press conference and does not allow media visits to its plants. Ferrero's products are made with machines designed by an in-house engineering department. In 2014, Ferrero acquired Oltan Group, the largest hazelnut supplier in the world. Ferrero acquired the British chocolate retailer Thorntons in June 2015 for £112 million. In 2016, Ferrero SpA acquired Belgian biscuit brands Delacre and DeliChoc from United Biscuits. In March 2017, Ferrero SpA bought the chocolate maker Fannie May from 1-800-Flowers.com. The deal closed on 30 May 2017, and Ferrero paid $115 million. Ferrero indicated that they hope to expand Fannie May, with locations across the US, not just in Chicago. On 30 March 2017, it was announced that Lapo Civiletti would be the first non-family CEO in the history of the company, taking up the role from 1 September, while Giovanni Ferrero would become the executive chairman, focusing on long-term strategy. In October 2017, Ferrero announced that they would acquire the Ferrara Candy Company. The acquisition was completed that December. On 16 January 2018, it was reported that Ferrero was purchasing Nestlé's American confectionery business for $2.8 billion. The deal included such brands as Baby Ruth, Crunch Bar and Butterfinger, but did not affect Nestlé's confectionery business elsewhere, and did not include Kit Kat, Nesquik or the Toll House baking line. The acquisition was completed in March 2018. On 29 July 2019 Ferrero further expanded its US operations by purchasing a collection of business owned by Kellogg's. Included in the deal were Kelloggs' cookie, fruit and fruit-flavoured snack, ice cream cone and pie crust businesses including famous brands such as Famous Amos, Murray's, Keebler, Mother's and Little Brownie Bakers (one of the producers of the cookies for the Girl Scouts of the USA), as well as a leased manufacturing facility in Baltimore, six food manufacturing facilities across the country, and two plants in Chicago. Ferrero paid Kellogg's $1.3 billion. In early 2020, a subsidiary of Ferrero purchased Campbell Soup Company's stake in the Danish bakery Kelsen Group for $300 million. In October 2020, it was announced that Ferrero would buy UK company Fox's Biscuits for £250 million. In December 2020, Ferrero announced it was acquiring healthy snack company Eat Natural. In June 2021, Ferrero bought British firm Burton's Biscuit Company, which at the time of purchase employed 2,000 people at six plants in the UK. It is believed the transaction was made for about