The place next door quite famously fetched €27.5m, at an electric auction process, back in 2006.

Pre-tax profits at the Cork-based manufacturing subsidiary of global confectionery giant, Ferrero jumped 35%, to €2.76m, last year.

On China’s version of Valentine’s Day, big international chocolate makers like Hershey are not feeling the love.

Ferrero, maker of Nutella, has offered to buy British chocolate firm Thorntons for £112m (€155m), marking a rare acquisition by the Italian group.

SOUTH KOREA: For more than 30 years, chef and restaurant owner Oh Keum-il built her expertise in cooking one traditional South Korean delicacy: dog meat. But the 58-year-old’s experience with a food eaten for centuries is about to become history.

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Two “sweet-makers” sacked by sweet giant Ferrero and accused of changing the recipe on a batch of mints have been awarded a five-figure sum each.

EUROPE got it right on all counts with its decisions on anti-obesity health promotional food labelling, according to one leading food industry figure.

US giant Kraft’s five-month battle for control of iconic confectioner Cadbury is set to be sealed today when it unveils the level of support for its takeover offer.

US giant Kraft's five-month battle for control of iconic confectioner Cadbury should be sealed tomorrow when it unveils the level of support for its takeover offer.

Energy and banking firms were out of favour with investors today as the London market slid lower.

Prospects of a bid battle for Cadbury were dampened today after reports suggested Italian chocolate group Ferrero had abandoned plans to rival Kraft’s £10.5bn (€11.7bn) offer.

Chocolate firm Ferrero has moved a step closer to joining the Cadbury bidding war after lining up a loan that could be used to back an offer, it was reported today.

New York: Ferrero is in talks with Hershey about a possible bid for Cadbury, the confectionery maker fending off a hostile takeover from Kraft Foods, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified sources.

Cadbury investors today sent a clear message to US food giant Kraft that it would need to pay more to succeed with its hostile bid for the Dairy Milk maker.

US food giant Kraft is set to raise its £10bn (€11.3bn) hostile takeover bid for Dairy Milk maker Cadbury in the next two weeks, it was reported today.

Italian chocolate group Ferrero is still considering joining the bid battle for Dairy Milk maker Cadbury, according to reports.

Cadbury suitor Kraft hit back at the Dairy Milk maker's bid defence today by claiming that a merger of the two firms would deliver more value "than Cadbury could achieve on its own".

US chocolate giant Hershey has lined up more than £4bn (€4.4bn) in financing to launch a rival bid for Dairy Milk maker Cadbury, it was reported today.

Cadbury shares hit a fresh two-year high today on hopes of a takeover tussle as reports suggested Swiss food group Nestle is considering entering the fray.

The end of lengthy searches for top bosses at blue chips ITV and Marks & Spencer provided the focus in an otherwise quiet session for the FTSE 100 Index today.

US chocolate giant Hershey is in talks with Italian confectioner Ferrero over a possible joint-bid for Cadbury, it was reported.

DEVASTATED Irish Sugar workers maintained last night that the doomed Mallow factory had a future.

FERRERO Rocher is more associated with the Ambassador’s reception than Nigerian drug lords.

A REPORT on chocolate eggs with toys inside says the risk they pose to children is very low. But that’s of little comfort to Aileen Breslin.

MEMBERS of the European Parliament have been accused of burying a report highlighting the dangers of chocolate eggs containing toys, which have been blamed for choking children to death.

Ferrero Rocher is reported to have split with the advertising agency responsible for revamping its image.