https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Iconic Italian chocolate maker Pernigotti says it wants to move production to Turkey. Italy wants to keep the company at home, but its approach to bailing out struggling brands ends up doing more economic harm than good, argues corporate law specialist Eugenio Vaccari. https://www.thelocal.it/20181113/italy-chocolate-pernigotti-turkey Tue, 13 Nov 2018 12:44:09 +0100 italy-chocolate-pernigotti-turkey Indulgent, elegant and unpretentious, it's hard not to fall head over heels for this completely underrated Italian city. https://www.thelocal.it/20181026/weekend-wanderlust-love-letter-travel-turin-italy Fri, 26 Oct 2018 18:57:50 +0200 weekend-wanderlust-love-letter-travel-turin-italy Italy's iconic Baci chocolates are now available covered in ruby-tinted cocoa. https://www.thelocal.it/20180911/iconic-perugina-chocolate-kisses-turn-pink-for-limited-edition Tue, 11 Sep 2018 14:30:45 +0200 iconic-perugina-chocolate-kisses-turn-pink-for-limited-edition Nestle said on Tuesday it has agreed to sell its US candy business to Italy's Ferrero for CHF 2.7 billion ($2.8 billion/2.3 billion euros) in cash as the Swiss food giant shakes up its product portfolio. https://www.thelocal.it/20180117/ferrero-buys-nestle-usa-chocolate Wed, 17 Jan 2018 09:52:18 +0100 ferrero-buys-nestle-usa-chocolate Dark, bitter and gritty: it might not be everyone’s cup of cocoa, but Sicilian chocolate is certainly unique. https://www.thelocal.it/20171016/sicily-modica-chocolate-european-protection-food Mon, 16 Oct 2017 18:42:25 +0200 sicily-modica-chocolate-european-protection-food Confectioner Mars said Tuesday it was withdrawing its Mars and Snickers chocolate bars and Celebrations sweets from sale in several European countries. https://www.thelocal.it/20160223/mars-snickers-and-celebrations-recalled-in-italy Tue, 23 Feb 2016 17:25:14 +0100 mars-snickers-and-celebrations-recalled-in-italy Italian police have arrested 48 suspected members of the southern 'Ndrangheta mafia in a sweep that uncovered dealings in flowers and chocolates as well as drugs and arms, anti-mafia prosecutor Franco Roberti said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150930/italian-police-arrest-48-ndrangheta-mafia-suspects Wed, 30 Sep 2015 10:27:24 +0200 italian-police-arrest-48-ndrangheta-mafia-suspects For many, opening the cupboard to find someone else in your family or flatshare has finished the Nutella jar is the stuff of nightmares. https://www.thelocal.it/20150826/german-made-gadget-clamps-down-on-nutella-thieves Wed, 26 Aug 2015 19:08:02 +0200 german-made-gadget-clamps-down-on-nutella-thieves The board of British chocolate maker Thorntons said on Monday it had agreed a takeover deal by Italian rival Ferrero that values the firm at about £111.9 million (€156.2 million, $177.4 million). https://www.thelocal.it/20150622/italian-nutella-maker-to-buy-british-rival-thorntons Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:27:09 +0200 italian-nutella-maker-to-buy-british-rival-thorntons All she wanted was to serve her loved ones a tasty drink. But a grandmother from Vicenza is in a spot of bother after three children and an adult fell ill after she gave them hot chocolate that was 25 years out of date. https://www.thelocal.it/20150331/grandma-poisons-family-with-expired-hot-chocolate Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:25:59 +0200 grandma-poisons-family-with-expired-hot-chocolate Five thousand boxes of chocolate, stolen from the Swiss luxury chocolate maker Lindt & Sprüngli and valued at €1.5 million, have been found in a warehouse near Naples. https://www.thelocal.it/20141212/pilfered-lindt-chocolate-found-near-naples Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:24:00 +0100 pilfered-lindt-chocolate-found-near-naples Nestlé Italy said on Thursday that a disabled staff member, who was initially sacked for publicly criticizing company managers over Facebook, will no longer lose her job. https://www.thelocal.it/20141120/disabled-staff-member-wont-lose-job-nestle Thu, 20 Nov 2014 19:41:00 +0100 disabled-staff-member-wont-lose-job-nestle UPDATED: Swiss food giant Nestlé fired a disabled member of staff at its Perugina chocolate division after she posted a message on Facebook in which she “undermined the authority” of managers. https://www.thelocal.it/20141120/nestl-sacked-disabled-worker-over-facebook-post Thu, 20 Nov 2014 17:15:00 +0100 nestl-sacked-disabled-worker-over-facebook-post Following successful campaigns by Coca Cola and Heineken, Italy’s popular Nutella label is offering chocolate lovers the chance to buy their favorite product with their name on the label. https://www.thelocal.it/20131003/consumers-make-their-name-with-nutella-labels Thu, 03 Oct 2013 13:01:00 +0200 consumers-make-their-name-with-nutella-labels