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With effect from December 1st 2004 Lorenz Bahlsen Snack-World GmbH will be in charge distribution for north Italian wafer specialists A Loacker AG-SPA in Austria.Loacker aim strengthen their market position ... SG

Comments made by Marco Capurso , head of Ferrero in France, in an interview with the newspaper Le Parisien have attracted considerable attention in Germany. Numerous newspapers and magazines published ... SG

South Korean snack manufacturer Orion is to end their joint venture partnership with PepsiCo. Orion will buy a 37.5 holding in the joint venture Orion Frito-Lay for the sum of ... SG

Nestlé subsidiary Nestlé Bulgaria has invested € 2.6 m in 6,000 m2 distribution centre – the biggest in south east Europe,according to press reports. In 1994 Nestlé entered the Bulgarian ... SG

Pedro Lopez, CEO of Spanish chocolate company Valor announced company earnings had doubled within the past four years and that sales 2003/4 were worth € 60 m. % of all ... SG

By the end of 2004 listed company Jutrzenka will have completed their acquisition of Polish confectionery brand Goplana, which they are taking over from Nestlé subsidiary Nestlé Polska S.A.The sum ... SG

Halloren Schokoladenfabrik, intends tapping the resources of the money market in order to boost investment in the company and support future growth. To this end Halloren is issuing corporate bonds ... SG

CADE,the Brazilian trade regulation authority, has again requested Nestlé to sell Chocolates Garoto.The world concern however is doing everything in its power to avoid having to lose the company. A ... SG

Italian private equity fund MPS Venture Sgr is interested in acquiring local Streglio S.p.A., the chocolate unit of Italian bankrupt food group Parmalat Finanziaria S.p.A.,MPS Venture’s director general Gabriele Cappellini ... SG

PepsiCo’s UK crisps subsidiary Walkers is to spend up to £3m (US$5.4 m) on free pedometers for consumers in the UK.The company plans to give away five million free pedometers ... SG

Lorenz Bahlsen Snack-World GmbH & Co KG,Neu-Isenburg, and their Austrian rivals Kelly GmbH, Vienna, are at loggerheads. The issue at stake is the question of whether “Soletti” is just the ... SG

Consumer protection agencies have instituted proceedings at Cleves district court against Katjes Fassin for making “misleading”claims in advertising. Katjes Yogurt Gums are labelled fat free,which the German consumer agencies say ... SG

The Federal Supreme Court of Germany (BGH) has ruled in favour of Kraft Foods brand Milka in a dispute with the Verdener Keks- und Waffelfabrik about a colour issue. An ... SG

Swiss chocolate manufacturers Camille Bloch,Courtelary, recently celebrated 75 years in business and hosted an event attended by over 200 guests including Josef Deiss, President of the Swiss Confederation and the ... SG

US company PepsiCo Inc will close four Frito-Lay factories in the USA by the end of the year, as it moves to streamline production, the company said. About 250 of ... SG