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Ferrero agreed to pay $2.8 billion in cash for Nestlé's US confectionery arm, over 20 brands including Butterfinger, Baby Ruth, Crunch, Nerds and SweeTarts, making it the third-largest US confectionery company.

Ferrero's US candy unit Ferrara puts a reworked Butterfinger on shelves nationwide, with in-house roasted US peanuts and a richer coating, backed by a national TV campaign.

Ferrara's Nerds makes its Super Bowl debut in Super Bowl LVIII with a Flashdance-inspired spot introducing a Nerds Gummy Clusters character, with Addison Rae.

Hershey said it will take FD&C certified colors - the synthetic dyes in Twizzlers, Jolly Rancher and Shaq-A-Licious gummies - out of its US products by the end of 2027, blaming a patchwork of state dye laws as HHS pressed food makers to drop them.

Hershey and Mondelez's two-way mash-up of America's No. 1 candy and No. 1 cookie opened for presale on The Hershey's Store, reaching stores nationwide in September; the cup became Reese's top innovation of 2025.

A proposed nationwide class action filed in Chicago accused Ferrero's Ferrara Candy Company of failing to warn that Nerds, Laffy Taffy, SweeTarts, Trolli and Black Forest gummies carry arsenic, citing State of Florida lab tests.

Ferrara Candy Company, maker of Nerds and Trolli, will build a 750,000 sq ft plant in Orangeburg County, its first in South Carolina, investing $675 million and creating 1,000 jobs over 10 years.

Ferrero plans ten seasonal and limited-edition Wonka products across chocolate, candy, ice cream and cereal for the US and Europe, in an exclusive global tie-up with Netflix.

Ferrara, which bought Jelly Belly in 2023, began laying off 69 of the 374 staff at Jelly Belly's Fairfield, California headquarters as it shuts the corporate and commercial offices there; the factory, warehouse and visitor center stay open.

Ferrero's reimagined Wonka sweets and chocolates reach Morrisons and Asda, with Tesco and other UK and Irish retailers following in October.

Four limited-edition Wonka treats, from Magic Hat pralines to Oompa Loompa gummies, reach US stores in November 2026 with a digital Golden Ticket hunt.

The day by which Hershey has committed to stop making US products with FD&C certified colors, moving candies like Twizzlers and Jolly Rancher to colors from spirulina, carrots, radishes and beets.

The first production lines of Ferrara Candy Company's $675 million, 750,000 sq ft plant in Orangeburg County, South Carolina are due to start in the first quarter of 2029, with the full facility opening later that year.