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...
by Pat Bulmer | Dec 7, 2023 | Chocolate, Industry News
By Angela L. Pagán, the takeout.com The candy landscape might look a little different as we head into 2024. Agricultural setbacks have made chocolate production extremely difficult, which has caused prices to increase to a point where candy makers may need to move...
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