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Mondelēz International, Inc. (Nasdaq: MDLZ) generates a steady flow of news as a global snack food manufacturer with widely recognized brands. Company announcements cover financial results, dividends, product launches, marketing campaigns and product quality actions, giving investors and followers multiple angles on how the business and its brands are evolving.
On this page, you can follow updates such as quarterly earnings releases and outlook commentary, which the company reports through press releases and related Form 8-K filings. Recent items include notices about the timing of third quarter and fourth quarter/full-year financial results and conference calls, as well as detailed third quarter 2025 results that discuss net revenues, margins and regional performance.
News for MDLZ also features capital return and corporate actions, including declarations of regular quarterly dividends on Class A common stock. Brand-focused updates highlight marketing initiatives for Oreo, Ritz, CHIPS AHOY!, SOUR PATCH KIDS and other Mondelēz brands, such as RITZ advertising during a major American football championship game, a CHIPS AHOY! collaboration with the Stranger Things series, and the introduction of SOUR PATCH KIDS Strips in a new ribbon-style format.
Another important category of coverage is product quality and safety communications. Mondelēz Global LLC has issued voluntary recalls for specific RITZ Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwiches and CHIPS AHOY! Baked Bites Brookie products in the United States, describing the scope of affected products, the reasons for the recalls and coordination with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
By reviewing the MDLZ news feed, readers can see how Mondelēz International reports its financial performance, manages its global snack brands and addresses product-related issues, all based on official company communications.
Mondelēz International (NASDAQ: MDLZ) announced a new $9 billion share repurchase authorization, effective January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2027. This replaces the current $6 billion authorization, which has $2.8 billion remaining and expires December 31, 2025. The Board also declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.47 per share, payable January 14, 2025.
The company reaffirmed its capital allocation priorities, including brand reinvestment, capabilities enhancement, and bolt-on acquisitions similar to Chipita, Clif, and Ricolino. Given current market conditions, share repurchase remains a key priority, alongside the company's focus on accelerating growth in chocolate, biscuits, and baked snacks categories.
Mondelēz Global has expanded its partnership with ISN to include contractor management for 12 additional Give & Go business unit sites. ISN will help streamline contractor safety and compliance through oversight, training, compliance tracking, and performance evaluations. The company has been an ISN client since 2013, initially managing 24 sites, and has achieved an 11% decrease in incident rates over the past six years. This expansion demonstrates Mondelēz's continued commitment to maintaining operational excellence and safety standards across its growing network.
RITZ Crackers, owned by Mondelēz International (MDLZ), announces its first-ever Big Game advertisement scheduled for February 9, 2025. The brand will air a 30-second spot created by The Martin Agency, directed by Jake Szymanski, and produced by Gifted Youth and PXP. The campaign will include paid media, retail, PR, and social amplification.
This marks the second consecutive year a Mondelēz International brand will appear during the Big Game ad break. The initiative is part of the company's strategy to evolve its marketing approach and maintain competitiveness in the snacking category. Mondelēz International reported net revenues of approximately $36 billion in 2023.
Mondelēz International (Nasdaq: MDLZ) has appointed Volker Kuhn as Executive Vice President and President, Europe, effective April 1, 2025. Kuhn will replace Vinzenz Gruber, who is retiring from the company. Kuhn joins from Reckitt's hygiene business, where he drove performance improvements through innovation and consumer focus. Previously, he spent 26 years at Procter & Gamble, managing various transformations across multiple regions and led the Pringles division in Europe. His appointment aims to accelerate growth in Mondelēz's European region while strengthening consumer loyalty to the company's brands.
Chips Ahoy! announces collaboration with GRAMMY-nominated artist Big Sean at ComplexCon to launch their biggest innovation - Chips Ahoy! Big Chewy Cookie. The new cookie, over three times larger than regular Chewy cookies, comes in three flavors: Chocolatey Chip, Chocolatey Brownie, and Chocolatey Caramel.
The collaboration includes an exclusive merch collection featuring cookie-inspired designs and Big Sean's Don Life mantra. The collection will debut at ComplexCon Las Vegas on November 16, featuring items like a Don Life T-shirt, chocolate brown sweatshirt, oversized tote bag, and nostalgic lunchbox tin. Fans can win the exclusive merchandise through an online sweepstakes running from November 12-27.
TOBLERONE, a Mondelēz International brand (Nasdaq: MDLZ), announces the launch of TOBLERONE Truffles, a new premium chocolate product exclusively at Costco nationwide. Available from November 25, each elegant gold box contains over 50 individually wrapped diamond-shaped truffles, priced at $11.99. The truffles feature a milk chocolate shell with a chocolatey center and honey-almond nougat bits. The product launch is strategically timed for the holiday season, with in-store sampling and promotions planned in select markets.
Mondelēz International reported Q3 2024 results with Net Revenues up 1.9% and Organic Net Revenue growth of 5.4%. The company achieved Volume/Mix growth of 0.3% and Adjusted EPS growth of 28.6% to $0.99 on a constant currency basis. Year-to-date cash from operating activities reached $3.5 billion with Free Cash Flow of $2.5 billion. The company maintained its 2024 outlook, expecting Organic Net Revenue growth at the upper end of 3-5% and high single-digit Adjusted EPS growth. The company returned $2.9 billion to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases in the first nine months of 2024.
JAB has announced two significant transactions involving JDE Peet's (EURONEXT: JDEP) shares. Firstly, JAB is acquiring Mondelez's (Nasdaq: MDLZ) entire stake of 86 million shares in JDE Peet's at €25.10 per share. Secondly, JAB has distributed 43 million JDE Peet's shares, representing 9% of the total issued and outstanding share capital, to over 70 partners of JAB Consumer Partners (JCP).
These moves have increased JDE Peet's free float to 32%, making it a more widely held company. Following these transactions, JAB's stake in JDE Peet's will increase to 68%. JAB's Managing Partner, Joachim Creus, expressed strong conviction in the global coffee sector and JDE Peet's long-term value creation prospects, affirming JAB's commitment as an anchor shareholder.
SKUx, a leader in item-level payments acceptance and digital payment innovation, has completed the first phase of its payment-based offer innovation project with Mondelēz International and Hedera, a leading enterprise distributed ledger technology (DLT) network. The project expands upon the current SKUx and Mondelēz customer service program, adding a near real-time digital payment option alongside traditional methods. It also publicly maps a subset of payment transactions to the Hedera Network, providing an end-to-end secure consumer offer experience tied to an immutable record of transaction.
This initiative represents the first real-world, public adoption of DLT to track the supply chain of consumer-packaged goods and digital payments. Mondelēz International, a leading multi-national food company, sees this as a step towards digital transformation and leveraging Web3 technologies to increase customer satisfaction and engagement in the face of volatile consumer behavior and complex supply chains.
Mondelēz International (Nasdaq: MDLZ) has announced it will release its third quarter 2024 financial results on Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 4:05 p.m. ET. The company will host a conference call at 5:00 p.m. ET the same day. Investors and analysts can participate via phone by calling 800-225-9448 from the United States and 203-518-9708 from other locations. Participants are advised to dial in about 10 minutes before the call starts.
A listen-only webcast will be available at www.mondelezinternational.com. A replay of the conference call will be accessible until November 5, 2024, by calling 800-839-1247 from the US and 402-220-0470 from other locations. The access code for both the call and its rebroadcast is MDLZQ324. An archive of the webcast will also be available on the company's website.