(Bloomberg) Mars Inc., the US candy company, agreed to buy Britain’s Hotel Chocolat Group Plc for £534 million ($662 million) and pledged to help the high-end seller of chocolate “puddles, slabs and batons” expand internationally. Most Read from BloombergBiden, Xi Declare Progress After Concluding Four-Hour SummitIsrael Latest: Biden Defends Hospital Raid, Says Hamas UnbowedHamas Chief Who Deceived Israel Is Target No. 1 Deep UndergroundXi Says China Seeks to Be Friends With US, Won’t Fight ‘
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FTSE 100 down 33 points at 7,454 Burberry warns of low-end profits on luxury slowdown Hotel Chocolat agrees £534m takeover from Mars 10:12am: BP and Shell.
U.S. food giant Mars said Thursday that it will buy British chocolatier Hotel Chocolat for £534 million as the brand seeks to boost its international presence.