Confectionery

Soft Drinks, Confectionery The Best Performing UK Grocery Categories Over Christmas: Nielsen

Confectionery and soft drinks were among the best-performing categories in the UK grocery market over the past four weeks, as shoppers stocked up for Chris...

Hershey Acquires Stake In Irish Snack Bar Business

US confectionery giant The Hershey Company has acquired a minority stake in Fulfil Nutrition, an Irish producer of vitamin and protein bars. In a statem...

Nestlé Still Committed To Global Confectionery: CEO

Nestlé remains committed to confectionery despite unloading its US chocolate operations during a review of the food giant's operations, chief execut...

Mondelez Revenues Impacted By Currency, Divesture Impacts In FY 2018

Mondelez International has posted a net revenue gain of 0.2% in full year 2018, saying that unfavourable currency and divesture effects impacted its perfor...

Chocolate Maker Barry Callebaut Sees Revenues Flat In Full Year 2017/18

Chocolate manufacturer The Barry Callebaut Group has posted flat sales (+0.1%) for full year 2017/18 in local currencies, reporting sales of CHF 6.9 billio...

Mondelez International’s Profit Beats Estimates Due To Higher Pricing

Mondelez International Inc has reported a quarterly profit that edged past estimates, helped by higher pricing and cost cuts. Mondelez had embarked on a...

Italian-Made Snacks See Significant Reductions In Sugar, Fat Over Ten Year Period

Italian-made snacks and confectionery have seen significant reductions in sugar, saturated fat and calories in the past decade, following a concerted effor...

Carrefour Belgium Increases Range Of Fairtrade Private Label Products

Carrefour Belgium has unveiled new additions to its Carrefour BIO Fairtrade confectionery range, extending the retailer’s range of own-brand fair-tra...