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Armajaro Trading is showing ‘genuine commitment’ to cocoa labour issues by becoming the first cocoa trader to join the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), says the foundation. Read more

Nigeria’s Federal Government on Thursday announced plans to increase cocoa production as parts of its effort to restore the country’s lost glory in the production of the cash crop. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr…Read More »

CasaLuker is a family‐owned enterprise founded more than 100 years ago, in 1906, in the small Colombian city of Manizales. Recently, CasaLuker celebrated the 50th anniversary of the founding of La Granja Luker (Luker Farm), currently one…Read More »

FORTUNE — The plant workers of See’s Candies start arriving each day at 4 a.m. In Los Angeles and San Francisco they stand at their stations and drizzle fondant onto maple pecan bonbons or count the…Read More »

A report in Fraternite Matin (p. 11) says that the U.S.-based World Cocoa Foundation has granted an award to Ivorian First Lady Dominique Ouattara for “her campaign against child labor.” Mrs Ouattara received the award during…Read More »

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND–(Marketwire -07/27/12)- Cocoa Horizons initiative accelerates sustainable cocoa production * More than 15,000 cocoa farmers trained in Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) * All cocoa-growing regions in Côte d’Ivoire are represented * Farmers earn a premium…Read More »

TO MEET the anticipated increase in demand for its confectionery in SA, the Ferrero Group plans to increase production and employ more people, the company said yesterday. “Although we are at the very early stages, the…Read More »

The Hershey Company, America’s number one chocolate manufacturer best known for its Hershey’s and Kisses billion-dollar power brands, is on a global mission to grow its turnover to US$10 billion in five years and double its…Read More »

GLENDALE, Calif. — Nestle USA announced that it has appointed a new VP corporate and brand affairs following the retirement of executive Laurie MacDonald. MacDonald, who worked at the company since 1985, will be replaced by…Read More »

World Cocoa Foundation President Bill Guyton issued the following statement this afternoon on the death of Ghana’s President John Atta Mills: The World Cocoa Foundation and its more than 90 members were shocked and deeply saddened…Read More »