Zingerman's Candy Manufactory, a division of Ann Arbor-based Zingerman's, landed a deal to sell products in a organic food supermarket chain that has an extensive footprint in the South.

Zingerman's struck a deal with Asheville, N.C.-based Earth Fare, a competitor to Whole Foods with nearly 30 stores. The supermarket has stores in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina and Ohio, where it's soon opening a store in Columbus.

"It’s an upscale market and their focus is, of course, natural artisan products," said Ellen Faber, wholesale candy manager for Zingerman's Candy Manufactory. "And they have a health focus."

Earth Fare will sell Zingerman's peanut brittle and Zzang! candy bars, which are made of nougat, peanuts and caramel and dipped in chocolate.

The deal comes more than two years after Zingerman's Community of Businesses added Zingerman's Candy Manufactory as one of its affiliates.

The business, which operates a manufacturing complex on Plaza Drive in Pittsfield Township, recently added a packaging worker and now has four employees, up from two when it was officially formed.

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