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Kraft Romania pledges investment

Having recently announced a large-scale withdrawal from the Hungarian market, Kraft Foods has reaffirmed its commitment to the Romanian market, by confirming a series of future investments in its division...

Kraft Foods boosts confectionery output

Kraft Foods says it is preparing to launch the international chocolate brand Milka in Russia in an attempt to further increase its slice of the confectionery market there.

Restructuring costs hit Cadbury Schweppes

Despite a significant increase in sales leading global confectionery company Cadbury Schweppes has reported a 33 per cent drop in its net income, largely on the back of restructuring costs...

Kraft pulls out of Hungary

Kraft Foods has said that it will close down its only production facility in Hungary and move production elsewhere. The company has hinted that production of confectionery and coffee could...

Jobs to go at Cadbury

Confectionery giant Cadbury Schweppes has announced plans to increase the efficiency and productivity of its Trebor Bassett manufacturing sites in Bournville and Somerdale, UK. The company has warned that as...

Cadbury spilt should happen - but not yet

Spinning off the US soft drinks business could bring substantial gains to Cadbury Schweppes , but any demerger is unlikely to take place until at least...

Cadbury goes for the wrap

Cadbury's India has announced that it is to change the packaging for its Dary Milk chocolate bar following last month's revelation that a batch had...

Cadbury cuts jobs to up profits

Cadbury Schweppes , the British confectionery maker and soft drinks producer, is to lose around 10 per cent of its 55,000-strong workforce as part of a...

Indian summer for Cadbury

UK confectionery and beverages giant Cadbury Schweppes is planning an overhaul of its

Cookie crumbles for Kraft

Higher commodity costs and devaluation-driven cost increases have been blamed by US food giant Kraft Foods for disappointing thirds quarter results. The company, which owns...

Cadbury denies infestation

Confectionery giant Cadbury has denied allegations of an infestation in its Indian products. This follows last week's assertion by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

Cadbury refinances after melting performance

Cadbury Schweppes has confirmed it will refinance a large chunk of its $6.1 billion bank facilities after announcing on Friday that its full-year trading is...

Cadbury profits melting

The increasing costs of the company's rapid expansion have taken their toll on profits at UK-based confectionery and soft drinks group Cadbury Schweppes in the...

Cadbury: a period of transition

Tough trading conditions and the impact of several significant acquisitions continue to take their toll on results at UK-based confectionery and beverage group Cadbury Schweppes ....

CFS bags Cadbury

CFS, the packaging and processing systems provider, has supplied new bagging system to international candy manufacturer Cadbury Trebor Allan. The SmartPacker C180 is designed to...

Cadbury tactics questioned

Cadbury Schweppes, the UK soft drinks and confectionery group, has hit out at critics of its Get Active scheme which allows schools to swap chocolate...

Cadbury schools scheme criticised

On the surface, it seems quite innocuous - a scheme allowing children to exchange their chocolate bar wrappers for points which can be redeemed against...

Cadbury completes Adams buy

Cadbury Schweppes, the UK-based confectionery and soft drinks group, has completed its acquisition of the sugar confectionery group Adams, first announced last year. The company...

Elite probed on Cadbury move

The entry of Cadbury Schweppes into the Israeli confectionery market is to be examined by the country's Antitrust Authorities amid speculation that the local market...

Cadbury expansion helps build sales

Cadbury Schweppes, the UK-based confectionery and soft drinks company, has today reported a 7 per cent rise in sales of the year to 29 December...

Cadbury targeting Israel, too

Somewhat overshadowed by yesterday's news that Cadbury Schweppes was to buy the Adams sugar confectionery business in the US was the announcement by Cadbury's Trebor...

Cadbury becomes world leader with Adams acquisition

Cadbury Schweppes of the UK has become the world's biggest confectionery company following the acquisition of the US-based group Adams from Pfizer for $4.2 billion...

Cadbury: UK confectionery strong, but globe sees dips

UK confectionery and soft drinks group Cadbury Schweppes is showing an upbeat year-to-date performance in 2002. British and Irish confectionery operations continue to perform strongly...

Is Adams right for Cadbury?

Rumours have surfaced again this week of potential bids for the Adams sugar confectionery unit owned by the US-based pharmaceutical group Pfizer. As before, the...

Cadbury counting on Christmas and creme eggs

While to most British consumers, the name Cadbury is synonymous with the Dairy Milk chocolate brand, the company actually owns a far wider range of...