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Haribo of America has added Arndt Ruesges to its executive team and Board of Directors to oversee the build and operations of the company’s first factory in North America.

Nestlé has created a 70% dark chocolate made entirely from the cocoa fruit, using the pulp as a natural sweetener instead of refined sugar.

Bosch will sell its entire packaging machinery business to a newly incorporated entity managed by Luxembourg private investment firm CVC Capital Partners.

Zingerman’s Candy Manufactory will now distribute its products in Canada through a partnership with importer and distributor Coco Doro Corp and its logistics partner, the Cheese Boutique. 

Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire have agreed to institute a per-tonne “living income differential” as part of a new payment structure designed to fortify incomes of the countries’ cocoa producers.

Barry Callebaut Group plans to build a new, environmentally-friendly Global Distribution Center in Lokeren, Belgium.

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