Chocolate companies

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El Castillo del Cacao

El Castillo del Cacao is Nicaragua's first commercial chocolate factory based in Matagalpa, on the outskirts of cacao growing areas of Matiguás and Waslala. It was established in 2005 by a Dutch national who was surprised by the amount of cacao going to waste in the countryside, whlie at the same time there was no chocolate in the local supermarkets.

Starting with a 3000 Euro investment, the company now sells chocolate bars throughout Central America.

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Elmer Candy Corporation

Elmer Candy Corporation

Elmer Candy Corporation was founded in 1855 as the Miller Candy Company in New Orleans, Louisiana. The company sells seasonal holiday candies and is the second-largest manufacturer of Valentine boxed chocolate in North America.

In 1855, a German immigrant, Christopher Henry Miller, started the Miller Candy Company in New Orleans. When Augustus Elmer married Miller's daughter, the company name was changed in the early 1900s to Miller-Elmer Candy Corporation. Elmer's five sons joined the business and, around 1914, the company became Elmer Candy Corporation.

In 1936, the Elmer brothers came up with a new cornmeal based cheese curl. A product naming contest was held in New Orleans, and the winning name entry was CheeWees. In 1946, a new company, Elmer's Fine Foods, was formed to market their new cheese curl product, but the brothers continued operating Elmer Candy Corporation for their chocolate business.

In 1963, Roy Nelson, a native of Chicago, bought Elmer Candy Corporation, including the trademark name, CheeWees, from the descendants of Augustus Elmer. The Elmer family retained control over Elmer's Fine Foods and continued to sell their cheese curls under various names.

In 1993, Elmer's Fine Foods repurchased the trademark name CheeWees from Elmer Candy Corporation.

Roy Nelson recruited his son, Allan, to help manage Elmer Candy Corporation. In 1970, due to antiquated facilities in New Orleans, the Nelsons moved their company about 60 miles (97 km) northwest, to Ponchatoula, Louisiana. In order to stay competitive with larger chocolate companies, the Nelsons concentrated on production of seasonal holiday chocolates (Valentine, Easter, and Christmas) for regional consumption.

By 2004, Robert Nelson, Allan's son, was president of Elmer Candy Corporation.

Heavenly Hash wrap

Heavenly Hash egg

Gold Brick wrap

Gold Brick egg

Pecan Egg wrap

Pecan Egg

Valentine boxed chocolates

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Ernest Hillier Chocolates

Ernest Hillier Chocolates

Ernest Hillier Chocolates is an Australian chocolatier. Founded in 1914, it is Australia's first chocolate manufacturer, and the oldest privately owned chocolatier still in operation.

The company's product range includes over six hundred chocolate products. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria.

Ernest Hillier moved from England to San Francisco, California, United States, in the early 1900s to learn the confectionery and soda trade. There, he and his Australian-born wife, Magdalen May, opened several restaurants; however, the majority of their establishments were destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

The Hilliers subsequently moved to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in 1906, where Ernest began a sequence of Australian firsts. In 1911, he opened the first soda fountain in Australia, "Hillier Refreshment Services", at the Imperial Skating Rink.

Because of the success of the soda fountain, Hillier was put in charge of catering at the amusement park at Rushcutters Bay, New South Wales. That same year he also looked after Gauts refreshment service and a fountain shop in George Street, opposite the Central Railway Station.

In 1914, Hillier opened his chocolatier business, providing locally made chocolate. Prior to this, all chocolate in Australia had to be imported from the U.S. and Europe. Because of the distance and climatic conditions, together with transport restrictions, the chocolate always arrived in poor condition.

In the wake of the Great Depression, chocolate sales dramatically declined in Sydney; in response, Hillier moved his business to Melbourne, Victoria.

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Esther Price Candies

Esther Price Candies is a chain of candy stores in the United States. The Esther Price candy and chocolate company is based in Dayton, Ohio.

