Christian Metzger

The Hershey Co. has named Damien Atkins as its new senior v.p., general counsel and secretary, effective Aug. 13.

Nordchocolate Ltd., the company behind kAAKAO bars, is pushing for change in EU legislation that prevents it from calling its products chocolate.

The Hershey Co. has released specially-wrapped military appreciation bars just ahead of the Fourth of July.

Retail Confectioners International (RCI) has announced that Jacques De Waele, sales manager for Savage Bros. Co., has won the Henry J. Bornhofft Memorial Award, presented last month at RCI’s Annual Convention & Industry Expo in Cleveland.

German startup Savanna Ingredients has begun producing initial quantities of allulose with the goal of producing the virtually calorie-free sugar on a larger scale.

Retail Confectioners International announces the appointment of five new members to its board of directors.

Brooklyn-based bean-to-bar chocolatier Fine & Raw has gotten a fine redesign. 

Waukegan, Ill.-based Nielsen-Massey Vanillas has rolled out a new line of organic extracts and two no-sugar-added vanillas.

The Milkboy Swiss Chocolate Co. has won three 2018 sofi awards, nearly sweeping the competition’s Milk and White Chocolate category.