Chocolate

Ivory Coast Seeks To Sell 100,000 Tonnes Of Cocoa As Buyers Haggle

Ivory Coast's cocoa regulator is seeking to sell around 100,000 tonnes of cocoa held by domestic traders who had bought the beans from farmers but lack acc...

Lindt & Sprüngli Full-Year Sales Fall As Pandemic Bites

Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Sprüngli saw organic sales fall 6.1% last year, with only a lukewarm improvement in the second half as COVI...

Chocolate Maker Barry Callebaut Sees Recovery After Full-Year COVID Hit

Barry Callebaut said on Wednesday that sales volumes recovered in the final quarter after slumping revenue from restaurants and hotels during the COVID-19...

Swiss Chocolate Maker Barry Callebaut Confident Of Rebound

Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut raised its sales forecast for the next three years on Thursday on expectations that demand from major food companies...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Farmers Concerned About Hot, Dry Weather

Farmers in Ivory Coast's cocoa regions said on Monday more rain was needed to boost the April-to-September mid-crop following hot, dry weather last week an...

Lindt Organic Sales In Europe Boosted By 6.1% In 2019

Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli wants to keep growing 5-7% per year in the mid-term after strong growth in Europe and the opening of new Li...

Chocolate Makers Face Ethical Branding Dilemma

The West African nations, which together produce more than 60% of the world's cocoa, said last week they will re-examine the schemes because chocolate make...

EU Backs Cocoa Price Rise To Make Production More Sustainable

Higher prices are needed to ensure cocoa production becomes more sustainable, a senior European Union official recently said, backing plans by top growers...