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Barry Callebaut AG and Unilever announced today the signing of a new long-term global partnership agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Barry Callebaut will become Unilever’s strategic global supplier ... SG

Barry Callebaut AG outperformed the global chocolate market (- 0.7%, source: Nielsen September 2011 until November 2011) with sales volume growth of 2.6% in the first three months of fiscal ... SG

Barry Callebaut AG and Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV, one of the largest food companies in Latin America, announced today the signing of a new long-term supply agreement for Bimbo's ... SG

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG performed strongly with consolidated annual sales of CHF 2.49 billion in a challenging economic environment. Its growth rate again outstripped that of the chocolate market ... SG

Südzucker AG Mannheim/Ochsenfurt, Mannheim, raised group revenues within the first nine months (1 March 2011 to 30 November 2011) of current financial year 2011/12 by around 12 percent from EUR ... SG

Pauly Biskuit AG based in Dessau-Rosslau was sold to a Swiss financial holding company according to company statements. “With our new partner, we have set the course for securing the ... SG

Barry Callebaut has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the privately owned Spanish nut manufacturer La Morella Nuts S.A. La Morella Nuts is known as a leading nut specialist ... SG

Callebaut® Finest Belgian Chocolate™ announced the launch of Fairtrade certified versions of its popular 811NV (55.3% Cacao Dark), 823NV (35.1% Milk) and 70-30-38NV (70% Cacao Dark) references to confectioners, bakers ... SG

Swedish confectionery companies Cloetta and Leaf International announced plans to merge. The combined company will own brands including Chewits, Kexchoklad, Sperlari and Sportlife and will have net sales of SEK5.7bn ... SG

Mid 2011 baked goods company Bahlsen began switching from conventional to sustainably produced “mass balance” standard palm oil. The process will be fully completed by the end of January 2012. ... SG

Tereos Syral and the shareholders of Féculerie d’Haussimont, SPhere and Société Coopérative Agricole Féculière de Haussimont (SCAF), entered into exclusive negotiations for a majority stake (75 %) of Tereos Syral ... SG

As of September 1, there are two new faces at the KahlWax natural wax company of Trittau, Germany: Elisabeth Mahler-Jordan has assumed leadership of quality management, and Dr. Uwe Zimmermann ... SG

The confectionery companies LEAF and Cloetta today announced a merger of the two companies. The combined company will take the well established name of Cloetta and become a leading Nordic ... SG

The Symrise AG Supervisory Board has extended the contract with Chief Executive Officer Dr. Heinz-Jürgen Bertram until the end of 2017. The contracts with Hans Holger Gliewe, Board Member for ... SG

A leading panel of industry experts announced this evening Barry Callebaut's Terra Cacao(TM) chocolate as the winner of the FI Confectionery Innovation of the Year Excellence Award. This award recognizes ... SG