Sentence examples for confectionery maker from inspiring English sources

It swooped on the British confectionery maker in early September with an informal proposal worth £10.2bn, or 745p a share.

But the genre is returning, with the resurrection of the name (from 1910) of V Kuze (27), a confectionery maker who died in Soviet hands.

We might go to a chocolate shop or a confectionery maker, then do a wine or charcuterie tasting at lunch or go to a cheese cave.

The British confectionery maker Cadbury agreed to sell its Australian beverage business to Asahi Breweries of Japan for £550 million ($814 million), completing its exit from soft drinks.

But a public outcry this year over the closure of a factory run by the British confectionery maker Cadbury after it was bought by Kraft, a U.S.-based food company, put takeover rules on the political agenda, analysts said.

But a public outcry over the closing of a factory run by a British confectionery maker, Cadbury, after it was bought in January by the American food giant Kraft put takeover rules on the political agenda.

NELSON PELTZ is stepping up his campaign for more influence over the management of Britain's Cadbury Schweppes, the world's biggest confectionery-maker measured by sales.

The board of the British maker of chocolate and gum quickly rebuffed the bid as "fundamentally undervaluing" the company.Kraft has its sights on the world's second-largest confectionery-maker to form a "global powerhouse in snacks, confectionery and quick meals" with combined revenues of some $50 billion.

Mars and Cadbury, two confectionery-makers, have separately announced plans to increase the amount of cocoa they source from sustainable sources because both are concerned about future shortages if production practices do not change.

The loss was almost entirely caused by a write-down of the value of its radio and outdoor-advertising businesses.Fizzy popCadbury Schweppes, a confectionery and fizzy-drinks maker, reported an 18% rise in net profit for 2004, to £431m ($823m).

Their grandfather, Frank Mars, founded the company in the 1920s, but their father, Forrest Sr., turned Mars into the confectionery giant the M&Ms maker is today.