Chocolate companies

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Australian Homemade

Australian Homemade is a franchise formula for confectionery stores owned by Australian Homemade, based in Veenendaal, Netherlands. The very first store had been set up by the Belgian Frederik Van Isacker. The stores produce and sell premium ice cream and chocolate using all natural ingredients. The products incorporate Indigenous Australian designs.

There are currently over 50 stores found in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Spain, and the United States.

Some Indigenous Australians reacted with anger at Australian Homemade, accusing them of using Aboriginal designs without permission and of being disrespectful.

In defence, the company says the designs were by a Dutch artist inspired by indigenous art and had no intention of causing offence to Indigenous Australians. They were reportedly working with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) to help promote Aboriginal issues.

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Bambi a.d.

Bambi

Bambi a.d. (Serbian Cyrillic: Бамби а.д.) is a food manufacturing company in Požarevac, Serbia. One of its signature products is biscuit called Plazma.

The company was founded in 1967 and at the time it employed 37 people. From the start, the company's focus was on manufacturing biscuits made out of domestically grown grains with an emphasis on healthy food. Within the first ten years of its existence the company had 230 full-time employees and manufactured 3,100 tons of products. In 1979 it received its first award for consistency in quality. Over the years the company grew and expanded to different regions of former Yugoslavia.

In 1968 the company started production of their now famous Plazma biscuit, and today it is one of their best selling products. In 1990 the company started production of another well-known biscuit called Grandma's cookie (in Serbian Bakin kolač). In 1997 the company was the first in the country to receive international certificate for the standard in quality management ISO 9001 in food industry.

In mid-2004 Bambi became part of the Danube Foods Group, managed by Salford Investment Fund. In February 2015 Salford Investment Fund, which at the time was beneficially owned by Inna Gudavadze and members of the Patarkatsishvili family, sold their interests in Bambi to Mid Europa Partners.

Today, Bambi is one of the largest and most profitable companies in the country.

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Barry Callebaut

Barry Callebaut

Barry Callebaut is among the world's largest cocoa producers and grinders, with an average annual production of 1.7 million tonnes of cocoa. It was created in 1996 through the merging of the Belgian chocolate producer Callebaut and the French company Cacao Barry. It is currently based in Zürich, Switzerland, and operates in 30 countries worldwide. It was created in its present form by the German immigrant Klaus Johann Jacobs.

Its customers include multinational and national branded consumer goods manufacturers and artisanal users of chocolate (chocolatiers, pastry chefs, bakeries, and caterers).

In addition to manufacture, the company undertakes research into chocolate recipes: for example, in recent years, it has launched tooth-friendly chocolate, probiotic chocolate, chocolate with a high level of antioxidants (sold under the brand name ACTICOA), and "rebalanced" chocolate, which has an improved nutritional profile. These improvements are based under Callebaut's innovation strategy: Health and wellness, experience and indulgence, and convenience.

Cacao Barry was founded by Charles Barry in France in 1842. The company's founder traveled to Africa to seek out a selection of cocoa beans that would enable him to create his first connoisseur's chocolate. In 1923, Alexandre Lacarré took over the reins and carried out a number of ambitious projects for the company. In 1952, Cacao Barry became active from bean to gourmet chocolate. In 1963, the company created "Baking Sticks" and simultaneously the chocolate croissant (pain au chocolat ). In 1973, they launched the "Your demonstration partner" brand to introduce personalized assistance and support to professionals. In 1994, shortly before the merger of 1996, they launched the Pure Origine of Cacao Barry brand.

Callebaut was a Belgian company, founded by Eugenius Callebaut as a brewery in Wieze, Belgium, in 1850. The brewery began producing chocolate bars in 1911 and soon switched entirely to chocolate production. They began producing chocolate couverture in 1925.

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Bedre Fine Chocolate

Bedré Fine Chocolate

Bedré Fine Chocolate is a chocolatier located in Davis, Oklahoma. Founded in the 1980s by local businessman Pete Cantrell, the company was first housed in the former Homer Elementary School near Ada, Oklahoma. The name Bedré is derived from the Norwegian word for “better.”

