The Barry Callebaut Group has signed a long-term outsourcing agreement with Atlantic Stark, a leading chocolate, biscuits and candy manufacturer in Serbia.

Megan A. Costello, founder, former co-owner and Chief Chocolate Officer at Easton Malloy, Inc., maker of the Williams Sonoma Original Peppermint Bark, has launched the Megan A. Costello brand.

Barry Callebaut is launching BC LIVE, a new digital events platform, the week of June 22 with a series of webinars to understand lifestyle trends and how chocolate can play a role to meet these specific consumer needs. 

The Barry Callebaut Group has acquired GKC Foods (Australia) Pty Ltd, a producer of chocolate, coatings and fillings serving many consumer chocolate brands in Australia and New Zealand.

Pam Vieau and Marcy Goetz, mother-and-daughter owners of Chocolate Inspirations in Roselle, Illinois, didn’t originally intend to operate a chocolate business.

Jacobs Holding AG, majority stakeholder of Barry Callebaut AG, has sold 10.02 percent of its shares in the Swiss company with the goal of diversifying its investment portfolio and further supporting the Jacobs Foundation.

Dutch confectionery company Tony’s Chocolonely, retailer Albert Heijn and chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut have partnered to work toward ending child labor and modern slavery in the chocolate industry.