Cadbury and Kraft

 

Dissecting the buyout and what it means.

 

Times Online – Chocolate soldier’s surrender

 

Mail Online – How long before Cadbury’s chocolate is made in this Polish factory?

 

The Economic Times – Cadbury buyout may just have an Indian filling

 

Business Week – Ferrero Won’t Make Takeover Bid for Cadbury to Challenge Kraft

 

The Epoch Times – Analysis: Dissecting the Kraft-Cadbury Deal

 

Nestlé To Buy Hershey’s?

 

Nestlé is making noise about wanting to buy Hershey’s.

 

Reuters – Nestle waits for market pressures to soften Hershey

 

Australian Food News – Nestlé could look to Hershey as chocolate market gets a shake-up

 

China’s World Chocolate Wonderland

 

More news on China’s World Chocolate Wonderland!

 

New Tang Dynasty Television – Sweet Fashion at Beijing Chocolate Exhibit

 

ABC News – Chocolate wonderland theme park opens in China

 

Random

 

EmpowHer – Does Chocolate Protect Your Heart?

 

Miami Herald – With patience, you can grow chocolate

 

West Seattle Herald – Chocolate is good for you

 

Food Product Design – Dark Chocolate Reduces Stress Levels

 

The News Tribune – Chocolate in garden absolutely calorie-free

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This week’s news is not very different from last week’s news, save for more random fun stuff!  Le Whiff inhalable chocolate is contemplating new flavors and maybe launching a safer TB vaccine, there is a snippet about the inventor of chocolate chip cookies and something about chocolate shoes.

Chocolate takeovers

Nothing really new in the realm of the Cadbury fight, just the ongoing unhappiness of everyone connected with Cadbury at the hostile takeover.

Bloomberg – Nestle Sees Stagnant U.K. Chocolate Market as Cocoa Prices Soar

PennLive.com – The Hershey Co. still mulling an offer for British confectioner Cadbury

Sky News – It Sucks: Anger At US Bid For Cadbury

Los Angeles Times – Kraft questions strong Cadbury growth targets as it maintains hostile takeover bid

Business Week - Cadbury Says It Has Rival Suitors to Kraft

Market Watch – Cadbury lifts sales target in defense against Kraft bid

BBC – The great transatlantic chocolate divide

Mars vs. Hersheys

Did Hershey blatantly rip off Mars Dove chocolate?

NBC – Chocolate Fight

Chocolate Milk

Again, the great chocolate milk ban is under scrutiny.

Daily Camera – Boulder Valley chocolate milk ban at odds with dairy campaign

Random

Fun stuff! A little information about the inventor of the chocolate chip cookie, Le Whiff is in the news again with a possible TB vaccine and new flavors (lobster?), someone has been making chocolate shoes, a Frenchman is a chocolate rebel and a list of neat products for your favorite chocoholic.

Zimbio – Ruth Wakefield: Inventor of the Chocolate Chip Cookie

PopSci – Inhalable Chocolate Paves the Way for a Safer TB Vaccine

Clay Today – Chocolate Shoe is Sweet, Sassy

Wall Street Journal – The Chocolate Rebel

ArgusLeader.com – For the chocoholic

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Cadbury War Continues

Nestle has joined in the fray over Cadbury while some people are howling in protest over Hershey’s bid for the British company.  Kraft still appears to be the favorite.

Bloomberg – Hershey Pushes $17 Billion Cadbury Offer, WSJ Reports

National Business Review – Nestlé leaves sidelines to join giant chocolate battle

Financial Times – Cadbury bid: time to wake up and smell the chocolate

Boston.com – Nestle said to be considering Cadbury bid

Business Week – Why the Cadbury Deal Matters

Reuters – UK Cadbury union hopeful after talks with Kraft

Business Week – UK union not appeased over Kraft’s bid for Cadbury

Chocolate Milk vs. Plain Milk

Between the dairy companies plus the kids in the cafeterias and those that want more healthy foods in schools, the battle still rages.  The dairy companies and the kids seem to be making a pretty good case to keep chocolate milk in schools.

