Taking action: 2016 Chocolate ingredient trends

As demand for chocolate rises, leaders in the industry focus on creating a sustainable cocoa supply chain by helping to improve farming techniques and empower farming communities.

Abigail Watt

May 26, 2016

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Globally, chocolate demand is on the rise, and unless chocolate companies do something to help the cocoa-growing industry, demand will soon outpace supply.

Laura Secord comes home to Canada

Five years after bringing Laura Secord back to a Canadian-owned company, CEO Jean Leclerc talks about how his family’s company is working to revitalize and grown the brand.

Crystal Lindell

April 21, 2016

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It’s been five years since Jean Leclerc’s family bought the Laura Secord brand from Gordon Brothers LLC of Boston.

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ADM expects sale of chocolate business by end of third quarter

President and COO Juan Luciano reveals timetable during analysts’ conference call.

Bernie Pacyniak

August 6, 2014

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True to its plan, ADM confirmed that it will sell its chocolate business, most likely by the end of the third quarter.

Cargill to double capacity at Belgian chocolate facility

$48-million facility to double capacity during the next two years

Bernie Pacyniak

December 18, 2013

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The additional capacity will meet growing demand for chocolate in confectionary, bakery, dairy and artisanal applications from European customers.

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