Posted by Reuters: Business News on May 18, 2011
DETROIT (Reuters) – Hershey Co Chief Executive David West is leaving chocolate bars for Del Monte canned vegetables and cat food, the second unexpected CEO departure at Hershey in less than four years.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on April 1, 2011
ZURICH (Reuters) – Barry Callebaut , which makes chocolate for Nestle and Hershey , expects to outpace the market in the second half of its fiscal year despite unrest in the top cocoa growing Ivory Coast region.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on June 15, 2010
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hershey Co plans to cut 500 to 600 jobs, or up to 5 percent of its workforce, as part of a restructuring aimed at upgrading and enlarging its facilities to compete globally and save some $60 million to $80 milllion in annual costs.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 7, 2010
CHICAGO/LONDON (Reuters) – Members of Cadbury Plc’s board have been talking with counterparts at Hershey Co as expectations fade for a significantly higher bid from Kraft Foods Inc.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 2, 2010
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian confectioner Ferrero has met with private equity firms as well as Hershey Co to discuss a possible bid for Britain’s Cadbury Plc, Il Sole 24 Ore daily reported on Saturday.
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MILAN (Reuters) – Italian confectioner Ferrero has met with private equity firms as well as Hershey Co to discuss a possible bid for Britain’s Cadbury Plc, Il Sole 24 Ore daily reported on Saturday.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on December 1, 2009
LONDON (Reuters) – Kraft Foods Inc is favorite to take over Cadbury Plc despite interest from Hershey Co and Ferrero, and talk of Nestle SA involvement, said analyst Andrew Wood at Sanford Bernstein.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on November 22, 2009
LONDON (Reuters) – Cadbury Plc would prefer a merger with U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co rather than Kraft Foods Inc, the British company’s chairman Roger Carr told the Sunday Telegraph newspaper.
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ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss food giant Nestle may consider a bid for Britain’s Cadbury to challenge a hostile 9.9 billion pound ($16.3 dollars) bid by Kraft Foods Inc and a potential move by Hershey, Bloomberg reported on Sunday.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on November 20, 2009
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co is considering launching a bid of at least $17 billion for British chocolatier Cadbury Plc as it seeks to trump a hostile offer by Kraft Foods Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.
