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Kraft Foods has confirmed that it is looking for expansion opportunities in the global biscuit market. Market commentators have suggested that Kraft is looking to take direct control of United ... SG

US confectionery manufacturers The Hershey Company have announced growth in first quarter 2006 net profits of 7% up to US$ 121 m.This result exceeds the expectations and forecasts of Wall ... SG

Groupe Danone has confirmed that it plans to sell its LU biscuit factory near Perigueux, to DPI,a food company owned by Alain Teot. The sale is part of Danone’s efforts ... SG

Spanish lollipop maker Chupa Chups told the British online agency just-food that it is seeking a strategic alliance with a big company to further ist presence in the US and ... SG

The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company on Monday announced the appointment of the first chief marketing officer in the company s 115-year history. The company said Martin Schlatter, 40, in his ... SG

According to the online agency "confectionerynews.com", two of Australia’s leading health bodies say the government should introduce stronger regulation to restrict junk food advertising and improve education about proper nutrition ... SG

Frito-Lay, the snack division of PepsiCo, announced an industry-jarring, better-for-you oil change for its Lay s potato chips. Feeling heat from consumers, schools and health experts, the chip giant this ... SG

Lekkerland GmbH & Co KG, Frechen,is expanding rapidly in Europe. This year will see the concern entering the Slovenian and Portuguese markets, with the Baltic states soon to follow, as ... SG

Park Lane Confectionery GmbH, a subsidiary of Grupo Bimbo, is to launch a special range of authentic Mexican snacks. Contrary to the numerous “Mexican style” items on the market manufactured ... SG

Belgian chocolate makers Neuhaus,Brussels,announced net profits of € 1.3 m for the business year 2005. Last year the chocolate specialists posted a loss of €800,000. Sales were up 7% on ... SG

The UK food industry’s debate on nutritional labelling has taken its latest twist, with Sainsbury’s suspending its membership of the British Retail Consortium (BRC), online press "confectionerynews.com" reports. Sainsbury’s decision ... SG

According to industry insiders, Kraft Foods, the British food group Premier Foods and the Dutch private equity firm NPM Partners could launch a bid for United Biscuits plc (UB), say ... SG

Concerns about childhood obesity have lead the UK Department of Health and Department of Culture, Media and Sport to ask Ofcom, the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK ... SG

After the Choco-Story chocolate museum opened in Bruges two years ago, chocolate-lovers began to dream of a chocolate festival in the picturesque city.
An ideal festival venue, Bruges is home ... SG

France s Cémoi said its industrial chocolate production has increased by almost 30% over the past two years. It now represents 45% of the group s total output which in ... SG