Cadbury's 'Joyville' will return in the next few weeks with a new Easter campaign following major success last year.
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Food mag awards in focus: Baked Goods and Confectionery
The Food Magazine awards will return in 2013 and with entries closing on 24 April, now's your chance to have your product recognised by industry peers!
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Darrell Lea to release limited edition Australia Day products
Darrell Lea will mark Australia Day with green-and-gold versions of two of its best-known products and a world record attempt.
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New Ice Cream Cone Cookie
It's an ice cream that doesn't melt - the Ice Cream Cone Cookie.
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Angry Birds soft drink outselling coke
A new soft drink branded on the popular ‘Angry Birds’ mobile game has outsold Coke and Pepsi in some markets of Finland, and will soon be available in Australia and New Zealand.
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Capilano to enter WA market
Capilano Honey has announced it will acquire a number of WA honey company Wescobee's assets.
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TAS government considers sweet deal with Cadbury
The Tasmanian government and Cadbury are in talks to help boost visitor attractions at the chocolate company's Claremont plant.
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Robern Menz goes green with $1.1m upgrade
Confectioner Robern Menz is using what's close to a $500,000 government grant to embrace green technologies at its production facility in Glynde, Adelaide.
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Toblerone’s confusing labelling lands it on Choice Shonky List
There’s a lot of debate around lately about the labelling laws in Australia, but Toblerone really takes the cake with its utterly false claims, which made it the only food product to make it onto Choice’s Shonky Awards 2012 list.
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Changes at the chocolate factory
“Look, in the last 12 months, there won’t be nothing we don’t touch and improve with efficiencies in manufacturing,” Klark Quinn, the 30-year-old in charge of overhauling the iconic confectionary maker Darrell Lea and making it profitable again said.
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Nestlé buying additional 5 300 tonnes of Fairtrade cocoa
Nestle UK and Ireland has pledged to double its commitment to Fairtrade making its two-fingered Kit Kat bar certified by January.
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Study reveals Australian children overdosing on sugar
More than half of young Australians are consuming too much sugar, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Wollongong and University of Sydney.
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Darrell Lea to be back on shelves in time for Christmas
Infamous Aussie confectionary brand, Darrell Lea, has overcome its financial issues from earlier this year, and the new owners have pledged to have the treats back on shelves in time for Christmas shopping.
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Hershey bows to pressure, commits to 100% certified cocoa by 2020
US confectionary manufacturer Hershey is the latest company to declare its commitment to ending child labour in West Africa, by pledging to use 100 per cent certified cocoa in all its products by 2020.
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Nestlé loses appeal against Cadbury’s purple
Food giant Nestlé has lost its court battle with Cadbury over the colour purple.
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Parents unable to recognise when children are obese
The rapid increase in childhood diabetes is the result of parents rewarding their children with junk food, according to a new report.
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Miners turn attention to chocolate making
Some prominent mining executives have embarked on a new acquisition. But it’s not for a new mining operation, but rather the chocolate brand Yowie.
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GPS trackers in chocolate wrappers: clever or creepy?
In an unprecedented and revolutionary marketing move, Nestle has embedded GPS trackers into chocolate bar wrappers so that it can find and surprise competition winners.
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400 Darrell Lea workers to lose jobs as customers commence panic buying
A deal has been struck that will see troubled confectionary maker Darrell Lea sold to Queensland-based Quinn family, though 400 workers will still lose their jobs.
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Steggles and Sydney Roosters join forces for children’s charities
Chicken supplier Steggles and NRL team the Sydney Roosters will donate more than $60 000 to and dedicate this Sunday’s match to four children’s charities.
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