Esther Price Candies sells its products in 87 store locations in five states, including Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Illinois. Esther Price Candies was founded in 1926 and produces about one million boxes of candy per year and employs about 100 people. Its chocolates are made at the Wayne Avenue facility in Dayton.

In 2009 and 2013, Ohio Magazine rated Esther Price the best chocolates in Ohio.

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Fannie May

Fannie May is a brand of chocolates owned by Ferrero SpA. Between 2004 and 2006, the brand was run by Fannie May Confections, Inc., a confectioner based in Chicago.

The first Fannie May shop was opened in 1920 by H. Teller Archibald at 11 North LaSalle Street in Chicago. Fifteen years later in 1935, Fannie May had opened 48 stores in Illinois and its surrounding states in the Midwest. In the midst of World War II, the ingredients for Fannie May's recipes were hard to come by. However, they chose to not change their recipes, while other competitors did. By sticking with the exact recipes, often times the shops had to be closed early because no more candy was available that day. Fannie May's vision was to create handmade, delectable chocolates, without sacrificing the taste of the candy.

In 1946, just after World War II, Fannie May created its most well-known candy to date, the Pixie. In the 1970's and 1980's Fannie May continued to develop new candy flavors with the introduction of the Trinidad in 1970 possibly their most well known candy, and the creation of the Eggnog Creams in 1989. In 1991, Fannie May made the decision to make some of their candy with sugar-free chocolate, which made it available to diabetics and dieters.

In attempt to reach all consumers, Fannie May became allergy conscious. They carry candy without gluten, gelatin, milk, honey, oil(s), wheat, eggs, etc. Fannie May even lists the health benefits of eating dark chocolate. The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America certified many of Fannie May's products to be kosher as well.

In 1992, Fannie May bought similarly-named competitor Fanny Farmer—making it the largest (most stores) candy retailer in the United States—which was a prelude to the company's bankruptcy. It is also why Fannie May stores shared a look similar to that of Fanny Farmer.

During the 1990s and early 2000s, under the ownership of a private equity firm, Archibald Candy not only expanded Fannie May and Fanny Farmer's store base, but also acquired Canadian icon Laura Secord as well as The Sweet Factory. By 2002, Archibald Candy had 412 company-operated stores (197 Fannie May, 45 Fanny Farmer and 170 Laura Secord) in 18 states in the U.S., and 9 provinces in Canada. Archibald Candy products were distributed in approximately 8,000 third-party retail outlets nationwide. Archibald Candy's primary manufacturing operations were located in Chicago, Illinois at that time.

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Ferrara Candy Company

Ferrara Candy Company

The Ferrara Candy Company is an American candy manufacturer owned by the private equity firm Catterton Partners. The company was formed from a 2012 merger of the Illinois-based Ferrara Pan Candy Company and Minnesota-based Farley's & Sathers Candy Company. Ferrara's product line combines the long-established brands of Ferrara Pan Candy, such as Lemonheads, Atomic Fireballs, Red Hots, and Original Boston Baked Beans, with those of Farley's & Sathers, such as Brach's, Chuckles, Jujyfruits, and Now and Later.

The Ferrara family had been bakers in Italy. Salvatore Ferrara emigrated from Nola to New York in 1900. In 1908, he opened a bakery at 772 W. Taylor, in the heart of Chicago's "Little Italy" neighborhood. He sold candy-coated almonds known as "confetti" (or Jordan almonds), a popular treat at Italian weddings.

When candy sales became greater than pastries, Ferrara partnered with two brothers-in-law, Salvatore Buffardi and Anello Pagano. They built a two-story brick building at 2200 W. Taylor and began producing a variety of panned candies. The second floor of the building was devoted to the revolving kettles that produced the pan candy, with all of the machines being driven by a giant wheel. The candy was dropped to the shipping department below through a hole in the floor.

