Consumers are seeking indulgent items to enjoy at any time, and the dessert category is projected to grow to $20.8 billion by 2022.

Nestlé New Zealand plans to offload its sugar confectionery brands to focus on business in the chocolate, baking and medicated lozenge categories.

The experience that comes with serving up warm, freshly baked Nestlé Toll House cookies, premium coffee and a wide array of other treats is the formula that has propelled Nestlé Toll House Café by Chip to more than 150 units in 24 states and 10 nations across North America and the Middle East, with dozens more projected to open in the coming year.

We are barely into the middle of January, and it’s already become clear that 2018 is going to be a whopper of a year for mergers and acquisitions. M&A’s, they call them.

Nestlé S.A. will sell its U.S. confectionery business to Ferrero Group for $2.91 billion (CHF 2.8 billion), the company announced Tuesday.

Nestlé Toll House Café by Chip, the premium dessert destination known for its freshly baked confections, has just opened its first New Orleans cafe.

First off, I don’t have any insider info. This is purely a speculative piece. And really, who else but Nestlé really knows, and they probably haven’t decided on whom or whether either. But let’s consider the candidates: Hershey, Ferrero, Mondelez International, Mars, Perfetti Van Melle, Leaf Brands and perhaps even Tootsie Roll? And then there’s the recent comment made by Just Born’s Matt Pye about buying select brands.

Harry & David and Nestlé have come together to introduce two new flavors of Moose Munch Premium Popcorn.