Barry Callebaut, the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality cocoa and chocolate products, announces the opening of its first CHOCOLATE ACADEMY center in South America, the 15th center worldwide.
Barry Callebaut launches today an offering of new shares to partly finance the acquisition of the Cocoa Ingredients Division from Petra Foods, Singapore, as announced on December 12, 2012.
American chocolate bar brand Max Brenner International has signed an international franchise agreement with Transit General Office to open Chocolate Bars in Japan.
Baldi Candy Company Arway Confections, Inc. of Chicago has reached a definitive agreement to purchase the business and real estate of Long Grove Confectionery Company of Buffalo Grove, Ill.
The European Commission has said there is enough competition from ADM and Cargill to make Barry Callebaut’s $950m acquisition of Petra Foods’ Ingredients division free from competition concerns.
Researchers have determined the average size of confectionery and chocolate aisles in supermarkets across eight developed countries with the UK devoting more aisle space for them than other nation.
Canada’s Competition Bureau has announced that criminal charges have been laid against Mars, Nestlé, Hershey for their role in fixing the price of chocolate confectionery products in Canada.
Canada’s Competition Bureau said Thursday it is laying criminal charges against Nestle Canada Inc., Mars Canada Inc. and ITWAL Ltd., a network of independent wholesale distributors.
Snacks company Mondelez International Inc is close to introducing heat-resistant chocolate it can sell at market stalls in Africa and some of the world's hottest places, a senior executive said on Thursday.
The U.S. Department of Commerce, after completing its investigations, on May 29 determined that xanthan gum from Austria and China was dumped in the United States and then calculated anti-dumping cash deposit rates.
In an increasingly diet-conscious nation where the amount of chocolate candy sold has tumbled in recent years, a niche segment of the U.S. market is taking off: so-called "healthier" chocolate.
Mars Chocolate North America has launched a new product – M&M'S Brand Chocolate Bar, which combines milk chocolate bar with taste of M&M'S Chocolate Candies.
US chocolate manufacturer Hershey has announced that its CocoaLink mobile technology program is expanding to Ivory Coast, the world’s largest producer of cocoa.
