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Mondelez International, Inc. reported 2013 results, in line with recent expectations. According to the company, net revenues were USD 35.3 bn, up 0.8%. Operating income increased 9.2% to USD 4.0 ... SG

Swiss chocolate manufacturers can look back on a successful 2013 with increased sales of almost 4%. This result is all the more remarkable on account of the strong Swiss franc, ... SG

The Nielsen monitor attests that confectionery providers in German retail (based on food retail stores + drugstores + impulse channel + forecourt + department stores) obtained volume growth of 2.7% ... SG

Announcing its second overseas investment in six months, United Biscuits (UB) is expanding its business in Nigeria with the purchase of a stake in A & P Foods, one of ... SG

In 2013 Nestlé's sales increased by 2.7% to CHF 92.2 bn, impacted by negative foreign exchange of 3.7%. Organic growth was 4.6%, composed of 3.1% real internal growth and 1.5% ... SG

The Griesson - de Beukelaer GmbH & Co. KG (GdB) company, which is based in Polch, increased its revenues in the 2013 fiscal year by 7.3% to € 545.4 m. ... SG

After a “very work-intensive” year in 2013, during which the Bahlsen Group increased total revenues slightly by € 1 m to € 527 m, the Hannover-based company is starting its ... SG

German retailers who sell confectionery (based on food retail stores, drug stores, discounters and forecourt) had a successful year 2013 with sales quantities exactly equal to those from the previous ... SG

Yildiz Holding, Turkey’s leading food and beverage company, has entered a sponsorship action with the Processors Alliance for Cocoa Traceability and Sustainability – PACTS – program. SP

Nestlé SA, Vevey, has announced that it has sold its premium sports nutrition business under the PowerBar and Musashi brands to a US-based consumer packed goods holding company, Post Holdings. ... SG

“As expected Chr. Hansen experienced a slow start to the year 2013/14. Organic growth of 2% excluding carmine price effect was negatively affected by timing of orders and the loss of a customer in the Natural Colors Division in Q4 2012/13,” says CEO Cees de Jong. SP

North American cocoa bean grindings rose by 4.4% in the fourth quarter and processing for the full year grew at its fastest pace in three years, data showed on Thursday, ... SG

The Kellogg Company has announced that it will build a new snacks manufacturing facility in Malaysia, as part of its recently announced Project K four-year efficiency and effectiveness program. Project ... SG

In its first quarter of fiscal year 2013/14 (ended November 30, 2013), Barry Callebaut increased its sales volume by 19.5% to 463,996 tonnes. Excluding the recently acquired cocoa business, the ... SG

Lindt & Sprüngli is continuing its long-term drive for growth and strongly outperformed the trend of the overall chocolate markets yet again in 2013. This brought corresponding gains of market ... SG