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Hershey to Acquire Amplify Snack Brands in $1.6bn Deal
Dec 21, 2017The Hershey Company has agreed to acquire Amplify Snack Brands for about $1.6bn to boost its position in the snacking aisle and expand its portfolio of savory snacking brands. The transaction amount also includes around $600m of net debt ...
Tags: Hershey, Amplify Snack
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Hershey's Kitchens Launches New Sea Salt Caramel Baking Chips
Oct 24, 2016The Hershey Company has introduced new limited edition Hershey’s Kitchens Sea Salt Caramel Baking Chips to its line of baking products, along with a number of new Hershey’s Kitchens recipes. In addition, Hershey also updated ...
Tags: Baking Chips, baking products
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Hershey Introduces New Halloween Products
Oct 11, 2016Hershey has introduced added new products to its iconic brands, including Reese’s, Hershey’s and Kit Kat. According to a 2016 National Retail Federation study, when it comes to celebrating this Halloween season, 49 percent of ...
Tags: Hershey, Halloween products
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Hershey to Introduce Cookie Layer Crunch in US
Oct 11, 2016In honor of National Cookie Month (October), The Hershey Company is introducing Hershey’s Cookie Layer Crunch, one of the most anticipated innovations from the iconic Hershey’s brand in more than 16 years. Hershey is ...
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Kinh Do Sells off Remaining 20% Stake to Mondelez
Aug 30, 2016Mondelez International has bought the remaining 20% stake in Vietnamese food company Kinh Do’s snack unit for VND 2tn ($90m) as part of its expansion strategy in emerging markets. In November 2014, Mondelez had agreed to buy 80% of ...
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Hershey to Shut Down Brookside Foods’ Factory in Abbotsford, Canada
Jun 20, 2016The Hershey Company has announced that it will shutdown the Brookside Foods’ factory in Abbotsford in Canada, as part of its efforts to restructure its manufacturing operations. The move may result in 180 job cuts at the facility ...
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The Hershey Company Reveals Innovations at Annual Sweets & Snacks Expo
May 25, 2016The Hershey Company's latest innovations will debut this week at the National Confectioners Association's annual Sweets & Snacks Expo in Chicago held May 24-26, 2016. To meet the changing needs of their consumers, the company is ...
Tags: Sweets, Snacks, great-tasting products
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Hershey's Launches Egg-Based Treats for Easter Holidays
Feb 25, 2016US-based confectionery company Hershey Company is launching egg-based sweet treats and recipes, in time for Easter holidays. The company will introduce a range of new sweets and creative activities, crafts and recipes. The festive candies ...
Tags: Egg-Based Treats, Hershey
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Alliance Consumer Growth Will Invest in Live Better Brands
Jun 23, 2015Consumer-focused private equity firm Alliance Consumer Growth (ACG) will invest in Live Better Brands that produces the Way Better Snacks brand of natural tortilla chips and crackers. The ACG investment will enable Way Better to ...
Tags: Alliance Consumer Growth, Snacks
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Mightybee Launched an Organically Certified, Frozen Unpasteurised Virgin Coconut Meat
Jun 23, 2015UK-based MightyBee has launched an organically certified, fresh frozen unpasteurised virgin coconut meat that will be available in the markets from mid-June. MightyBee's organic Virgin coconut meat is hand-scooped from young green Nam Hom ...
Tags: MightyBee, Virgin Coconut Meat
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Hershey Will Add New Snacking Products to Its Existing Product Range
May 20, 2015Hershey will add new snacking products to its existing product range at the National Confectioners Association’s annual Sweets & Snacks Expo in Chicago. Commenting on the expansion, Hershey North America president Michele Buck ...
Tags: Hershey, snacking products, Sweets
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Unsweetened Dark Chocolate May Improve Attention and Help Consumers Beat 'midday Slump'
May 12, 2015Unsweetened dark chocolate may improve attention and help consumers beat the ‘midday slump’, according to new research from North Arizona University (NAU). The study, published in the journal NeuroRegulation and sponsored by ...
Tags: Dark Chocolate, green tea extract
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Hawaiian Host to Acquire Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut From The Hershey Company
Jan 15, 2015Hawaiian Host, US-based producers of Hawaiian chocolate covered macadamia nuts, has agreed to acquire Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut from The Hershey Company. An agreement to this effect was signed by Hawaiian Host and Hershey, reports ...
Tags: Macadamia Nut, Hawaiian chocolate
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WCF and Leaders From The Global Cocoa Sector Have Convened in Copenhagen
Oct 28, 2014Hundreds of members of the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and leaders from the global cocoa sector have convened in Copenhagen, Denmark to take further crucial steps toward implementing a comprehensive strategy, called CocoaAction, to sustain ...
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Senior Executives and Cocoa Companies Are Signing a Joint Agreement with The Government
May 26, 2014Senior executives from 12 of the world's largest chocolate and cocoa companies are signing a joint agreement with the Government of Ghana as part of an unprecedented strategy to accelerate actions to make cocoa farming in the country ...