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UK confectioner Thorntons plc has announced that total sales for the business year 2005/2006 (ending 30th June) fell by 5.9% to €258.3m (previous year: €274.5m). In February the chocolate manufacturer ... SG

Cadbury Schweppes plc has said it will consider compensating victims of salmonella poisoning after health officials named its chocolate as the prime suspect for an outbreak earlier this year. The ... SG

The British confectionery concern Cadbury Schweppes plc has filed an appeal against a judgment, that Australia confectioners, Darrell Lea Chocolate Shops, had not acted improperly in using a dark purple ... SG

The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company announced record quarterly sales of $1.2 bn, an increase of 16% on worldwide shipment increases of 21%. Consolidated operating profits for the quarter and the ... SG

Body Shop International has donated its shares in Fairtrade chocolate enterprise, The Day Chocolate Company – giving the money back to the cocoa farmers who originally founded the business. In ... SG

Kraft Foods Inc. reported steady progress with second-quarter 2006 results driven by favorable product mix, the benefits of a strong increase in advertising and continued cost savings. Net revenues for ... SG

New figures released today reveal that global sales of Fairtrade certified products have reached € 1.1 bn mark in 2005. This represents an increase of 37% over 2004. All product ... SG

Griesson - de Beukelaer GmbH & Co KG (GdB), Polch, has invested € 93 m in constructing a state of the art biscuit factory in Kahla, Thuringia. By 2008 another ... SG

Dr Quendt Backwaren GmbH, Dresden, marked 15 years in business and celebrated 130 years of Dresden baking tradition with a grand party. Consistent quality and innovative energy have combined to ... SG

Biscuit and wafer manufacturers Keks- und Waffelfabrik Hans Freitag celebrate 60 years in business this year. The company is famous for delicious yet cost effective products made using the most ... SG

Baked goods and mallow wafer company Grabower Süsswaren GmbH is undergoing restructuring. 100% Grabower Süsswaren subsidiaries, Wolf Süsswaren GmbH and Grabower Grundstückgesellschaft mbH are to be united under the umbrella ... SG

Wikana Keks und Nahrungsmittel GmbH, Wittenberg, presented an impressive set of figures on the occasion of their 100th anniversary. In 1906 the chocolate and cocoa manufacturing company „Kant Chocoladenfabrik AG“ ... SG

US food and beverage giant PepsiCo has posted a 12% rise in net revenues for the second quarter and a 15% increase in earnings per share from US$0.70% to $0.80. ... SG

Hershey Co. announced a higher profit of $98.4 m in the second quarter, compared with $93.2 m a year before. Sales rose 6.4% to $1.05 bn in the quarter. The ... SG

According to just-food, Thorntons has refused to confirm reports that the chocolate retailer and manufacturer is in early talks with Icelandic group Baugur to buy the company. The Financial Mail ... SG