https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The desire for comfort food during the pandemic has failed to boost the fortunes of Swiss chocolate. https://www.thelocal.ch/20210302/swiss-chocolate-consumption-falls-to-40-year-low-in-pandemic Tue, 02 Mar 2021 19:13:34 +0100 swiss-chocolate-consumption-falls-to-40-year-low-in-pandemic Roger Federer, the tennis champ who is the brand’s 'ambassador’, helped Swiss chocolatier Lindt and Sprüngli to unveil a nine metre high chocolate fountain on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200911/how-sweet-it-is-roger-federer-inaugurates-a-unique-chocolate-fountain-in-zurich Fri, 11 Sep 2020 14:09:28 +0200 how-sweet-it-is-roger-federer-inaugurates-a-unique-chocolate-fountain-in-zurich It's a chocoholic's ultimate dream: a town in Switzerland was covered in a light cocoa dusting due to a mishap at a factory. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200819/swiss-town-coated-in-chocolate-snow-after-factory-glitch Wed, 19 Aug 2020 20:01:33 +0200 swiss-town-coated-in-chocolate-snow-after-factory-glitch Chocolate was somehow not a winner during the coronavirus lockdown. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200709/chocolate-no-lockdown-comfort-for-swiss-cocoa-giant Thu, 09 Jul 2020 19:16:25 +0200 chocolate-no-lockdown-comfort-for-swiss-cocoa-giant A 108-year-old mystery surrounds one of Switzerland's best-known products: the Toblerone chocolate. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200525/swiss-history-whats-the-real-story-behind-the-chocolate-pyramids Mon, 25 May 2020 18:10:35 +0200 swiss-history-whats-the-real-story-behind-the-chocolate-pyramids Switzerland is known for its chocolate and high prices and now it can lay claim to being officially home to the most expensive chocolate in the world. If you want to taste it, you might need to save up. https://www.thelocal.ch/20191115/its-official-switzerland-is-home-to-the-most-expensive-chocolate-in-the-world Fri, 15 Nov 2019 13:16:15 +0100 its-official-switzerland-is-home-to-the-most-expensive-chocolate-in-the-world From wonderful wine festivals to views to die for, here are ten amazing reasons to include Switzerland on your 2019 to-do list right now. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181227/ten-truly-excellent-reasons-to-visit-switzerland-in-2019-travel-events-geneva-zurich Thu, 27 Dec 2018 16:44:00 +0100 ten-truly-excellent-reasons-to-visit-switzerland-in-2019-travel-events-geneva-zurich Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli is seeking to lure more sweet-toothed consumers in Japan, China, South Africa, Brazil and Russia, where the group said Tuesday it enjoys "enormous potential". https://www.thelocal.ch/20180306/sweet-news-swiss-chocolatier-lindt-scores-78-rise-in-global-net-profits Tue, 06 Mar 2018 12:23:51 +0100 sweet-news-swiss-chocolatier-lindt-scores-78-rise-in-global-net-profits Domestic sales of Swiss-made chocolate fell by 1.3 percent in 2017, despite strong exports leading to a 2.7 percent rise in Swiss chocolate sales overall, according to a report. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180223/report-the-swiss-are-eating-less-chocolate Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:05:58 +0100 report-the-swiss-are-eating-less-chocolate Switzerland's chocolate-makers on Wednesday launched a new initiative aiming to improve conditions for workers in the industry and make Swiss chocolate more sustainable. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170629/swiss-chocolatiers-vow-to-make-industry-more-sustainable Thu, 29 Jun 2017 11:57:48 +0200 swiss-chocolatiers-vow-to-make-industry-more-sustainable Customs officials in India have fined a priest working in a parish in Switzerland for hiding three gold ingots disguised as chocolate bars in his baggage, Indian media reported. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170125/priest-disguised-gold-bars-as-swiss-chocolate-to-evade-customs Wed, 25 Jan 2017 12:21:34 +0100 priest-disguised-gold-bars-as-swiss-chocolate-to-evade-customs Nestle has said it has discovered a way to cut the amount of sugar that goes into its Kit Kat, Butterfinger and other candy bars, but without affecting the taste. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161202/nestle-creates-low-sugar-chocolate-that-still-tastes-as-sweet Fri, 02 Dec 2016 09:45:21 +0100 nestle-creates-low-sugar-chocolate-that-still-tastes-as-sweet A chocolate maker in Morges, in the canton of Vaud, has produced the country’s first ever chocolate made from donkey’s milk, thought to be suitable for people who are allergic to cow’s milk. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161121/swiss-chocolatier-pioneers-donkeys-milk-chocolate Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:26:07 +0100 swiss-chocolatier-pioneers-donkeys-milk-chocolate British Toblerone fans will just have to come to Switzerland to pick up their favourite snack in its original form after the company changed the shape of its distinctive chocolate bar in the UK – provoking outrage among customers. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161108/uk-toblerone-fans-outraged-over-swiss-chocolate-bars-new-shape Tue, 08 Nov 2016 12:37:29 +0100 uk-toblerone-fans-outraged-over-swiss-chocolate-bars-new-shape A chocolatier in the central Swiss city of Lucerne is claiming to have created a special herbal chocolate that could help relieve period pains. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161103/new-swiss-chocolate-could-ease-period-pains Thu, 03 Nov 2016 11:47:56 +0100 new-swiss-chocolate-could-ease-period-pains Fewer Swiss people than ever are eating their country's most famous product - and the chocolate makers' union fears things will only get worse. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160302/the-swiss-are-falling-out-of-love-with-chocolate Wed, 02 Mar 2016 14:52:46 +0100 the-swiss-are-falling-out-of-love-with-chocolate Swiss chocolate and cocoa giant Barry Callebaut on Wednesday posted annual sales sweetened by rising cocoa prices, but the impact of a stronger Swiss franc ate into its profit. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151104/strong-franc-eats-into-chocolate-makers-profits Wed, 04 Nov 2015 15:29:52 +0100 strong-franc-eats-into-chocolate-makers-profits Italian police have arrested 48 suspected members of the southern 'Ndrangheta mafia, the group thought to be behind the theft of 260 tonnes of Swiss chocolate in 2014. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151001/police-bust-mafia-clan-behind-chocolate-heist-lindt-switzerland Thu, 01 Oct 2015 12:27:56 +0200 police-bust-mafia-clan-behind-chocolate-heist-lindt-switzerland Lindt savoured a victory over Haribo on Wednesday in a long-running legal battle after a German federal court ruled that the chocolate teddy bears made by the Swiss confectionary giant were not a copy of the German sweets maker's gummy bears. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150923/lindts-teddies-finally-maul-gummy-bears Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:52:24 +0200 lindts-teddies-finally-maul-gummy-bears Switzerland's Barry Callebaut, the world's top chocolate maker, on Wednesday said Unilever Foods boss Antoine de Saint-Affrique would take over as its new chief executive in October. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150610/unilever-exec-to-head-swiss-chocolate-giant Wed, 10 Jun 2015 13:17:21 +0200 unilever-exec-to-head-swiss-chocolate-giant