Alyse Thompson-Richards

Nestlé has announced its goal to make 100 percent of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025, with the hope that none of its packaging, including plastics, ends up in landfill or as litter.

Candy makers and chocolatiers are invited to discover how they can reinvent and revolutionize their businesses at Retail Confectioners International’s Annual Convention & Industry Expo, set for June 18-22 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Olam International has launched the Olam Living Landscapes Policy, an approach to agricultural supply chains and landscape management designed to give more than it takes.

The Hershey Co. has introduced a first-of-its-kind glitter gum under its Ice Breakers brand.

Mars Wrigley Confectionery and other Mars divisions will have a chance to offer information and guidance to thousands of students, teachers and families attending the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C. this weekend (April 7-8). 

Parker Products, a leading provider of inclusions and other specialty ingredients for the baking, dairy, beverage, confectionery, foodservice and RTE and snack industries, is holding a grand opening ceremony for its new manufacturing facility in Fort Worth on April 18.

Springfield, Mo.-based Askinosie Chocolate has unveiled its first milk chocolate bar — the 52% Coconut Milk Chocolate Bar.