Israeli food manufacturer Strauss is facing increasing pressure to lower the cost of its chocolate bars, as consumer groups threaten to refer it to Israel’s Antitrust Authority over alleged abuse of dominance.

A Dutch court has stopped confectionery company Mars from further rolling out a marketing strategy that rewards service stations in the Netherlands for obeying its rules on product display. The 's-Hertogenbosch District Court granted the injunction last week, ruling that the strategy may constitute abuse of dominance.

UK confectionery company Cadbury has rejected an unsolicited, multi-billion pound bid from rival Kraft Foods for a deal that specialists believe, should it occur, would raise red flags for competition authorities.