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The German confectionery market (not including semi-finished products) grew 0.7% in volume during 2004 to total 2.565 m tonnes worth € 9.273 bn, an increase of 2.5%, according to the ... SG

The Halloren Schokoladenfabrik GmbH Halle/Saale is on track to success despite a subdued market environment. For the first quarter of 2005 growth of 11% was reported, following a sales increase ... SG

According to the announced restructuring programme in Europe cut 1,070 jobs in whole, Masterfoods France is to shed 243 staff at four production units in France including the chocolate bar ... SG

Following the sale of core brands Rachengold and Atemgold to Storck KG Berlin, management at Ragolds Süsswaren GmbH & Co KG, Karlsruhe announced that production is to cease by the ... SG

UK confectionery and soft drinks group Cadbury Schweppes plc, London has bought organic chocolate brand Green & Black s.
The acquisition of Green & Black s, the UK’s fastest growing ... SG

The Fazer Group expands its operations in Russia as it acquires a bakery in Moscow called OAO Experimentalny Konditersko-Bulochny Kombinat “Zvezdny”. Zvezdny is one of the biggest manufacturers of bake-off ... SG

Carrefour Turkey has entered into a binding agreement with Fiba Holdings to acquire the shares it owns in two Turkish retailers, Gima, which is listed on the Istanbul stock exchange, ... SG

The German Metro group has announced a rise of 4.2% in sales for the first quarter of 2005 to €13.4bn.Sales rose 3.0% in Western Europe and 5.5% Asia and ... SG

The food acquisitive private equity firm PAI partners will pay €1.1bn for the ingredients unit (revenues 2004: €450m) of the Danish company Chr. Hansen. The company is noumber one in ... SG

According to the agency South American Business Information and the Brazilian newspaper Valor Economico, the Brazilian Administrative Council for Economic Defense Cade denied the last request of Nestle to the ... SG

US company Kellogg has reported net earnings of US$254.7m, for the first quarter, compared to $219.8m in the year-ago period. Kellogg said each of its businesses contributed to the growth, ... SG

Dutch retailer Ahold has announced a deal to sell the 198 convenience stores of its US subsidiary Tops Markets to WFI Acquisition, Inc. The stores will continue to operate under ... SG

Television advertising of ‘unhealthy’ food to children should be banned throughout the European Union, according to a report published by the European Heart Network. It wants the ‘TV Without Frontiers’ ... SG

According to just-food.com, thousands of boxes of jelly sweets have been removed from the Shanghai market because the warnings on the packages against the danger of eating the product were ... SG

US beverage and snack manufacturer PepsiCo has lost an attempt at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to secure full pan-European Union (EU)-trademark rights to its brand ‘Ruffles’ which it ... SG