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').
7th Century A.D. â The earliest cookie-style cakes are thought to date back to 7th century Persia A.D. (now Iran), one of the first countries to cultivate sugar (luxurious cakes and pastries in large and small versions were well known in the Persian empire).