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 Lavazza and Ferrero are among the Italian companies that received parcels containing “suspicious powder” and threats in an apparent extortion attempt. https://www.thelocal.it/20190408/italian-coffee-and-chocolate-makers-receive-poisoning-threats-in-powder-attack Mon, 08 Apr 2019 13:26:07 +0200 italian-coffee-and-chocolate-makers-receive-poisoning-threats-in-powder-attack 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 Italy's Ferrero is closing in on a $2.8-billion deal for Nestle's US confectionary business, Bloomberg said on Wednesday, amid signs a deal could be completed by Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180111/italy-ferrero-buy-nestle-usa Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:24:57 +0100 italy-ferrero-buy-nestle-usa William Salice, who helped create the hugely popular Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs for children, died in Italy on Thursday aged 83, his foundation said. https://www.thelocal.it/20161230/creator-of-kinder-surprise-dies-aged-83 Fri, 30 Dec 2016 14:55:00 +0100 creator-of-kinder-surprise-dies-aged-83 Italian confectionery giant Ferrero is set to become the first Italian food company to rake in more than €10 billion in a year. https://www.thelocal.it/20160404/turnover-of-italian-chocolate-giant-ferrero-to-go-beyond-10-billion Mon, 04 Apr 2016 18:40:19 +0200 turnover-of-italian-chocolate-giant-ferrero-to-go-beyond-10-billion Maria Franca Fissola, the widow of Italy's chocolate magnate Michele Ferrero, was named the richest Italian on the planet on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160302/nutella-makers-widow-is-now-the-worlds-richest-italian Wed, 02 Mar 2016 11:06:22 +0100 nutella-makers-widow-is-now-the-worlds-richest-italian The Italian food police (Nas) have launched a probe into how a child came to find a Zofenopril tablet inside a Kinder Surprise egg. https://www.thelocal.it/20160202/kinder-surprise-italian-kid-finds-pill-instead-of-toy-in-egg Tue, 02 Feb 2016 09:11:31 +0100 kinder-surprise-italian-kid-finds-pill-instead-of-toy-in-egg 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 Billionaire Michele Ferrero, who became Italy's richest man with a confectionary empire built on his popular Nutella spread, died on Saturday at the age of 89, Italian media said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150215/nutella-owner-and-italys-richest-man-dies-aged-89 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 10:40:00 +0100 nutella-owner-and-italys-richest-man-dies-aged-89 Sampdoria president Massimo Ferrero has been handed a three-month ban and given fines totalling €45,000 for racist slurs aimed at Inter president Erick Thohir, the Italian football federation (FIGC) announced. https://www.thelocal.it/20141216/sampdoria-football-chief-sanctioned-for-racist-slur Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:34:00 +0100 sampdoria-football-chief-sanctioned-for-racist-slur Sampdoria president Massimo Ferrero faces disciplinary action after the Italian football federation (FISC) confirmed on Monday they are probing an alleged racist comment he made about Inter Milan's Indonesian owner. https://www.thelocal.it/20141111/sampdoria-president-ferrero-faces-racism-probe Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:22:00 +0100 sampdoria-president-ferrero-faces-racism-probe Michele Ferrero, the inventor of Italy’s famous chocolate brand Nutella, is Italy’s richest person, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index for 2014. https://www.thelocal.it/20141105/nutella-inventor-is-italys-richest-person Wed, 05 Nov 2014 18:39:00 +0100 nutella-inventor-is-italys-richest-person The president of the Italian food giant Ferrero has denied that there is a Nutella shortage on the way after speculation that a poor hazelnut harvest could hit the popular chocolate spread. https://www.thelocal.it/20140826/ferrero-dispels-fears-of-nutella-shortage Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:55:00 +0200 ferrero-dispels-fears-of-nutella-shortage Italian sweets maker Ferrero on Wednesday unveiled plans to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Nutella - the chocolate hazelnut spread that has conquered palates worldwide and created Italy's biggest fortune. https://www.thelocal.it/20140514/italian-emblem-nutella-turns-50-with-parties Wed, 14 May 2014 18:33:00 +0200 italian-emblem-nutella-turns-50-with-parties 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 Italian job-hunters would rather work for homegrown chocolate giant Ferrero than the American multi-national Google, according to a recent survey. https://www.thelocal.it/20130917/italys-ferrero-outshines-google-in-brand-ranking Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:44:00 +0200 italys-ferrero-outshines-google-in-brand-ranking