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Hershey is taking a huge step in the Brazilian market.

Recently, Euromonitor Int’l launched its latest figures for 2015 global confectionery sales. And several data points raised some eyebrows.

It’s no secret that Michael Rosenberg likes to collect candy memorabilia.

“We learned a lesson,” Rosenberg says. “We were a bit too conservative, too hesitant to expand manufacturing and packaging capacity. So we made it our mandate last year to find a way to do it. And now, we’re back to our normal growth rates.”

ADM is one step closer to being completely out of the chocolate and cocoa business.

To paraphrase Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, “We’re home, Mars.” At least it appears that the famed chocolate maker certainly feels comfortable in Topeka, Kan.

Barry Callebaut Group has announced it has completed expansion initiatives at its Region Americas head office in Chicago.

Mars is expanding its presence in the U.S. as it looks to shut down a facility in Canada early next year.

The Hershey Co. is hoping to help nourish school children in Ghana with a peanut-based supplement.

The Hershey Co. is planning to cut 300 jobs by the end of 2015, as it takes steps allow for future growth.