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Recall Roundup: Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella
Read our latest recall roundup to see what food products have been recalled in the UK and US this week, including various pathogen contaminations.
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Cadbury workers negotiate 17.5 percent pay rise
Cadbury workers at five different sites voted for the deal, which also included an increase in holiday plus a bumper pay rise.
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What a treat: confectionery sales expected to increase this Valentine’s Day
In news that is sure to sweeten the day of confectionery industry-leaders, research suggests that February 2022 could be a bumper month in terms of chocolate and sweet sales thanks to a certain romantic festival.
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Mondelez India makes sustainability commitments with Cocoa Life
Mondelez India has announced that even more Cadbury products in the country will bear the Cocoa Life logo, promoting sustainable cocoa farming throughout the country.
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How ready is your food business for a cybercrime attack?
Arun Chauhan and Esther Phillips outline the dangers cybercrime poses to the food industry and ask whether businesses are truly prepared for a criminal attack.
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Cadbury’s Bournville factory given £15 million production boost
Cadbury’s famous Bournville factory will be on the end of a significant investment from parent company Mondelēz International to increase production at the site.
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Bisuits may be tough sell in the UK, says GlobalData
The Italian confection giant Ferrero looks set to imbibe famous UK brand Fox’s Biscuits, to expand its mighty biscuit business. But market experts question whether the move is a no brainer.
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Which! lifts the lid on recyclable food packaging
Trusted consumer brand Which! has published the results of a survey it carried out, assessing how easy it is for consumers to recycle food-product packaging - and the results weren’t good.
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Cadbury loses legal battle over purple wrapper
Cadbury has lost a legal battle that looked to protect the exact shade of purple used to wrap chocolate bars and tablets.
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Hitting that sweet spot
With the clean-label drive showing no evidence of slowing down, confection and chocolate manufacturers are adapting to a changing market. Environmental concerns, health concerns and sustainability may be priorities for today’s consumers, but flavour and innovation have never been more important. Divakar Kolhe from Future Market Insights reports on the…
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Dairy Milk announces 30 per cent sugar reduction
The new option is part of a bigger movement for Cadbury's owner, with Boost, Jelly Babies and BelVita expected to see similar reductions.
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Minister unwraps new production line at Cadbury factory
21 August 2015 | By Victoria White
The Business Secretary Sajid Javid visited the home of Cadbury in Birmingham to open a new state-of-the-art production line at its chocolate factory today...
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Own label products closing in on branded items
20 August 2015 | By Victoria White
A survey conducted by Instantly has found that almost half of UK consumers (48%) said they would never forsake Coca-Cola for an own brand equivalent...
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Assessing the influence of shape and sound symbolism on the consumer’s response to chocolate
1 May 2014 | By Charles Spence, Crossmodal Research Laboratory, Oxford University
The new rounded Cadbury’s Dairy Milk chocolate bar has got many consumers agitated because they say it tastes sweeter than the original more rectangular bar. But the company says that the formulation hasn’t changed. Who is right? This furore can perhaps be explained with reference to the literature on shape…
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Early recovery in UK food and berverages to boost M&A
9 September 2010 | By Grant Thornton UK LLP
69% of senior executives at UK-based food & beverage producers expect M&A activity to increase in the next 12 months, according to a report due to be released next week...
