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Nestle's KitKat signs Formula 1 deal

Nestle's KitKat brand has signed a global sponsorship deal with Formula 1 as new Chief Executive Laurent Freixe seeks to change the way the world's biggest food company markets its core, multi-billion-dollar brands.
Business • 11 Nov 24

Nestle's chocolate prices in focus as cocoa costs bite

Nestle may flag more price hikes on its chocolate products when the world's biggest food maker reports first-half earnings tomorrow, making KitKat bars and Smarties more expensive by Christmas.
Business • 24 Jul 24

Nestle to develop environmentally friendly packaging

Nestle has set up a research institute to develop more environmentally friendly packaging for its products and reduce plastic waste, taking matters into its own hands rather than relying on its suppliers.
News Lens • 12 Sep 19

KitKat loses bid to protect shape of four-finger bar

Nestle has lost its attempt to protect the shape of its four-finger KitKat chocolate bar in European Court of Justice after a tussle of over a decade to establish that it had a distinctive character.
Europe • 25 Jul 18

Nestle may sell US confectionery business

Nestle may sell its roughly $900m-a-year US confectionery business, which includes Butterfinger and BabyRuth, in the Swiss food group's latest effort to improve the health profile of its sprawling portfolio.
Business • 16 Jun 17

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