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Italian chocolate gigant Ferrero has successfully brought a lawsuit against Montresor (Zhangjiagang) Food, a Chinese food company, to stop producing the counterfeit products immediately. The firm produce a copycat version ... SG

Fruit gum manufacturers Haribo GmbH & Co KG,Bonn, and Thomas Gottschalk have the longest running advertising partnership in the world. The cooperation between Haribo and the popular entertainer was launched ... SG

Northern Ireland’s number one crisp manufacturer Tayto confirmed interest in the purchase of fallen UK-based snack food producer Golden Wonder. The company has been put into administration, having made significant ... SG

Sugar confectionery manufacturer Katjes Fassin GmbH + Co KG, Emmerich, achieved growth in 2005 of 5.1% on 2004, with sales up to €189.3 m.According the company’s press release, in Germany ... SG

California-based Dreyer`s Grand Ice Cream Holdings will shut down its City of Commerce manufacturing plant at the end of April 2006. The Commerce plant closure will impact 99 employees, but ... SG

According various press reports, PepsiCo Inc. is close to acquiring Polish snack food producer Star Foods S.A. for almost $50 million.2004, PepsiCo bought another central European snack foods business, Star ... SG

Following sales of Delta Ice Cream to Nestlé SA, Delta Holdings S.A. acquires the Greek snack food company Chipita and its two subsidiaries Goodys and Barba Stathis. Chipita shareholders will ... SG

Nestlé S.A. announces that it has reached agreement with Delta Holdings S.A. on the acquisition of Delta Ice Cream S.A. by Nestlé Hellas S.A. for a total enterprise value of ... SG

To ring in the New Year, the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, Chicago, is launching eight new confectionery products to hit store shelves in January 2006. "The recent opening of our ... SG

Oaktree Capital Management LLC is set to take over the Roncadin ice cream division; the transaction is pending approval by regulators.
The acquisition involves Roncadin management - CEO Achim Schön ... SG

US company PepsiCo has reached an agreement to buy European nuts and snacks business of Sara Lee Corporation in the Netherlands, Belgium and France to for €130m. The nuts ... SG

French food concern Groupe Danone is expanding operations in the Middle East and North Africa. Danone have taken over the Egyptian dairy product manufacturers Olait and launched a joint venture ... SG

Austrian snack manufacturers Kelly GmbH, Vienna, marked 50 years in business with an exciting party gala. In 1955 Herbert Rast together with US Major Howard Morse Kelly founded the "American ... SG

During the first three quarters of 2005 gross advertising expenditure in the classic media rose 4.7% to total € 13.326 bn. According to Nielsen Media Research the biggest spenders were ... SG

By 2008 biscuit manufacturers Griesson - de Beukelaer GmbH & Co KG, Polch, plan to have significantly expanded production capacity at their Kahla facility in Thuringia. The 422 strong ... SG