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Candy & Confectionary

Confectionary Sales Top $54 Billion in 2024 Despite Tightened Grocery Budgets

March 13, 2025
The State of Treating Report from the National Confectioners Association, Circana and Euromonitor reveals that even in shifting times of food and beverage spending, consumers ...
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Snack Foods

The Hershey Co. Adds PepsiCo Veteran Exec to be Its Chief Growth Officer

March 11, 2025
Stacy Taffet will oversee Hershey’s snacks portfolio after years driving marketing success at PepsiCo.
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Candy & Confectionary

Hershey Appoints Chief Customer Officer to Lead U.S. Confection Sales Team

March 5, 2025
Industry veteran Tiffany Menyhart joins the company after stints at Kraft Heinz, Sodexo and Mars Wrigley.
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Candy & Confectionary

Maker of Godiva, Turtles, Flipz, to Close Mohnton, Pennsylvania, Processing Plant

Feb. 28, 2025
Pladis North America will shut down Pennsylvania facility, putting 60 people out of work, to focus its efforts on nearby Reading, Pa., plant, which employs more than 200.
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Bakery & Baked Goods

CAGNY: Mondelēz Looks to Leverage Iconic Brands in Cakes and Pastries Category

Feb. 18, 2025
Like its peers, Mondelēz has had to adjust to cocoa price inflation, but it has its sights set on continuing to grow in biscuits, baked snacks, chocolate, and cakes and pastries...
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Candy & Confectionary

CAGNY: Cocoa Costs Have Pinched, But Hershey’s Feels Optimistic About Future

Feb. 18, 2025
Despite sky-high inflation of the price of cocoa, The Hershey Co. believes it will emerge from the challenge in a better place, propelled in the short term by its “juggernaut”...
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People on the Move

Mars Inc. Elevates Alastair Child to Chief Sustainability Officer

Jan. 16, 2025
Current VP of Global Sustainability will take over with the retirement of Barry Parkin.
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People on the Move

Former PepsiCo Exec Leaves Hershey Co. After Only Three Months Leading U.S. Confection

Dec. 10, 2024
Michael Del Pozzo will depart his role as president, U.S. Confection, for Hershey and return to PepsiCo to fill an undisclosed role.
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Candy & Confectionary

Mondelēz Reportedly Exploring New Offer for Hershey Co.

Dec. 9, 2024
Sources tell Bloomberg that the sweets and snacks company is considering making an offer for the chocolate maker, some eight years after a $23 billion bid was rejected by Hershey...
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People on the Move

Evolved Chocolate Brand Appoints New CEO, Refreshes Brand

April 9, 2024
Joe Serventi, credited with successful brand scaling projects over the years, joins the company, bringing more than two decades of food and beverage industry experience with him...
Candy & Confectionary

Blommer Chocolate Co. to Close Legacy Chicago Processing Plant

March 25, 2024
Blommer Chocolate Co. today announced that it will close its Chicago processing facility — the company’s original manufacturing plant, which opened in 1939...
Courtesy of Mars
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R&D

Mars Opens R&D Innovation Studio in Hackettstown, New Jersey

March 21, 2024
More than $70 million investment includes a test kitchen, packaging lab and collab space — and also improves processing plant’s efficiency and food safety efforts.
Mergers & Acquisitions

Sugar Foods Acquires Concord Foods

March 11, 2024
The two processors manufacture a wide variety of food products for retail, foodservice and private label customers, from candy apple kits to crunchy toppings and beverage ingredients...