Unilever's Ben & Jerry's to pay farmers more for cocoa
The US ice-cream business, owned by Unilever, is to change what it pays farmers in Côte d'Ivoire for cocoa beans.
View ArticleSouth Africa's RCL Foods launches strategic review
South Africa's RCL Foods said it is in the early stages of a review to assess options for its diversified portfolio.
View ArticleSouth Africa's RFG Holdings to close plant under consolidation plan
South Africa's RFG Holdings is consolidating manufacturing with a plan to close a pies and bakery plant.
View ArticleGhana hits out at chocolate companies over farmers' prices
Ghana has reportedly accused some in the chocolate industry of a "ploy to derail" government attempts to improve income for farmers.
View ArticleTiger Brands cuts 400 jobs as annual profits plummet
South Africa's Tiger Brands has cut hundreds of jobs right across the business as annual profits dropped linked to Covid-19 disruption.
View ArticleNestle reveals Zimbabwe expansion plans
Nestlé is investing more than US$2.5m in a cereal manufacturing plant in a southern Africa market, it has announced.
View ArticleHershey hits back in African cocoa sustainability scheme row
US confectionery major Hershey has responded after West African countries Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire cancelled cocoa sustainability schemes run by the company.
View ArticleCote d'Ivoire reinstates cocoa sustainability scheme run by Hershey
Cote d'Ivoire has reinstated cocoa sustainability schemes run by US confectionery major Hershey that it earlier suspended over a price dispute.
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