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“This is fun and what baseball is all about,” says Bill Ripken, co-chairman and executive v.p. of Ripken Baseball. “Bring some kids together on a field, throw out a few pouches of gum, some gloves, bats and balls and see what happens. Big League Chew brings out the fun in the game.”

The Ivory-coast based CKG Group has signed an agreement with the Salalah Free Zone (SFZ) to build a large chocolate factory in the Sultanate of Oman in Indonesia.

Building on the success of the first WCC in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire in 2012, the second edition once again provides a forum for the global cocoa economy to come together and exchange sustainability strategies and discuss opportunities and challenges.

The unique and interactive 116-sq.-meter area is a careful mix of famous M&M's characters and the magic of Paris.

The two-story West Coast flagship store boasts an eye-catching 74-ft. high Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar that visitors can walk through.

The awards, which were voted on by a panel of experts, were given out to nine new candy and snack products.

CocoaAction seeks to build a rejuvenated and economically viable cocoa sector for at least 300,000 cocoa farmers.

The candy, which is made by Defense Nutrition, is an attempt to get people to see cocoa the same way the see other energy products.

Cloetta found an Irish confectionery connection it hopse will “significantly strengthen” its position in the UK.

The USA Pavilion is endorsed by the NCA, and member companies will have access to reduced rates in the pavilion.