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The Candy War of 2009

There are only a few major confectioners, six to be exact.  And currently there’s a four-on-one cage match underway to see who can come out on top of the heap.  The world’s major players in candy are Mars/Wrigley, Cadbury, Nestle, Kraft, Hershey and Ferrero.  Mars bought Wrigley last year for $23 billion securing one of [...]

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Cadbury says No means No

Since catching the attention of Kraft Foods as a takeover target last month, Cadbury, Britain’s long-standing confectioner, has made it clear that they are not interested in crossing the pond. Nevertheless, Kraft seems to have taken the rebuff as a particular challenge and decided to press on with talks and possibly make another offer to [...]

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