Archives for June 28, 2021

Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: Emerging confection trends track pandemic-based desire for escape, connection & safety

More than 450 exhibitors and 8,000 attendees traveled to the Sweets & Snacks Expo in Indianapolis last week for one of the first in-person food and beverage tradeshows since the coronavirus outbreak in early 2020 to showcase two years of product...

Sweets & Snacks Expo 2021

Ferrara’s NERDS scoops major honours at this year’s Sweets & Snacks Expo

Two of Ferrara's NERDS innovations have been named winners of the ‘Most Innovative New Product’ awards at this year’s Sweets & Snacks Expo in Indianapolis.

M&As

Hershey buys Lily’s confectionery brand for $425m

The Hershey Company has completed its acquisition of Lily's, the high-growth maker of low-sugar, better-for-you (BFY) confectionery products, for a purchase price of $425m.

Sustainability

Top chocolate companies urge partnership agreements between EU and cocoa-producing countries

A powerful cocoa coalition partnership has called on the European Commission to pursue the establishment of bilateral agreements between the European Union and cocoa-producing countries to contribute to establishing a fully sustainable cocoa supply...