Major chocolate companies have been using hedging strategies to manage the price volatility and avoid passing on higher prices to consumers. But consumers could start to feel the effect as West ...

As our global sweet tooth begins to outpace cocoa production, major chocolate companies like Mars Inc. and Barry Callebaut expect to see an industry deficit of 4.4 billion pounds of chocolate by 2030.

[REUTERS/Yves Herman] Major chocolate companies such as Godiva, Lindt and Hershey are failing to keep child labor out of their supply chains, according to a new ranking by activists released on ...

And what does this mean for chocolate companies and chocolate lovers? More from Big Business A huge cocoa shortage has hit the world's top cocoa-growing countries. Now, for the third year in a row ...

The growing trend of natural and organic food products in the food and beverage sector is likely to drive the compound chocolate market. Chocolate compound manufacturers in the market are actively ...