LA Times – Chocolate milk: better than no milk?

Examiner.com – More on the great chocolate milk debate: an SFUSD fact sheet

Random, Fun News!

Featuring everything from health related articles to the just plain bizarre.  Dark chocolate cures coughs, high school students learn about the chocolate business, and chocolate salvaged from a shot-down Nazi plane to go on display.

Star Telegram – Chocolate’s good for more than just sweet cravings

SFGate.com – TCHO chocolate- baking chocolate drops

News-Leader.com – Central, Drury students get taste of the chocolate business

PRNewswire.com – A TRUE TASTE OF HISTORY: MARS PROVIDES AUTHENTIC PRE-REVOLUTIONARY CHOCOLATE, COFFEE AND TEA TO THE ONLY 18TH CENTURY COFFEEHOUSE IN THE U.S.

Eurekalert.org – Study shows flavanol antioxidant content of US chocolate and cocoa-containing products

MercuryNews.com – A la Carte: Fair trade chocolate

Oneida Daily Dispatch – Red Cross chocolate-covered cherries now on sale

Mirror.co.uk – Nazi chocolates from German plane to go on display for first time

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The Chocolate news for this week.

The Cadbury Saga

The Cadbury chocolate saga continues as companies him and haw over bidding for the English chocolate company.  Last week it was Kraft vying for the company.  This week it’s a joint effort between Hershey’s Chocolate and Ferrero Rocher, but Kraft is not out of the picture entirely.

Telegraph : Hershey’s chocolate-coated success

Advertising Age : What Landing Cadbury Would Mean for Kraft, Ferrero, Hershey

Reuters : Ferrero, Hershey would likely break up Cadbury

CNN Money : Ferrero, Hershey Mull Cadbury Bid Possibilities

To Have or Not To Have: The Chocolate Milk in Schools Debate

Chocolate milk has been banned in some schools due to the sugar content, but are the students drinking the slightly healthier plain milk or not?  The kids want their chocolate milk back, and the dairy industry is agreeing with them.

My San Antonio : Flavored-milk debate is dead in S.A.

Pioneer Local : The great milk controversy

San Francisco Chronicles, The Mommy Files : School lunches: The chocolate milk debate

The Los Angeles Times : Chocolate milk in school: a necessary evil?

The Berkshire Eagle : Keeping the milky way

The New Yorker : Chocolate Milk: Vitamin-Filled Elixir or Brown Menace?

Chocolate Eases Emotional Stress

Dark chocolate has been found to ease emotional stress.  I have to admit, this one is a no-brainer to me, but it’s now backed up with science and not my own, personal feelings towards the matter.

Dr. Cutler.com : Chocolate reduces stress, according to study

A Palm Beach Post Blog : Dark chocolate bliss: Take two candy bars and call me in the morning, cocoa helps stress

Epicurious.com : Dark Chocolate May Help You Handle Stress

Huliq News : Chocolate Eases Emotional Stress According to Study

Australia’s Chocolate Frog Boy

A 12 year-old boy was arrested for accepting a stolen chocolate frog and a sign from a friend.  This melodrama has been going on for more than a week, but appears to be coming to a close.

Acquire News : Boy arrested for accepting stolen chocolate from a friend

ABC News : Police may drop Freddo charges

Radio France Internationale : Aussie police to drop chocolate frog charges

Random News

News about new products, or interesting chocolate things.  This week there’s a chocolate car, there are chocolate hippopotamuses, and a chocolate that will help you lose weight.

Pilot Online : PETA sending ‘bin Laden bites’ chocolates to U.S. troops

Motor Crave : Chocolate-Covered Porsche Looks Delicious

Cleveland.com : Chocolate hippopotamuses available now for Christmas

Examiner.com : Can a chocolate named Lola help you lose weight?

The Denver Post : Chocolate Crisis Center to the rescue

The Chocolate Crisis Center

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