A cocoa company from the western African nation of Ghana says it's opening a processing plant in Franklin that would be the largest food and beverage investment by an Africa-based company in the U.S.

Chocolate prices will likely climb even higher as West African cocoa processing plants can no longer afford to buy the bean. According to Reuters, state-owned Transcao, one of Cote d’Ivoire’s largest ...

Layoffs are the first step in an organization restructuring that is expected to bring more workforce reductions over the ...

LONDON/ACCRA — Major African cocoa plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans, four trading sources said, meaning chocolate prices around ...

Honduran authorities seized over one million coca plants, a nursery with two million coca seedlings, and facilities for processing cocaine in a protected forest reserve in the eastern part of the ...

Dublin, Nov. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "United States Cocoa Processing Market Report by Product Type, Application, States and Company Analysis, 2025-2033" report has been added to ...

SCHIPHOL, THE NETHERLANDS — Cargill announced on Nov. 2 that it has completed a $100 million expansion of its cocoa processing facilities in Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire, a project that makes the Yopougon ...

Cocoa butter is a vital ingredient in chocolate making. Cocoa butter is an extract from cocoa beans, which is further mixed with additives such as sugar or sweetener, and preservatives. It is ...

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/coca-cola-bottlers-to-invest-25760-crore-in-indias-food-processing-sector/article70093028.ece Copy Three Coca-Cola ...

WEBSTER, NY. — The Coca-Cola Co. has chosen a site in Webster, NY, to build a $650 million plant that will process fairlife branded dairy products. The company plans to break ground in the fall and ...

ABIDJAN, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast will increase its cocoa-processing capacity by 14% as well as boost storage space by building two new factories over the next two years, the country's Coffee ...

Colombia’s government is intent on passing a law that will grant a one-year judicial immunity for small-scale coca farmers who agree to abandon their illegal cultivations, which is a provision of the ...