FVO: “Crunch. Un chocolat qui croustille”. Our chap takes his first bite. “Croustille” it does and how! Row boat on river is upended in sudden wave. Squawking chickens erupt from their henhouse.

Nestle is selling its US sweets and chocolate business to Ferrero Group for 2.7bn Swiss francs ($2.8bn; £2bn). The Swiss food giant said it was offloading brands such as Crunch, Nerds ...