Tag: Nestlé

Nestlé Income Accelerator boosts household incomes and resilience, reaching 45,000 cocoa-farming families

Stuart Mitchell

A new independent report by the KIT Institute shows that the Nestlé Income Accelerator continues to deliver measurable gains in productivity, women’s empowerment, cocoa income and household resilience. The evaluation covers nearly 2,000 participating households in Côte d’Ivoire assessed during the program’s test-at-scale phase since its launch in 2022. The KIT Institute report found that participating cocoa-farming households increased cocoa yields by 4% in kilograms per hectare, while yields declined by 16% among comparable households. That represents a 20 percentage point advantage for participating households. During the particularly challenging 2024/2025…

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Nestlé invests £28 million in Dalston factory to drive innovation, growth and sustainability

Stuart Mitchell

Nestlé is investing £28 million in its Dalston factory in Cumbria, home of Nescafé Frothy Coffee, reinforcing its commitment to cutting-edge manufacturing, sustainable operations and long-term growth. This major upgrade includes the construction of a state-of-the-art mixing plant and the installation of two advanced high-tech packing lines, capable of producing up to 60,000 frothy coffee sachets per hour. The new mixing plant, representing a £17.5 million investment, features the latest equipment and design standards to help make high-quality products more efficiently. The four-storey facility will reduce heavy lifting by 80…

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Nestlé programme sees improved incomes and better resilience among cocoa farming families

Stuart Mitchell

Nestlé’s income accelerator programme is delivering measurable improvements in income and household resilience among participating cocoa-farming families in Côte d’Ivoire. This is according to a new independent evaluation by the KIT Institute assessing progress made by the program in 2024. Despite the 2023/2024 cocoa season being one of the most challenging in recent years, marked by poor cocoa harvests due to changing weather patterns, households participating in the programme have seen yields 18% higher than the control group of cocoa farmers not in the programme. This has resulted in increased…

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Enjoy Breakfast Your Way: Celebrating 20-years in partnership

Stuart Mitchell

Nestlé is continuing to support for UK families this summer through its continued partnership with FareShare. Launching exclusively in 102 Tesco stores from 11th June to 5th August, the “Enjoy Breakfast Your Way” campaign marks 20 years of partnership and celebrates this long-running collaboration, a testament to our shared commitment to reducing food insecurity across the UK. The need for support is greater than ever. Today, around 10 million people in the UK, including 2.7 million children, are living with food insecurity, roughly 1 in 7. At the same time,…

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Nestlé and ofi launch global agroforestry partnership in largest collaboration yet

Stuart Mitchell

Nestlé, the world’s largest food and beverage company and ofi (olam food ingredients), a global leader in naturally good food and beverage ingredients and solutions, are launching their largest-ever joint cocoa agroforestry partnership to reduce carbon emissions and combat deforestation. As the cocoa industry faces the dual challenges of rising demand and increased environmental pressures, Nestlé and ofi are stepping up their efforts to create a more sustainable future for cocoa production. Spanning Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, and Brazil, approximately 25,000 farmers will be supported in transitioning to climate-smart farming, over a…

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