Barry Callebaut

Barry Callebaut Group Chooses Vonage Contact Center to help Deliver an Enhanced Customer Experience

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Thursday, September 8, 2022

"Vonage Contact Center for Salesforce will enable our EMEA customer care agents to manage enquiries, benefit from actionable insights and drive a better overall customer and employee experience," comments Magali Wauters, Customer Experience Training Manager at Barry Callebaut.

Key Points: 
  • "Vonage Contact Center for Salesforce will enable our EMEA customer care agents to manage enquiries, benefit from actionable insights and drive a better overall customer and employee experience," comments Magali Wauters, Customer Experience Training Manager at Barry Callebaut.
  • "Vonage has provided us with a single, flexible and scalable cloud communications solution that will help us deliver a consistent and personalized customer experience at every touchpoint."
  • Vonage delivers a unified, end-to-end communication experience because it owns the entire technology stack, from contact centers to unified communications, to APIs and AI.
  • "Additionally, the Vonage Contact Center solution was implemented during the pandemic, when we weren't able to meet our Vonage team physically," comments Tom Van Lierde, Senior Business Analyst at Barry Callebaut.

Announcing Expanded Distribution in Latin America: Barry Callebaut Signs Long-Term Supply Agreement with Levapan

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Thursday, June 9, 2022

CHICAGO, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Barry Callebaut, the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, announced today to expand further into Latin America via a new long-term agreement with the Colombian food ingredient supplier Levapan, which has wide distribution networks in Colombia, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic and other countries.

Key Points: 
  • Steve Woolley, President & CEO, Region Americas, Barry Callebaut, said, "This strategic supply agreement enables both companies to continue to drive strategic, long-term growth throughout Latin America.
  • The agreement will allow Levapan to increase capacity and service offerings including chocolate products from the global Barry Callebaut brands Mona Lisa, Callebaut and Sicao, to supply chocolate in Latin America.
  • Jess Carlos Valencia, Managing Director of Barry Callebaut Group for Northern Latin America, said, "This is just the beginning of our expansion in North Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • The Barry Callebaut Group is committed to make sustainable chocolate the norm by 2025 to help ensure future supplies of cocoa and improve farmer livelihoods.

Cacao Barry’s Revolutionary WholeFruit Chocolate Honored with Upcycled Certification by Upcycled Food Association

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Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Cacao Barry , the worlds leading premium chocolate brand for artisans and chefs since 1842, announced today that its WholeFruit Chocolate , made from 100% pure cacaofruit, is the first-ever chocolate to be Upcycled CertifiedTM by the Upcycled Food Association (UFA).

Key Points: 
  • Cacao Barry , the worlds leading premium chocolate brand for artisans and chefs since 1842, announced today that its WholeFruit Chocolate , made from 100% pure cacaofruit, is the first-ever chocolate to be Upcycled CertifiedTM by the Upcycled Food Association (UFA).
  • In late April 2022, The Upcycled Food Association (UFA), the premier trade association for the upcycled industry, announced the expansion of its Upcycled CertifiedTM program into Canada after seeing success in the U.S. market.
  • The Upcycled Certification program is the worlds first third-party certification program for upcycled food ingredients and products.
  • The Upcycled Food Association (UFA) is a nonprofit focused on reducing food waste by growing the upcycled food economy.

Noma, Led by René Redzepi, Is Named No.1 as The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2021 Are Revealed

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Tuesday, October 5, 2021

This year's event saw restaurants from 26 countries across five continents place on the list, culminating in the announcement of a new No.1, as RenRedzepiand his team took to the stage to collect the double honours for Noma in Copenhagen, Denmark, as The World's Best Restaurant 2021 and The Best Restaurant in Europe 2021.

Key Points: 
  • This year's event saw restaurants from 26 countries across five continents place on the list, culminating in the announcement of a new No.1, as RenRedzepiand his team took to the stage to collect the double honours for Noma in Copenhagen, Denmark, as The World's Best Restaurant 2021 and The Best Restaurant in Europe 2021.
  • This new iteration of Noma is eligible for The World's 50 Best Restaurants list due to three key changes from the original version: its location, concept and ownership structure.
  • Nomais joined in the top three by Geranium (No.2) also in Copenhagen, Denmark and Asador Etxebarri(No.3) in Atxondo, Spain.
  • William Drew, Director of Content for The World's 50 Best Restaurants, said: "Noma is surely the most influential restaurant of its generation.

Noma, Led by René Redzepi, Is Named No.1 as The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2021 Are Revealed

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Tuesday, October 5, 2021

The previous version of Noma topped the 50 Best list on four occasions, in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014.

Key Points: 
  • The previous version of Noma topped the 50 Best list on four occasions, in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014.
  • It has been an honour to witness the resilience and community spirit of so many restaurants on The World's 50 Best Restaurants list and beyond."
  • This adjudication ensures that the integrity and authenticity of the voting process and the resulting list of The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2021 is protected.
  • The following restaurants have been named No.1 in The World's 50 Best Restaurants since the list's inception and were therefore not eligible for voting in 2021 and beyond:

Noma, Led by René Redzepi, Is Named No.1 as The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2021 Are Revealed

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Tuesday, October 5, 2021

The previous version of Noma topped the 50 Best list on four occasions, in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014.

