date:Jul 05, 2013
Barry Callebaut, the world's No. 1 chocolate and cocoa-product maker, said on Thursday that more outsourcing deals from food groups and strong demand from bakeries and restaurants lifted volumes by a better-than-expected 8.2 percent in the nine months to May.
Outsourcing, such as its 2012 deal with Unilever to supply chocolate for products including Magnum, has helped it outpace sluggish growth in the global chocolate market. Selling chocolate products to food groups generates about two thirds