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Shaken by chocolate woes, Ganong goes outside for help

GORDON PITTS

From Saturday's Globe and Mail

In 1977, David Ganong, a young pup of just 34, took over the president's job at his family's chocolate company from his aging Uncle Whidden. He was woefully unprepared, and Ganong Bros. Ltd. suffered while David was learning the ropes. Thirty-one years later, Mr. Ganong is determined not to make the same mistake with his own succession – not when upheaval in the chocolate industry is creating both hazard and opportunity for his St. Stephen, N.B., company.

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