Washington boasted a booming confectionery industry due to its mild climate and status as a prime ...