News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Cocoa
Finance
Two countries to meet on 3 July with representatives of cocoa processors to set a $2,600 floor price to generate a fair living wage for cocoa farmers, but it could have a detrimental effect, warns one senior analyst.
AIPIA Summit
Pack-Smart president and CEO Derek Dlugosh-Ostap spoke at the recent AIPIA Summit Americas offering insights for brand owners and manufacturers on how to manage packaging with personalized data using disruptive technologies.
Sustainable Food & Drink Podcast
The Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) argues palm oil boycotts pave the way for unsustainable alternatives, but Greenpeace says that if the palm industry operates as usual, brands are left with little choice.
Rovema North America, (part of Rovema), which designs and supplies packaging machinery for the food industry, has received a 2019 Supplier Excellence Award for Innovation from the Hershey Company.
ECF 2019
The seventh European Cocoa Forum, which takes place from September 17th to 19th in Lisbon, has announced details on its third panel discussion – ‘Optimising cocoa quality’.