The private equity firm Catterton Partners, owner of Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, arranged the 2012 deal whereby that well-established confectioner would merge with the Ferrara Pan Candy Company. Although Ferrara Pan Candy was only about half the size of Farley's & Sathers, the new company was christened as the Ferrara Candy Company, and was placed under the leadership of Ferrara Pan Chief Executive Salvatore Ferrara II. Catterton Partners remains the majority investor in the combined company.

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Favarger

Favarger is a Swiss chocolate maker founded in 1826. It is located in Versoix, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

In 2003, the majority of shares of Favarger were acquired by Luka Rajic. His intention is to ally the traditional know-how of this chocolate specialist with new managerial competences in order to develop the brand in Switzerland and abroad.

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Answer 8

Fazer

Fazer Group

Fazer (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈfatser]) is one of the largest corporations in the Finnish food industry. The company was founded by Karl Fazer in 1891, as a "French-Russian confectionary" in central Helsinki. Today, it employs over ten thousand people in Finland as well as Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Baltic countries, the United Kingdom and Russia.

Fazer's production is divided into four major areas:

Particularly Fazer's classic Fazer Blue milk chocolate (Fazerin Sininen maitosuklaa) is famous in Finland, and the blue colour of its wrapper has been used by Fazer as a symbol for the whole product line.

Fazer has bought a few other companies, including the Finnish Chymos and the Danish Perelly. The confectionery line was merged with its Swedish competitor Cloetta in 2000, to become Cloetta Fazer, though the merger lasted only until 2008 before the two brands were separated back to independent companies. Later, Fazer Keksit (which made biscuits) was sold to Danone. It was renamed to LU Suomi.

November 2016 saw the opening of a 5,000-square-metre (54,000 sq ft) Visitor Centre at their confectionery factory at Fazerintie in Vantaa. The avant-gardist building, in the shape of two circles with a botanical garden at the centre of one of them, was designed by K2S Architects. The Visitor Centre also includes a café, congress wing and shop.

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Ferrero SpA

Ferrero S.p.A.

Ferrero SpA (Italian pronunciation: [ferˈrɛːro]) is an Italian manufacturer of branded chocolate and confectionery products and it is the third biggest chocolate producer and confectionery company in the world. It was founded in 1946 in Alba, Piedmont, Italy by Pietro Ferrero, a confectioner and small-time pastry maker who laid the groundwork for the Nutella and famously added hazelnut to save money on chocolate. The company saw a period of tremendous growth and success under Pietro's son Michele Ferrero, who in turn handed over the daily operations to his sons. His son Pietro (the founder's grandson), who oversaw global business, died on April 18, 2011, in a cycling accident in South Africa at the age of 47. The Ferrero Group worldwide – now headed by CEO Giovanni Ferrero – includes 38 trading companies, 18 factories, approximately 21,500 employees and produces around 365,000 tonnes of Nutella each year. Ferrero International SA's headquarters is in Luxembourg. Ferrero SpA is a private company owned by the Ferrero family and has been described as "one of the world's most secretive firms". Reputation Institute's 2009 survey ranks Ferrero as the most reputable company in the world.

In 1946, Pietro Ferrero invented a cream of hazelnuts and cocoa, derived from Gianduja and called it "Giandujot", or Pasta Gianduja. The initial product came in solid loaves wrapped in aluminium foil, which had to be sliced with a knife, and was succeeded by a spreadable version Supercrema.

With assistance from his brother Giovanni Ferrero, Pietro Ferrero created his new company to produce and market the initial product. Following his work, Pietro was succeeded by his son Michele Ferrero as chief executive. Michele and his wife Maria Franca relaunched his father's recipe as Nutella, which was first sold in 1964. After World War II, they opened production sites and offices abroad and Nutella eventually became the world's leading chocolate-nut spread brand. Ferrero is the world's largest consumer of hazelnuts, buying up 25% of global production in 2014. The company is currently run by Giovanni Ferrero, grandson of Pietro and son to Michele Ferrero.

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