Retail
Cadbury Bournville launched in finger-format for biscuit market
Mondelēz International is targeting the UK biscuit market with the arrival of Cadbury Bournville Fingers, designed specifically to help retailers drive category sales.
Archives for October 22, 2020
Premium
Fortnum & Mason launches 99% carbon-free chocolate from Grenada
Upmarket grocery store Fortnum & Mason claims to have launched the world’s first totally green chocolate slate, transported over 4,000 miles from the island of Grenada to London’s Piccadilly.
Halloween 2020
Hershey unleashes robotic Halloween door to deliver Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Reese’s Trick-or-Treat Door is designed to traverse through neighborhoods on its own and bring Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups directly to candy lovers’ doorsteps.
Sustainability
World Cocoa Foundation says chocolate companies are committed to tackling causes of child labour
President Richard Scobey recognises research from latest NORC report on child labour in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire’s cocoa regions, but says industry is scaling up its efforts to eradicate farmer poverty.
‘We’re trying to figure out what the future could look like even before we get post COVID, whatever normal might be’: Grupo Bimbo’s sweet snacks gain significant market share
The world’s largest baking company has reported strong performance in Q3 2020, driven by better-than-expected results from its Sweet Goods category, which offset the drag from impulse items like on-to-go foods due to the pandemic.