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New York chocolate fans will be the first to celebrate the U.S. launch Kinder Bueno, one of Europe's best selling chocolate bars. 

The characteristics that set haute chocolate apart can be seen at the microscale, thanks to recent research performed by researchers from the University of Guelph at the Advanced Photon Source, located at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory.

A recent pilot test between Mars Wrigley and FanFood showed an increase in overall concession sales led by the doubling of confectionery sales.

Puratos has opened an innovation center in Chicago, the company’s sixth innovation center in the U.S.

Olam Cocoa has launched the Cocoa Compass program, designed to support the creation of an environmentally positive, professionalized and quality focused cocoa supply chain.

Cocoa organizations in Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire now say sustainability programs carried out by chocolate makers and confectionery companies can work in harmony with the new per-tonne living income differential the countries established in July.

The 2019 American Customer Satisfaction Index has a candy company at the top. Hershey, with a score of 84 (out of 100), tied with Pepsi for the top brand spot on this year's list.

This year Mars Wrigley has updated its Transaction Zone Vision to become the Transaction Zone Strategy. This shift represents the depth and breadth of the global insights the confectionery leader refined for this program.

With the snack bar market expected to grow rapidly in the coming years, there is rich potential for agile, innovative manufacturers in the Middle East and North Africa.