Eric Zorn mentions the closing of the Fannie May and Fannie Farmer candy factory and sale to a buyer likely to move it elsewhere.
The missing point in the story is that big business is beating up on small business. Sugar is a key component to candies and ADM pressures the federal government to maintain sugar quotas that keep corn sweetener prices competitive with sugar prices.
The next time you hear a politician claiming sugar subsidies (in the form of quotas) save American jobs, remember to ask them about the jobs they cost. And then check to whom ADM is giving money–there is a signficant correlation.