Under the terms of the definitive agreement, Bi-Lo will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Winn-Dixie stock in the merger.
The origins of chocolate, which is derived from  the Theobroma cacao tree, stretch back at least 4000  years.The plant is believed to have originated in the Amazon or  Orin â¦ oco basins in South America and was regarded by the Aztecs as  being of divine origin ('Theobroma' means 'food of the  gods').
The earliest frozen chocolate recipes were published in Naples, Italy in 1692 in Antonio Latini 's The Modern Steward. Chocolate was one of the first ice cream flavors, created before vanilla, as common drinks such as hot chocolate, coffee, and tea were the first food items to be turned into frozen desserts.