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Teens want it more, young adults want it less and grandma probably likes her’s dark.

The thing about covering a beer and chocolate tasting is that everyone you tell about the event is automatically jealous and assumes that all you do every day at work is get liquored up and eat sugar.

 On Sept. 8, 2012, The Hershey Co. acquired the outstanding 49% stake in its Indian joint venture with Godrej Group.

Istanbul has been the bridge between East and  West for ages. 

It’s been about two-and-a-half weeks since Hurricane Sandy devastated the East Coast, and the confectionery industry is doing it’s part to help recovery efforts.

Hershey has recently launched a modern version of a pen pal program that links kids at a school in its hometown of Hershey, Pa. to children in Ghana.

When Yao N'Dri Pasca was having a problem with black pod disease on his cocoa farm, he turned to pesticides.

Included in the price for Raisio, which operates Big Bear Confectionery in the UK, is a new capital investment of €2.3 million in fruit-licorice capability.

This is DSM’s ninth acquisition since it announced a strategy to offer customers more full-service options.

Not only did Sandy wreck havoc with families living on the Rockaway Peninsula, it did its best to shatter dreams, particularly family-run businesses.