Wrigley UK foresees 'small bottle' £12m sales win

Wrigley UK is expecting an additional £12m ($19.3m) in sales by introducing smaller sized bottle packs for chewing gum that are more affordable for consumers.

Hershey, Mars and Nestlé to face $727m chocolate ‘price fix’ case

Hershey, Mars and Nestlé may be liable for $727m in damages for alleged conspiracy to raise chocolate prices in the US between 2002 and 2007.

‘No way back’ from natural colour trend, says Nestlé scientist

The trend toward natural colours for foods, drinks and sweets is here to stay – but raises huge technical challenges, according to Steve Tolliday, principal product technologist at Nestlé’s Product...

Nestlé ups sustainability efforts at expanded UK innovation center

Nestlé has opened an extended product technology center for confectionery in the UK, which will better enable it to develop products and packaging with sustainable materials.

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Nestlé: We sincerely regret Nesquik recall

Nestlé USA has apologised to customers after a recall of Nesquik chocolate powder linked to salmonella.

Sweet Politics

Nestlé campaigns on energy reforms and cocoa sourcing

Nestlé has spent more than any other confectioner on lobbying in the US this year and has focused its efforts on waste-to-energy legislation and cocoa sourcing in West Africa.

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Nestlé’ UK restarts dark chocolate production at York site

Nestlé UK & Ireland has revived dark chocolate production at its factory in York after ending a third party outsourcing deal.

Brazil Christmas shipment change hurts Nestlé in Q3

Nestlé’s confectionery segment was shaken in the third quarter by a shift in Brazil’s Christmas confectionery shipment.

Emerging markets continue to drive Nestlé sales

Food and nutrition giant Nestlé has reported improved sales in its 9-month results driven by growth in emerging markets, but Q3 was a little slower than last year.

Opinion

Cadbury wins Nestlé colour purple row but what next?

Cadbury has recently been successful in extending the trademark protection for its purple colour, despite spirited resistance by Nestlé, writes Christopher Pett, consultant at Dehns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys....

Nestlé UK design checks cut accidents by a third since 2009

Nestlé’s confectionery factory in York, UK, has bagged a safety award for a scheme assessing plant design risks that has reduced the frequency of accidents by a third.

Nestlé USA launches Halloween line-up

Nestlé USA has announced the launch of its Halloween range as it gears up for what it hints could be a profitable seasonal period.

Quality Street downsizing does not signal mass confectionery shrinking, says Nestlé UK

Food giant Nestlé has said that its recent size reduction of assortment product Quality Street in the UK does not mean it will start to downsize other items in its...

Brazil orders Nestlé to label GM products

A court in Brazil has ordered Nestlé to impose mandatory labelling for all its products in the country highlighting more than 1% genetically modified (GM) ingredients.

Nestlé results fall out: analysts comment

Analysts raised warnings about aspects of Nestlé's half year results, which were announced yesterday, while broadly welcoming them.

Europe eats at Nestlé’s confectionery margins as Kit Kat drives growth elsewhere

Nestlé has reported declining profit margins for its confectionery business in its half-year results due to the turbulent European economy, but grew sales in the segment thanks to its Kit...

Nestlé pulls Kit-Kat ‘Pedo Bear’ image from Facebook

Confectionery giant Nestlé has removed images on its Australian and New Zealand Kit-Kat Facebook page that bore a resemblance to internet paedophile mascot ‘Pedo Bear’.

AERO-plane experiments

Nestlé in space: Aerated chocolate under zero-gravity

 Nestlé is working with the European Space Agency to create better chocolate air bubbles under zero-gravity and will eventually experiment in space.

‘Enough is enough’ says Nestlé procurement head on EU sugar regime

The EU sugar supply is constrained and the confectionery industry is nervous about upcoming sugar reforms, according to Nestlé’s procurement head, who is also chair of a UK sugar users...

Nestlé’s child labour pledge ‘small and incomprehensive’, says labour group

Nestlé’s commitment to eradicating child labour misses a 'big pile of the problem', according to a labour rights group.

‘Numerous’ child labour violations found in Nestlé supply chain as company promises action

An investigation from the Fair Labor Association (FLA) has unearthed multiple serious violations of Nestlé’s supplier code, particularly through the use of children on cocoa farms.

Girl Scout-branded candy is not marketed to children, says Nestlé

Nestlé has denied allegations that it violated its commitments on advertising to children by co-branding a new range of candy bars with the Girl Scouts of the USA.

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Nestlé registers Azerbaijani company following suspended operations

Food mogul Nestlé has recommenced operations in Azerbaijan through a registered company following suspended trade of its entire product range in March due to supply problems.

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Nestlé teams with Girl Scouts for limited edition Crunch bars

Nestlé has teamed-up with the Girl Scouts to create limited edition Crunch candy bars.

Nestlé posts 7.1% confectionery growth in Q1

Nestlé has recorded 7.1% growth for its confectionery business in its first quarter (Q1) results released today driven by emerging chocolate markets such as Latin America and Asia.