Austrian police are hunting a sweet-toothed lorry driver who drove up to a factory at Bludenz in Vorarlberg and collected 18 tonnes of chocolate and then vanished. According to the logistics firm that charted the lorry from Chechnya the load had been collected by a lorry driver using fake paperwork to loaded 33 pallets of […]
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Jacobs roasting plant leaves Vienna
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By Rachael Williams A total of 35 jobs will be slashed when Kraft Foods Austria, soon to be known as Mondolez, transfers its premises from the Austrian capital of Vienna to a new plant in Germany in 2013. Trade unions have criticised the move as the first consequence of the intra-group split that happened in […]
Budapest bids for a share of sweet success
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When you think of Hungarian food you think of goulash, dumplings or maybe spicy peppers – chocolate would probably not be in the top ten. Austria, on the other hand is a country with a rich chocolate tradition with plenty of sweet delicacies such as the world famous chocolate Sacher Torte, Mozart chocolates or Manner […]
Police officers in Vienna discovered more than 800 bars of chocolate in a thieving duos car, it was announced today (Fri).Officials said policemen increasing their presence in the district of Wieden checked two mens vehicle after the pair were spotted visiting several supermarkets in little time.The officers members of a special anti-crime group called […]
Chocolate truck nicked
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A lorry transporting chocolate worth more than 100,000 Euros was tracked down in Germany after being stolen in the Austrian province of Tyrol.The truck was discovered by police just across the Austrian-German border yesterday evening (Mon). None of its cargo 21 tons of fine chocolate worth 125,000 Euros were missing.The vehicle disappeared from […]
Tichy reveals new summer ice creams
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Legendary Viennese ice cream parlour Tichy has presented caramel-whisky and chocolate mousse with oranges as its two new varieties for this summer.The company which was founded in 1952 and relocated to Favoriten districts Reumann Square three years later is year for year competing with several Italian firms for the unofficial title of the […]