Key Points: 
  • The previous version of Noma topped the 50 Best list on four occasions, in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014.
  • It has been an honour to witness the resilience and community spirit of so many restaurants on The World's 50 Best Restaurants list and beyond."
  • This adjudication ensures that the integrity and authenticity of the voting process and the resulting list of The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2021 is protected.
  • The following restaurants have been named No.1 in The World's 50 Best Restaurants since the list's inception and were therefore not eligible for voting in 2021 and beyond:

Cacao Barry Revolutionizes the Artisan World With Wholefruit Chocolate  A Unique Couverture Chocolate Made From 100% Pure Cacaofruit

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Tuesday, June 8, 2021

WholeFruit chocolate is a major innovation in the world of chocolate which perfectly answers the current trends & aspirations of wholesome indulgence.

Key Points: 
  • WholeFruit chocolate is a major innovation in the world of chocolate which perfectly answers the current trends & aspirations of wholesome indulgence.
  • Chef Ramon Morat, Creative Director of Cacao Barry sees WHOLEFRUIT chocolate as more than just a chocolate, it is a movement.
  • This new type of chocolate, WHOLEFRUIT, is the very first Cacao Barry couverture chocolate made from 100% pure cacaofruit.
  • Cacao Barry together with Cabosse Naturals are reducing the cacaofruit waste by upcycling the excess pulp juice with WHOLEFRUIT chocolate.

EQS-News: Jacobs Holding AG: Jacobs Holding launches placement of 550,000 shares in Barry Callebaut in an accelerated bookbuilding

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Wednesday, April 28, 2021

In this context, Jacobs Holding announces the placement of 550,000 Barry Callebaut shares in an accelerated bookbuilding process to professional investors in Switzerland and to qualified investors outside Switzerland in a transaction not subject to the registration requirements of the US Securities Act (the "Offering").

Key Points: 
  • In this context, Jacobs Holding announces the placement of 550,000 Barry Callebaut shares in an accelerated bookbuilding process to professional investors in Switzerland and to qualified investors outside Switzerland in a transaction not subject to the registration requirements of the US Securities Act (the "Offering").
  • The Offering comprises 10.0% of Barry Callebaut\'s share capital and will start with immediate effect.
  • The result of the Offering will be announced after the bookbuilding process has been completed.\nFollowing completion of the Offering, Jacobs Holding will retain 1,649,976 shares or 30.1% of Barry Callebaut\'s share capital and remains the reference shareholder in Barry Callebaut.
  • Jacobs Holding will stay fully involved in the development of the company, which includes unchanged representation on Barry Callebaut\'s Board of Directors.

Cargill aims to fill chefs' Easter baskets with expanded couverture chocolate line

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Tuesday, March 16, 2021

"Our Usulutn65 Signature Origin dark couverture chocolate from El Salvador and Okapi 65 Signature Origin dark couverture chocolate from the Democratic Republic of Congo are the result gourmet chocolates that will surprise and delight consumers' palates."

Key Points: 
  • "Our Usulutn65 Signature Origin dark couverture chocolate from El Salvador and Okapi 65 Signature Origin dark couverture chocolate from the Democratic Republic of Congo are the result gourmet chocolates that will surprise and delight consumers' palates."
  • These unique cocoa beans will be grown exclusively for Cargill and used to craft its Okapi Signature Origins dark couverture chocolate.
  • "Five years later, and we're still the only gourmet line to offer 100% sustainably sourced cocoa and chocolate.
  • Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate provides high quality cocoa and chocolate more sustainably throughout the world and brings our customers peace of mind, integrity and excitement.

USA Cacao Barry Ambassador Champions Sustainability to Eradicate Child Labor Through Support of Cocoa Horizons

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Monday, December 14, 2020

He will be a champion for sustainable cocoa practices and work with Cacao Barry and the Cocoa Horizons Foundation to educate chefs and continue raising awareness on sustainability throughout the cocoa industry worldwide.

Key Points: 
  • He will be a champion for sustainable cocoa practices and work with Cacao Barry and the Cocoa Horizons Foundation to educate chefs and continue raising awareness on sustainability throughout the cocoa industry worldwide.
  • In 2016 he was exposed to the realities of unsustainable cocoa production, such as deforestation and child labor, while visiting cocoa plantations in Peru with Cacao Barry.
  • He fully supports the mission of the Cocoa Horizons Foundation and its goals to eradicate child labor, lift cocoa farmers out of poverty, eliminate deforestation, and become carbon positive by 2025.
  • "Being a Cacao Barry Ambassador not only means enthusiastically supporting the high-quality chocolates that I've used for years, but being part of something bigger through the Cocoa Horizons partnership, with an emphasis on promoting sustainable practices," said Chef Francisco Migoya, USA Cacao Barry Ambassador.