Campbell Soup Co. plans to close its 87-year-old Toronto soup plant by mid-2019. (Campbell Soup Co. via BusinessWire)

Moving freight to get more expensive for food companies

Reuters — U.S. food companies called out rising freight costs as a reason for lower profit margins in the holiday quarter, with more pain seen in 2018 as a dearth of drivers and higher diesel prices make it even more expensive to transport products to stores. Hershey, Mondelez International, J.M. Smucker and Campbell Soup said


New Hershey Kisses with no artificial flavours.

Hershey to offer healthier Kisses

Holiday offerings will use locally sourced milk

Chocolate maker Hershey said it would launch Hershey’s Kisses and milk chocolate bars made with no artificial flavours for the holiday season, as it looks to cater to a growing demand for less-processed food. Hershey, founded in 1894, said it would also launch a mobile tool, called SmartLabel, that will provide information on nutritional facts,