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July 2006
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Saturday July 1, 2006
Publix Recalls Chocolate Chip Cookie
Dough
30 more Cadbury brands tested for food
bug
Sunday July 2, 2006
Cadbury Tests `Thousands' of Products,
Has Yet to Find Anything
Monday July 3, 2006
Leading chocolate manufacturer Barry
Callebaut has reported an increased
operating profit (EBIT) of 14.6
per cent for
the first nine months of fiscal year 2005/06.
Wednesday July 5, 2006
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.
today announced that it will host an
investor
conference call on
July 11, 2006
to discuss its operating results for the
first quarter
of FY2007. The Company
plans to report its
first quarter earnings
earlier the same
day.
Friday July 7, 2006
Scare over salmonella in chocolate
widens · Other food firms bought
Cadbury's base
ingredient · Company
now
agrees to clean all production lines
Saturday July 8, 2006
New imaging techniques are being
developed that could be used to monitor
the
onset of the common and
costly
problem of chocolate bloom – and
confectionery
manufacturers are being
invited to pioneer the
process.
Sunday July 9, 2006
Cadbury faces prosecution over tainted
chocolate bars
Monday July 10, 2006
A woman is considering taking legal action
if tests prove she contracted salmonella
poisoning after eating a
Cadbury's
chocolate bar.
Tuesday July 11, 2006
Cadbury Schweppes has been forced to
improve cleaning processes at its
Herefordshire factory after last
month’s
recall of Salmonella-contaminated
products.
Thursday July 13, 2006
Rocky Mountain's Bittersweet Quarter
(Motley Fool)
Friday July 14, 2006
Scientists Concoct Chocolate That Won't
Melt
Sunday July 16, 2006
Swiss food maker Nestle has launched the
premium ice cream brand Movenpick on
the Chinese market,
where it says it sees
growing demand for luxury food products
Cadbury Schweppes has lodged an appeal
against a Federal Court ruling which says
the multinational
chocolate maker does
not own the colour purple
Tuesday July 18, 2006
Leading food manufacturer Kraft has paid
£575m (€829.6m) for United Biscuit’s
southern European snack
business
Thursday July 20, 2006
Candy and snacks maker Hershey Co. on
Thursday posted higher second-quarter
income, driven by solid
sales of new dark
chocolate offerings and Kissables
candies,
as well as cost controls
Friday July 21, 2006
Contaminated Cadbury's chocolate was
the most likely cause of an outbreak of
salmonella poisoning, the
Health
Protection Agency has said
Monday July 24, 2006
Harry & David Recalls Harry and David
Chocolate Covered Pear Bites Because
They
may Contain
Undeclared Almonds,
Egg and Wheat Ingredients
Good news could be one the way for one
Ulster woman after Cadbury confirmed it
will consider
compensating victims of
salmonella poisoning.
Tuesday July 25, 2006
Cadbury Schweppes has apologised for
allowing Salmonella-contaminated
chocolates to leave its factories
and
poison 37 people in the UK
Following reports that Cadbury
Schweppes could face a damages case as
the most
likely cause of a
salmonella
outbreak, the Liberal Democrats have
renewed their
calls for the prosecution of
the company
for not notifying the
authorities of the
infection in their
chocolate for five months.
Saturday July 29, 2006
Cadbury Schweppes, the world's biggest
confectionery maker, signed an
agreement
yesterday with
Vietnam's
leading food maker Kinh Do
Two new members have joined the World
Cocoa Foundation, extending the
organisation's global reach and
influence
US confectionery giant Hershey has
unveiled a number of new high profile
appointments this month
UK confectioner Thorntons has
announced poor financial results after
struggling
with waning sales since
the
start of the year
Hershey Renews Stock Buyback Deal With
School Trust Hershey Trust Co.
Monday July 31, 2006
Fuelled by a combination of health
concerns and changing tastes, dark
chocolate
has become one of the
most
rapidly growing sectors in the
confectionery market in
the last year