Mondelēz International today announced the launch of its first-ever State of Snacking™ report, a global consumer trends study examining the role snacking plays across the world in meeting consumers’ evolving needs: busy modern lifestyles, the growing desire for community connection and a more holistic sense of wellbeing. The study reveals the rise of global snacking,…

Barry Callebaut AG has been informed by Jacobs Holding AG, its majority shareholder with a stake of 50.1% since 1998, of its intention to diversify its investment portfolio in order to ensure a broad-based income base for Jacobs Foundation, its only economic beneficiary, while remaining Barry Callebaut’s reference shareholder with a stake of 40.08% and…

Globally operating Austrian packaging producer Constantia Flexibles has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in the Russian group of companies TT. Now known as Constantia TT, the plant in Voskresensk mainly produces packaging for the pharmaceutical industry. This acquisition represents yet another measure aimed at strengthening the Constantia Flexibles Pharma Division’s guiding principle: Let’s…

Lindt & Sprüngli has had a successful start to the financial year 2019, building on the growth of recent years. In the first half of the year the Group achieved sales of CHF 1.76 billion, which corresponds to strong organic sales growth of +6.2%. This lays the foundation for the Lindt & Sprüngli Group to…

“Our strong second quarter performance demonstrates the potential of our strategy to accelerate volume-driven top-line growth in both developed and emerging markets,” said Dirk Van de Put, Chairman and CEO. “Our more consumer-centric mindset is driving investments in advertising and promotion of our global and local brands, as well as accelerated innovation and improved distribution…

Global bioscience company, Chr. Hansen, has selected NiceLabel, a leading global developer of label design software and label management systems, to provide its web-based label management solution. Chr. Hansen develops and produces cultures, enzymes, probiotics and natural colors for the food, confectionary, beverages, dietary supplements and animal feed industries. Founded in 1874, it has more…

Mondelēz International and Enel Green Power North America, the Enel Group’s US-based renewables company, today announced the signing of a twelve-year power purchase agreement (PPA) under which Mondelēz International will purchase the energy delivered to the electricity grid from a 65 MW portion of Enel Green Power North America’s Roadrunner project, a solar farm in…

Barry Callebaut, manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, and the government of Cameroon signed a letter of intent May 23, to intensify the cooperation on sustainable cocoa farming, in particular, supporting the next generation of cocoa farmers. Barry Callebaut and the Cameroon government aim to support the next generation of cocoa farmers from Cameroon…

After a construction period of 20 months and an investment of about CHF 50 million, Bühler Group is today officially opening its CUBIC innovation campus with eight Application Centers. “We are with this driving forward our strategy of innovation, training, and development,” says Stefan Scheiber, CEO of Bühler Group. “Together with our customers, partners from…