VEVEY, Switzerland – Nestlé yesterday announced that it agreed to sell its U.S. confectionery business to Ferrero. The transaction is expected to close around the end of the first quarter of 2018 following the completion of customary approvals and closing conditions. Nestlé CEO Mark Schneider commented: "With Ferrero we have found an exceptional home for our U.S. confectionery business ...
The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) from 13 - 17 November 2017 brought together the global cocoa research community for its first International Symposium on...
U.S.-based The Hershey Co and Italy’s Ferrero Group both submitted final bids on Friday to acquire Nestlé's U.S. confectionery business, Cnbc reported on Monday.
The...
ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire – This review of the cocoa market situation reports on cocoa price movements on the international markets during the month of...
The ordinary Annual General Meeting 2017 of Barry Callebaut AG, the world’s leading manufacturer of chocolate and cocoa products, was held today in Zurich-Oerlikon...
On 7 December, Emma Sundblad, Chargé d’affaires at the Delegation of the European Union to Liberia and Isaac Gyamfi, Regional Director at Solidaridad West...
ZURICH, Switzerland – Even with the support of an increasing amount of sustainability projects, most cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire still live far below...