Confectionery News:
Nestlé completes Kraft pizza acquisiton (Food Navigator USA)
Kraft agreed to sell its pizza business for US$3.7bn in cash, to smooth its now-approved bid to buy confectionery giant Cadbury. Analysts have also said that such a deal with Nestlé effectively took out one of Kraft’s major competitors in the Cadbury race.
Cocoa speculators damaging industry, German producers (Food Navigator Europe)
The German confectionery industry has expressed concern over the fluctuation in the price of its key raw ingredient, cocoa, as a result of speculation.
Federal Crafts Workshop (The Capital)
Participants learn the basics of confectionery, creating sweets to eat, or millinery, making fashionable accessories. Lunch is provided. Advance payment required by March 5. Fee: Resident $38; Non-Resident $45
Macaroons hail from grave past (Otago Daily Times)
Ossi di morto (bones of the dead) may not be the most enticing name for a biscuit, nor are these little macaroons pretty, but they are delicious.
34 arrested in booze-fuelled wild weekend (Wairarapa Times-Age)
The holding cells at Masterton police station were kept full on Saturday night as officers clamped down on boozing and disorder in the town's central streets.
Retail sales rebound in February (BBC News)
Retail sales bounced back in February after a tough January on the High Street, the latest figures show.
BUSINESS WIRE: IFF Declares Dividend for First Quarter 2010 (vwd.de)
MITTEILUNG UEBERMITTELT VON BUSINESS WIRE. FUER DEN INHALT IST ALLEIN DAS BERICHTENDE UNTERNEHMEN VERANTWORTLICH.
Rant in convenience store leads to arrest (The Sault Star)
A intoxicated woman's behaviour in a convenience store resulted in a drinking-and-driving charge. Wendy Biron pleaded guilty Monday to impaired driving when she appeared in the Ontario Court of Justice.[...]
Reportlinker Adds The Top 10 Confectionery Companies (PR Newswire Finance)
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Reportlinker Adds Global Palm Oil Industry (PR Newswire Finance)
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