Premium chocolate maker Lindt has posted a 7.7% sales growth for its half-year 2018, reaching CHF 1.67bn ($1.68bn), while its organic growth increased by 5.1%.
Premium chocolate maker Cémoi will push French pride further this year – all the way across the US – after its home country claimed victory at the 2018 World Cup.
Mondelēz International has announced plans to launch a 30% less sugar Cadbury Dairy Milk next year but some consumers are taking to social media to air their grievances.
Mars has adopted SAT4Farming, a digital and satellite technology to help small-scale cocoa farmers improve their productivity and sustainability, in Ghana.
Norwegian conglomerate Orkla has posted a 9% operating profit increase in Q2 this year, reaching NOK 1.12bn ($137m), while its operating revenues rose 3% to NOK 10bn ($1.22bn).
Big Bear Confectionery has extended its Just chocolate covered nut range with the addition of Just Almonds, to capitalize on the ‘rising popularity’ of almonds.
Nestlé New Zealand has reached a conditional agreement to sell six confectionery brands to Quadrant Private Equity to focus on its chocolate, baking and medicated lozengers.
Barry Callebaut’s nine-month revenue ending May 31, 2018, has reportedly declined by 2.4% to CHF 5.2bn ($5.19) compared to a year ago. The sales decrease was mainly caused by lower prices of raw materials, including cocoa beans and sugar, in late last...
Allergen-Free Foods, an arm of Nikkoh Co., is targeting growth with free-from chocolates after establishing an independent factory to develop products that do not contain 27 types of allergens.
Voice Network, an association of NGOs and trade unions, has urged EU policy makers to make mandatory compliance with Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) to end human rights violations and environmental destruction in cocoa supply chains.
It is not enough for cocoa sustainability programs to tackle child labor by solely focusing on increasing yield and cultivating trees, Puratos has said. Instead, the company’s own sourcing program, Cacao-Trace, deals with the issue by installing a more...
