Parle Melody: The ₹1 soft power twist Modi served to Meloni and the worldPrime Minister Modi's gift of a Parle Melody toffee to Italy's Giorgia Meloni symbolised India's evolving soft power. Beyond traditional ex...
21 May, 2026, 12.59 PM IST
World’s most important bromance revived as Trump heads to ChinaDonald Trump's upcoming Beijing visit marks his return to a personal diplomacy with Xi Jinping, a relationship that has navigated trade war...
08 May, 2026, 09.41 AM IST
Global consumer companies stay bullish on IndiaGlobal consumer firms are seeing strong demand in India. Companies like Mondelez, Coca-Cola, Pernod Ricard, Reckitt Benckiser, and Carlsber...
29 Apr, 2026, 11.56 PM IST
Sweet trouble: World’s top chocolate maker issues warning as shares sink 17%Barry Callebaut profit warning shocks markets. Shares crash 17% in hours. Cocoa prices collapse over 40% this year. The world’s largest cho...
16 Apr, 2026, 11.36 PM IST
April Fools’ Day 2026: The funniest brand pranks — from classic gags to viral hitsApril Fools’ Day 2026 brought a wave of imaginative brand campaigns, with food-themed pranks taking center stage. Brands also explored humo...
01 Apr, 2026, 06.41 PM IST
KitKat chocolate bars weighing as heavy as three elephants stolen, Nestlé appreciates thieves' 'exceptional taste'KitKat chocolate bars stolen: Nestlé has confirmed a major logistics security breach after a truck carrying over 12 tonnes of KitKat produc...
30 Mar, 2026, 01.07 PM IST
Sweet heist? Nestle says 12 tonnes of KitKat stolenA huge shipment of Nestle's crunchy KitKat chocolate bars was stolen in Europe, the brand said, warning that the heist risked causing short...
28 Mar, 2026, 03.04 PM IST
The Dubai chocolate craze is now about much more than barsThe Dubai chocolate movement, originating in the UAE in 2021, has rapidly gained global popularity, transforming into various confections l...
07 Oct, 2025, 06.51 AM IST
Hershey's majority owner turns down Mondelez's takeover bid as too lowBloomberg News reported earlier this week that Mondelez made a preliminary approach for Hershey, citing people familiar with the matter. It...
11 Dec, 2024, 11.05 PM IST
Mars India says Skittles meets all local normsMars Wrigley's India unit has said its Skittles chocolate brand being sold in the country complies with local regulations.
22 Jul, 2022, 12.34 AM IST
Skittles complies with local regulations: MarsA spokesperson for Mars Wrigley India said: “While we do not comment on pending litigation, our use of titanium dioxide complies with FDA a...
21 Jul, 2022, 05.53 PM IST
Mondelez sees sweet surge in India salesLike its peers in the packaged candy and beverages segment, Mondelez had been struggling to increase sales in India as consumers filled the...
03 May, 2018, 08.43 AM IST
Got a sweet-tooth? Mondelez India and Amazon to launch a virtual chocolate storeThe virtual store will house most of the company's chocolate portfolio.
26 Jul, 2017, 06.39 PM IST
Mondelez opens its largest plant in APAC at Andhra Pradesh's Sri CityThe facility will come up in three stages and will produce 2.5 lakh tonnes of chocolates and biscuits when fully completed in 2020.
26 Apr, 2016, 01.11 AM IST
Cadbury develops chocolates that don't melt even in scorching heatCadbury engineers have set out the method for making breakthrough "temperature-tolerant chocolate" in an 8,000-word patent application, the...
25 Nov, 2012, 02.24 PM IST
'Amul' loses trademark battle against US giant in Gujarat high courtThe Gujarat HC has refused to set aside an order which cancelled Amul's registration of its trademark `TRIX', on which a US firm has claime...
17 Nov, 2012, 11.17 AM IST
- Kraft-Cadbury merger: A British icon loses its independence
Cadbury’s acceptance on Tuesday of a multi-billion-dollar takeover by US giant Kraft Foods ends almost two centuries of independence for th...
20 Jan, 2010, 03.16 AM IST