The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation together with chocolate companies have funded a $40-million program to be managed by the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) to benefit cocoa farmers in Cote

After serving as The Hershey Co.’s chairman and ceo from 1994 to 2001, and as non-executive chairman since November 2007, Kenneth L. Wolfe resigned last month. Wolfe decided to step

Bob Gamgort, global president of Mars Chocolate, has resigned from Mars, Inc., confirmed a Mars spokesperson. He has agreed to consult with the company through the end of 2009. In

By Deborah Cassell Editor Confection & Snack Retailing casselld@bnpmedia.comgetting fresh: Fresh-ward boundNotorious B.I.G. had the right idea: “I’m going, going, back, back, to Cali, Cali …” All winter long here

By Bernard Pacyniak Editor-in-ChiefCandy Industrypacyniakb@bnpmedia.comgetting fresh: The state of sustainabilityI wouldn’t exactly call myself a “greenie.” Yeah, I was a religious user of Chicago’s blue bags and even kept a

By Deborah Cassell Editor Confection & Snack Retailing casselld@bnpmedia.comgetting fresh: Lent ventAs if you couldn’t tell from the onslaught of fish sandwich advertisements (case in point: Wendy’s “limited time only”

By Bernie PacyniakEditor-in-ChiefCandy Industrypacyniakb@bnpmedia.comgetting fresh: How to script a feel-good endingEveryone loves hearing, reading or viewing a good story, particularly when it has a feel-good ending. Take the movie “Slumdog

By Deborah CassellEditorConfection & Snack Retailingcasselld@bnpmedia.comgetting fresh: Macbook & Cheese“New products” was the topic of this morning’s meeting between chief editors from various food and beverage magazines here at BNP

After expanding Peanut Corporation of America’s recall once again, the company faces a new challenge: bankruptcy. According to PCA, the company has filed for bankruptcy and ceased all of its

Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) announced it has signed an agreement to purchase Schokinag-Schokolade-Industrie Herrmann GmbH & Co. KG, a European producer of chocolate and cocoa powder, upon approval by