Chocolate

Lindt & Sprüngli Expects Sales To Slow In Second Half, As Lockdown Restrictions Ease

Chocolate maker Lindt & Sprüngli expects sales to slow in the second half of its financial year, with chief financial officer Martin Hug telli...

K-Group Moves To Sustainable Chocolate And Cocoa For Own-Brand Range

Finland's K Group has announced that it only sources cocoa and chocolate of 100% sustainable origin for its Pirkka and K-Menu cocoa and chocolate products...

Barry Callebaut Sees Sales Volume Up In First Nine Months

Chocolate and cocoa products maker Barry Callebaut has reported a 3.4% growth in sales volume in the first nine months of its financial year ended 31 May 2...

Ivory Coast Rainfall Increases Chance Of Good Cocoa Main Crop

Ample rain last week in much of Ivory Coast's cocoa growing regions broke a dry spell and bode well for the development of the Oct-Sept main cocoa crop, fa...

Barry Callebaut Signs Outsourcing Agreement With Atlantic Stark

Chocolate and cocoa products maker Barry Callebaut has entered into a long-term outsourcing agreement with Atlantic Stark – a Serbian manufacturer of...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Farmers Concerned About Mid-Crop Amid Dry Spell

A prolonged dry spell persisted across Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions last week, jeopardising the outcome of the April-to-September mid-crop and...

US Wines, Lobsters Could Face New UK Tariffs

Wine, chocolate and lobsters imported into Britain from the United States could face new tariffs under proposals from the British government to rebalance t...

Ivory Coast, Ghana Urge Cocoa Industry To Boost Premium Payments

Ivory Coast and Ghana asked cocoa and chocolate companies last week to pay more in premiums to support farmers' wages, the head of Ivory Coast's industry r...