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Campbell Soup Company and Snyder’s-Lance announced that the companies have entered into an agreement for Campbell to acquire Snyder’s-Lance for USD 50 per share in an all-cash transaction. SG

The 2017 first-half figures for the Italian processing and packaging industry revealed higher-than-expected domestic revenues driven by government incentives on the purchase of capital goods. SP

German retail confectionery sales rose in the first ten months of 2017 by 1.4% up to € 11.371 bn. SG

The ordinary Annual General Meeting 2017 of Barry Callebaut AG was held in Zurich-Oerlikon under the chairmanship of Patrick De Maeseneire, Chairman of the Board, and Jakob Baer, Vice-Chairman of the Board. SG SP

How can personalized nutrition break out of its niche and achieve mass market appeal? This will be one of the major questions tackled at Vitafoods Europe 2018. SP

A successful collaboration between GEA and long-term customer Chr. Hansen was completed recently with the inauguration of the world’s largest fermentation plant for bacterial cultures at the customer’s site in Copenhagen/Denmark. SP

Barry Callebaut published the first “Forever Chocolate” progress report. It details both the progress as well as the learnings of the journey kicked off a year ago when Barry Callebaut launched its new sustainability strategy with the ambition of moving sustainable chocolate from niche to norm by 2025. SG SP

When filling, storing or distributing industrial paper sacks, poor handling practices can increase the risk of damage to paper sack materials or filled paper sacks. SP

Lampados International, Ltd. is completing a new plant expansion for the production of Liteez, a vegan, egg-free 3D meringue kiss sweetener for hot drinks. SP

German retail confectionery sales showed continued positive development in September and October of 2017. Accumulated up to the end of October, the IRI market researchers calculated a revenue increase of 2.8% up to € 10.442 bn. SG

The Schumacher Packaging Group, Ebersdorf bei Coburg, has significantly expanded its production and storage capacities at its Dutch site by relocating to a new, much larger, building. SG SP

Barry Callebaut has successfully closed the acquisition of the ingredients division of Gertrude Hawk Chocolates in the U. S. SG SP

Sweet Products, the parent company of the Baronie Group, has acquired all the business activities of Beerse-based company Glacio/IJsboerke from 30 November 2017. SG

US sales for non-chocolate confectionery grew 4.5% in the first half of 2017 to reach USD 3.92 bn, according to IRI data. The US presence of German company Haribo is growing rapidly. SG

Kind LLC and Mars, Incorporated announced a strategic partnership whereby Mars will take a minority stake in Kind. As part of the agreement, the two companies will partner to grow Kind’s product offerings and business globally, utilizing each other’s strengths. SG