Manufacturing jobs in Pennsylvania declined 1 percent in the past year despite a national average gain of 1.4 percent reported by the Labor Department, according to the 2015 Pennsylvania Manufacturers Register, a database and directory published by Manufacturers’ News, Inc.
As seasonal themed products seem to creep their way into stores earlier each year, the reason is clear, candy is big business and sugary products of the Halloween variety are enjoying an increase in sales.
Chocolatier Lindt & Sprungli has acquired an additional 400,000-square foot warehouse and distribution center in Carlisle, PA to meet increasing consumer demand.
Tyson Foods, Inc. has successfully completed its tender offer to purchase The Hillshire Brands Company and acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of Hillshire for $63 per share in cash.
In what will become the world’s third largest quick service restaurant (QSR) company, Burger King Worldwide Inc. and Tim Hortons Inc. have reached an agreement to create what the companies are calling a new “global powerhouse.”
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) presented retired Walmart president and CEO Mike Duke with its 2014 Hall of Achievement Award, the association’s highest honor, at the GMA Leadership Forum.
Boasting 132 individual tubes of chocolate candies, the Great Wall of Chocolate is the world’s largest candy wall and focal point of the new M&M’S World in Shanghai, M&M’S first store in Asia.
With economic growth, an increasing working class population and lifestyle changes, the Indonesian ready-to-eat food market is projected to rapidly expand throughout the next five years, according to a report from TechSci Research.
