Nielsen-Massey Vanillas has announced Bill Bond, a veteran food industry sales executive, is joining the company as v.p. of global sales. 

The Barry Callebaut Group has broken ground for its new chocolate and compound manufacturing facility in Baramati, India.

Bosch will sell its entire packaging machinery business to a newly incorporated entity managed by Luxembourg private investment firm CVC Capital Partners.

Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire have agreed to institute a per-tonne “living income differential” as part of a new payment structure designed to fortify incomes of the countries’ cocoa producers.

Barry Callebaut Group plans to build a new, environmentally-friendly Global Distribution Center in Lokeren, Belgium.

Bestowed at Hershey’s annual Supplier Summit in mid-May, the award recognized Rovema’s efforts in support of the candy company’s initiative to introduce standup pouches.

DouxMatok has raised $22 million in a series B funding round, enabling large-scale production and sales of its sugar-reduction solution as it hits the European and North American markets.

Retail Confectioners International (RCI) inducted four new members to its board of directors during RCI’s Annual Convention & Industry Expo, held June 3-7 in Hartford, Connecticut. 

Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire have suspended pre-sales of the 2020-2021 season cocoa crop as the governments work to institute a base price for cocoa from those countries.

Diane Trout, account manager and business development for Blommer Chocolate Co., has been awarded the 2019 Henry J. Bornhofft Memorial Award by Retail Confectioners International.