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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Cadbury Chocolate Wars

It comes to a not-so quiet end. The Kraft bid has been accepted and Hershey’s has withdrawn. Not everyone is happy with this, though.

Los Angeles Times – Kraft takeover bid of Cadbury leaves bitter taste in Britain

DailyMail.co.uk – ALEX BRUMMER: End to chocolate’s phoney war

DailyMail.co.uk – Cadbury boss set to collect £12m pay-off… as unions fear Kraft takeover jobs bloodbath

Independant.co.uk – Cadbury deal could leave bitter taste for chocolate lovers

Boston Herald – Kraft Foods, Cadbury agree $19.5 billion deal

Daily Finance – Cadbury’s Sale to Kraft: A National Icon Becomes Just Chocolate

Washington Post – Approval expected for Kraft-Cadbury deal

BirminghamPost.net – Great grandson of Cadbury founder slams board’s acceptance of Kraft bid

ABC News – Hershey Rules Itself out of Bidding for Cadbury

Random News

There’s a new chocolate theme park opening in Beijing, new donuts from Krispy Kreme, designer shoes and handbags made completely of chocolate, a new toy from Japan called the Endless Chocolate, and a Chocolate Fashion show!

news.cnet.com – Chocolate company brings high-tech factory to remote cocoa farms

AFP – Beijing chocolate theme park set to open

CRIEnglish.com – World Chocolate Wonderland to Open in Beijing on Jan. 29

Food Business Review – Krispy Kreme To Roll Out New Chocolate Treats

Telegraph.co.uk – Designer shoes and handbags made from chocolate

CrunchGear – New Japanese toy: Endless chocolate bar breaker

Telegraph.co.uk – Chocolate fashion: pictures of dresses, shoes and handbags made of chocolate

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Chocolate Wars

Lots of news this week pertaining to the ever-continuing Chocolate Wars.

TradersHuddle.com – Chocolate Wars Hitting Up – Kraft Raising Bid

The Wall Street Journal – Alcon Deal Gives Nestle the Cash for Cadbury Bid

London Evening Standard – American chocolate still not sweet enough for Cadbury

Blogging Stocks – Kraft Sells Pizza So It Can Buy Chocolate

Market Watch – Kraft trading pizza for chocolate

CNN Money – Ferrero In Talks With Potential Backers For Cadbury

The Wall Street Journal – Ferrero, Hershey Discuss Joint Cadbury Bid

Chicago Business – Why would Kraft Foods want to trade pizza for chocolate?

Food Biz Daily – FBD: EU clears Kraft’s plans for Cadbury, with conditions

Chocolate Is Recession-Proof

Los Angeles Times – N.Y. Chocolate tours: Hard times never tasted so sweet

NACS Online – Chocolate Not Affected by Recession

WKOWTV.com – Sweet Recovery: Chocolate sales strong, despite recession

Random

Proof that chocolate can change your life!

Winnipeg Free Press – Stop for hot chocolate results in sweet lottery win for Alberta woman

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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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