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Good Food Awards recognizes 26 chocolate/confectionery companies

Honors celebrate responsibly produced food products.

January 12, 2015

Twenty-six chocolate and confectionery companies made the Good Food Awards’ list of winners this year.

Puratos opens cocoa plant in Ivory Coast

December 25, 2014

The cocoa collection and fermentation plant, created in partnership with French chocolate maker Cémoi, will help accelerate the development of the sustainable cocoa supply chain.

H&S Bakery delivers bread, sustainability with alt fuel vehicles

December 22, 2014

The Baltimore-based baked goods provider adds clean-operating, cost-effective propane autogas delivery trucks to its fleet.

The year in passing

2014 brought acquisitions, sustainability and the rebirth of the chocolate renaissance.

Bernie Pacyniak

December 22, 2014

One needs to only take a look at this year’s Global Top 100 in our January issue — our annual listing of confectionery companies freezing events in time — to get a snapshot of what happened.

Snack and bakery solutions

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

December 8, 2014

As members of the snack and bakery industries, we understand the necessity of nibbling our way through the day, the art of grazing, the beauty of a quick bite.

Feel-good chocolate: How Madecasse gives back

Tim Collum, co-founder of Madecasse, builds a chocolate company from the bean up in Madagascar and helps those around him along the way.

Bernie Pacyniak

November 19, 2014

Do you realize that there are only eight days 'till Thanksgiving? It’s one of my favorite holidays, not only because of the opportunity to break bread (and a wishbone) with family, but because of the underlying reason for the gathering, that of being grateful.

Snyder’s-Lance completes $10 million investment in Cape Cod plant

November 13, 2014

The investment will expand production capacity and boost sustainability at the Hyannis, MA, plant.

Mars’ Topeka plant scores LEED Gold certification

Renewable electricity, heat recovery systems, rain water harvesting and other sustainable systems and features help earn status.

September 17, 2014

Mars Chocolate North America announced yesterday that its new manufacturing facility in Topeka, Kan., has earned LEED Gold certification.

Learn to Grow

Hershey expands its Learn to Grow program in Ivory Coast

Partnership with Cargill to benefit 10,000 cocoa farmers as well as improve communities.

Bernie Pacyniak

September 10, 2014

The Hershey Co. has launched a new three-year program expanding its cocoa farmer training and community initiatives in Ivory Coast.

Nestlé’s waste cutting effort pays off

September 1, 2014

Nestlé has reduced 44% of its waste per ton of product since 2010 in the U.S., and five factory locations reached zero waste-to-landfill status by the end of 2013, according to the company’s new sustainability report.