[ad_1] In the blistering heat, CBS News found children in Ghana as young as 5 years old using machetes nearly as big as themselves to harvest the cocoa beans that…
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Hot chocolate chain Knoops in £8m funding round to double store numbers
[ad_1] The firm, which sells 20 different varieties of hot chocolate and has sites in Knightsbridge, Covent Garden and Notting Hill, plans to open new venues in Canary Wharf, Battersea…
Bühler creates food innovation hub offering key new industry facilities, including chocolate confectionery development
[ad_1] A range of advanced new facilities have been delivered by the Bühler Swiss-based equipment and industry technology and solutions group, with its new food innovation hub in Uzwil, Switzerland,…
Rochester’s Willy Wonka? New chocolate factory makes millions of chocolates
[ad_1] Inside the new Decocoa chocolate factory in downtown Rochester NY Decocoa Chocolate Crafters recently moved from a cramped factory on Emerson Street to a gleaming new space on East…
Mars to acquire UK chocolate company
[ad_1] LONDON — Hive Bidco, Inc., a subsidiary of Mars, Inc., has agreed to acquire Hotel Chocolat Group PLC, a premium chocolate company in the United Kingdom with international expansion…
Chocolate: soaring commodity prices leave makers in a sticky spot
[ad_1] Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chocolate has unique mood-enhancing qualities. Hence consumers have traditionally…
Hotel Chocolat’s shares jump after Mars takeover
[ad_1] The US’s Mars Inc has acquired British chocolatier Hotel Chocolat for £534 million – but it will still operate from the UK. ADVERTISEMENT Hotel Chocolat is set to become…
FSA warns about imported Prime drinks and fake chocolate
[ad_1] The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has become the latest authority to warn about a problem related to Prime energy drinks. The issue in the United Kingdom is imported Prime…
Think There’s No Such Thing As ‘Good’ Sweet Wine? You’re Missing Out
[ad_1] SWEET WINES are not popular, retailers have told me over and over again. A few weeks ago, one even pantomimed a customer running away. I like sweet wines, even…