by Pat Bulmer | Jul 7, 2024 | Chocolate, Industry News
From The Evening Standard: World Chocolate Day is an annual event that celebrates the introduction of chocolate to Europe in 1550. Before 1550, chocolate was only available in specific countries across South and Central America, such as Mexico. European invaders who...
by Pat Bulmer | May 29, 2024 | Chocolate, Industry News
From Unifor: MAY 29, 2024 TORONTO — Workers at Nestle have ratified a new three-year contract today with the chocolate maker that has significant bumps in wages, pensions, and health benefits, ending a strike that began on May 5. “Congratulations to the bargaining...
by Pat Bulmer | May 24, 2024 | Chocolate, Industry News
MAY 23, 2024 Unifor solidarity was in full force at the Nestle picket line in Toronto today as Ontario Regional Council executive and members rallied to support the chocolate giant’s workers who have been out on strike since May 5. “The Ontario Regional Council stands...
by Pat Bulmer | May 6, 2024 | Chocolate, Industry News
MAY 5, 2024 TORONTO — Workers at Nestle have decided to strike over a lack of improvements to their pension plan. Also at issue is the time it takes workers to get to the top rate of pay. “Nestle workers in the past have gone on strike over pension contributions and...
by Pat Bulmer | Mar 30, 2024 | Chocolate, Industry News
Jenna Benchetrit · CBC News · Posted: Mar 27, 2024 Cocoa prices have tripled in the last 12 months due to the spread of bean disease among cacao crops in West Africa, where more than 70 per cent of the global cocoa supply is produced. The resulting cocoa crisis is...
by Pat Bulmer | Mar 16, 2024 | Chocolate, Industry News
ByJake Edmiston Business Reporter, Toronto Star, Friday, March 15, 2024 About four times a week, a cocoa truck pulls into the Mondelez International chocolate factory on Gladstone Avenue in Toronto. The plant makes almost all the Cadbury brand products for the...
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