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Hershey lifted its quarterly dividend to $1.452 a share from $1.370, its first increase after holding the payout flat through the cocoa and tariff squeeze of 2025, alongside a forecast of a 30-35% earnings rebound in 2026.

Ferrero's turnover rose 4.6% to EUR 19.3 billion in the year to 31 August 2025, with capital investment of close to EUR 1.1 billion and the WK Kellogg Co cereal deal closing just after year-end.

Kinder Bueno makes Ferrero's Super Bowl debut in Super Bowl LX with a 30-second space-themed spot starring William Fichtner and Paige DeSorbo.

Tic Tac packs Dr Pepper's 23-flavour blend into its pocket mint, a limited-time US collaboration arriving at select retailers before a nationwide roll-out.

Nestlé grew 3.5% organically in 2025 on sales of CHF 89.5 billion, proposed a dividend of CHF 3.10 a share, up 5 centimes, and set out a focus on four businesses: Coffee, Petcare, Nutrition and Food & Snacks. It guided to around 3% to 4% organic growth in 2026.

Ferrero split its top job: Alessandro Nervegna will run the core confectionery, biscuits and better-for-you business, while CEO Lapo Civiletti moves to lead Ferrero Ice Cream and WK Kellogg Co from 1 September 2026.

Ferrero signed to buy Bold Snacks, a Brazilian protein-bar and whey brand founded in 2018, with its office and factory in Divinópolis, Minas Gerais and about 300 staff - its first better-for-you business in South America.

After Brad Reese, grandson of the cup's inventor, accused Hershey of swapping milk chocolate for cheaper compound coatings, CEO Kirk Tanner said the company will return to classic milk and dark chocolate recipes by 2027.

At an investor day at the New York Stock Exchange led by CEO Kirk Tanner, Hershey set out its ONE Hershey plan across sweet, salty and protein snacks. It targeted 2-4% organic sales growth, 15-20% adjusted EPS growth in 2027 and 6-8% from 2028.

Ferrero North America's first portfolio-wide campaign, its biggest marketing commitment ever, offers a $1 million prize to shoppers across the World Cup summer, fronted by Tom Brady.

Nutella's first new flavour since 1964 blends its cocoa spread with roasted peanuts and goes on sale at major US retailers nationwide.

At its 159th Annual General Meeting in Lausanne, Nestlé's shareholders re-elected Pablo Isla as Chair and elected former Swiss National Bank chairman Thomas Jordan and P&G executive Fama Francisco to the board. They also approved a CHF 3.10 dividend, the 30th consecutive increase.

Nestlé agreed to sell Blue Bottle Coffee, bought in 2017, to Centurium Capital, the biggest shareholder of China's Luckin Coffee, with the deal expected to close in the first half of 2026. The sale covers Blue Bottle's more than 100 cafes and most of its packaged-coffee business; Nestlé keeps the Blue Bottle Nespresso pods.

Nestlé grew 3.5% organically in the first quarter, led by coffee, even though its infant formula recall cut about 0.9 points off growth; reported sales fell 5.7% to CHF 21.3 billion on the strong franc. It kept its 2026 guidance.

Hershey's first-quarter net sales rose 10.6% to $3.10 billion on about 10 points of price and the LesserEvil deal, and adjusted EPS rose 12% to $2.35 as reported profit nearly doubled; it reaffirmed its 2026 outlook.

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.

Nestlé's first-half organic growth reached 3.6% and volumes (RIG) improved to 1.8% in the second quarter, but net profit fell 31.4% to CHF 3.5 billion on restructuring and a CHF 1.3 billion write-down of businesses it is selling. It kept its 3% to 4% growth guidance for 2026.

Nestlé will put S.Pellegrino, Perrier, Acqua Panna, Nestlé Pure Life and its other waters and premium beverages into Peranel, a 50:50 joint venture with Platinum Equity valued at EUR 4.9 billion. Nestlé expects about EUR 3.0 billion in cash at closing, due in the first half of 2027.

Hershey's second-quarter adjusted EPS rose 57% to $1.90 and net sales 6.6% to $2.79 billion as 12 points of price outweighed an 8-point volume drop, and it narrowed its 2026 outlook upward to 32.5-35% adjusted EPS growth.

Ferrero signed to buy Purely Elizabeth, the Boulder, Colorado granola, oatmeal and cereal brand whose sales more than doubled in two years, adding to its WK Kellogg breakfast business.

Ferrero's new structure took effect: Alessandro Nervegna became CEO of Ferrero Core and Lapo Civiletti, CEO since 2017, became President of Ferrero Ice Cream and WK Kellogg Co, both reporting to Giovanni Ferrero.

Nestlé agreed to sell its mainstream vitamins business - Nature's Bounty, Osteo Bi-Flex, Ester-C, Gard, Nuun, Puritan's Pride and Sisu, with its US private-label supplements and their plants - to Yellow Wood Partners for $1.0 billion. The business had $1.2 billion of sales in 2025; Nestlé keeps premium brands such as Solgar and Pure Encapsulations.

Hershey promoted Dave Hulays, its SVP Finance, at Hershey since 2012 after 15 years at P&G, to CFO with immediate effect. Steve Voskuil, CFO for seven years, moved to strategic projects ahead of retiring in early 2027.

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

Nestlé publishes its January-September 2026 sales, the first update since it kept its 3% to 4% organic growth guidance in July and agreed the Peranel waters joint venture. Last year's nine-month release brought a 4.3% third quarter and about 16,000 job cuts.

Hershey's third-quarter 2026 results, the first test of its narrowed outlook for 4.5-5% sales growth and a 32.5-35% rebound in adjusted earnings per share as cocoa costs ease.

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.

From 2027 Hershey says mini Reese's cups and shapes and the Fast Break bar will be coated in real milk chocolate instead of compound coating, the change promised after Brad Reese's recipe complaint.

Ferrero's consolidated accounts for the year to 31 August 2026, the first full year to include WK Kellogg Co's US cereal business, are expected in mid-February 2027.

Nestlé publishes its 2026 full-year results, the test of its 3% to 4% organic growth guidance and CHF 9 billion free-cash-flow target, a year after the results day on which it proposed its CHF 3.10 dividend for 2025.

Expected completion of the deal that moves S.Pellegrino, Perrier, Acqua Panna and Nestlé's other waters into Peranel, a 50:50 joint venture with Platinum Equity, paying Nestlé about EUR 3.0 billion (CHF 2.8 billion) in cash. Closing still needs employee consultations and regulatory approvals.

Expected completion of Yellow Wood Partners' $1.0 billion purchase of Nature's Bounty, Nuun, Osteo Bi-Flex, Ester-C, Gard, Puritan's Pride and Sisu from Nestlé, pending regulatory approvals. The carved-out business, with $1.2 billion of 2025 sales, will run as a standalone company.

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.