According to The Mainichi Daily News, Lotte Holdings Co. is negotiating to acquire Barry Callebaut’s consumer chocolate division, Stollwerck, through a joint company to be set up with Natra. The
Mastix Medica, a manufacturer of tableted functional food and nutritional supplement products, has acquired the private label division and pressed tablet factory of Koko’s Confectionery & Novelty Co., which currently
Koko’s Confectionery & Novelty will now focus on manufacturing edible novelties for the confectionery industry. “While our private label division is very strong, we realized that in order to provide
There’s been an awful amount of news crossing my computer screen these days - the emphasis on awful - everything from Salmonella recalls and plant consolidations to bankruptcy rumors and layoffs.
The international trade fair show that caters to Russia and former CIS countries had more than its share of confectionery suppliers at Moscow’s ZAO Expocenter.
By Bernard Pacyniak Editor-in-Chief Candy Industry pacyniakb@bnpmedia.comgetting fresh: Not lost in translationAll of us have been urged at one point or another to think “outside the box!” Although most of
By Deborah Cassell Editor Confection & Snack Retailing casselld@bnpmedia.comgetting fresh: School lunch crunchTater tots and chocolate milk. When I look back on my early school lunches, that’s what comes to
According to industry research firm IBISWorld, consumers are expected to spend less on Easter candy this year. This decrease in spending is forecasted to result in the decline of overall
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