Confectionery

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...

Italy's Melegatti Gets New Owner

Italian confectionery firm Melegatti has been sold to a company owned by the Spezzapria family, reports news agency Radiocor. The new owners,...

Norway’s Orkla Appoints New Head Of Confectionery And Snacks

Norway’s Orkla Group has appointed Jeanette Hauan Fladby as the new executive vice-president of its confectionery and snacks business. Fladby succ...

Hershey Beats Estimates On Chocolate Sales, Acquisition

Hershey Co. topped Wall Street's estimates for quarterly sales and profit on Thursday, driven by demand for its chocolates and revenue from a recently acqu...

Sainsbury's Expands Partnership With Patisserie Valerie

British supermarket chain Sainsbury's has announced that it is expanding its partnership with confectioner Patisserie Valerie to 31 more bakery counters in...

KP Snacks To Acquire Crisp Brand Tyrrells From The Hershey Company

UK confectionery company KP Snacks has agreed to acquire premium crisp brand Tyrrells from US confectionery giant The Hershey Company for an undisclosed su...

Mondelēz International Posts 5.5% In Q1 Net Revenue

Snacking company Mondelēz International has reported a 5.5% increase in net revenue in the first financial quarter of 2018, equalling $6.77 billion and bea...