Switzerland

Swiss chocolate producer Barry Callebaut has announced dynamic sales growth in the first nine months of its 2008 fiscal year. The company, which supplies cocoa and chocolate products... 2008-07-09

Irish food group IAWS has announced it is to merge with Swiss-based Hiestand to create the world's largest producer of frozen baked goods. The combined firm will be called Aryzta... 2008-06-11

Dutch brewer Heineken has announced that it is set to buy the beverage division of Swiss company Eichhof Holding for CHF278.5mn (US$281.1mn). The move will boost Heineken's share... 2008-04-24

The chief executive of Switzerland-based chocolate company Lindt & Sprüngli has announced that the firm is determined to remain independent and would even reject a takeover bid... 2008-04-16

Swiss food and drink giant Nestlé has agreed to sell its shares in US eyecare firm Alcon to multinational pharmaceutical company Novartis for US$39bn. This massive sale gives the... 2008-04-08

Switzerland-based Nestlé, the world's largest food company, has reported sales of CHF107.6bn (US$98.9bn) for 2007, representing a healthy 9.2% increase on the previous year. Even... 2008-02-26

The Financial Times Deutschland has reported that German discounter Lidl is preparing to open its first outlets in Switzerland in the autumn of 2008. The paper suggests that around... 2008-02-14