The Chickasaw Nation purchased the company in 2000 and moved Bedré to a new, 26,000 square-foot factory in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, in 2003 where it remained until moving in 2013 to its current location in Davis, Oklahoma. In October 2011, Bedré broke ground on the current 34,600 square-foot chocolate factory.

The company produces chocolates on site with free viewing by visitors. In addition to candy bars, cookies, chocolate-covered popcorn and caramel, the company creates chocolate-covered potato crisps and nut clusters under the moniker “Oklahoma cow patties.” Retailers such as Neiman Marcus and Bloomingdales sell Bedré chocolates in stores across the United States. Bedré creates chocolate guitars for guests at Hard Rock Hotels, and Dylan’s Candy sells it under their own private label. In the past, the convenient store 7-11 distributed the chocolate under the name Watts Farm, and Braum's, a Midwestern dairy company, also sold the chocolate under its own brand name.

Bedré is a member of the Oklahoma Minority Supplier Development Council, and as an Oklahoma manufacturer, is also part of the Made in Oklahoma program. The company earned the internationally recognized ISO 9001 certification in 2009. The Intertribal Agriculture Council’s American Indian Foods program featured the chocolates in Australia in 2009 as part of a showcase of American Indian foods.

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Bendicks

Bendicks is a chocolate brand currently owned by August Storck KG, famed for its "quintessentially British" Bittermint dark mint chocolates, still made to the original recipe of 1931.

In 1930 Oscar Benson and Colonel 'Bertie' Dickson purchased a small confectionery business at 164 Church street in Kensington, London, with the chocolates made in a tiny basement below the shop. They used the first syllable of each of their surnames to come up with the name Bendicks.

In 1931 Benson's sister-in-law, Lucia Benson, came up with a dark chocolate so bitter that it was virtually inedible on its own, and combined it with a mint fondant that was so strongly flavoured with mint oil that it was also difficult to eat on its own. When the two parts were combined they produced a very palatable chocolate that they named Bendicks Bittermints. The chocolate coating contains 95% cocoa solids.

By 1933, Bendicks was developing a reputation for quality and a new store was opened in the heart of London's exclusive Mayfair. Prominent among the visitors was the Duke of Kent, son of King George V, who visited for the renowned Bittermints. The company soon became known as Bendicks of Mayfair.

In 1946 the business was sold to Mr. Edgar Lawley. By 1952 Bendicks had moved to a building which bridged St. Thomas Street and Little Minster Street in Winchester, Hampshire. This building, which has now been demolished and replaced by residential properties and garages, had been constructed in around 1890 and been used as The Winchester Temperance Billiards Hall. It had already acquired the business of William Cox & Son, manufacturers of Royal Winchester Chocolates (a name which has been discontinued), which had been located in St. George's Street, Winchester (now occupied by McDonald's).

The reputation of the company and its products was further enhanced in 1962 when it was awarded the coveted Royal Warrant: "By Appointment to Her Majesty The Queen".

The confectionery products were expensive but were all made with the finest quality ingredients. The main part of the business was chocolate coated confectionery and these were all hand dipped, giving a much thicker layer of chocolate, and the availability of female 'dippers' was a constraint on the growth of the business. They also produced confectionery products such as nougat and chocolate bars. A feature of Bittermints was that they could be purchased in 9 inch, 18 inch and 36 inch boxes (by the yard).

In 1967 the business was moved to a purpose built factory in Moorside Road, Winchester. During the 1960s it had been acquired by Wood Hall Trust Ltd. (itself subsequently being acquired by Elders IXL, the Australian conglomerate, in 1982). In later years enrobing equipment was introduced allowing an increase in production.

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Anthon Berg

Anthon Berg

Anthon Berg was a famous Danish chocolatier and the name of a corporate division within Toms International.

Anthon, was originally a Copenhagen green grocer and later with his son, Gustav Anthon, created a premium chocolate line with a loyal customer base composed of the upper middle class and upper class of Danish society. The company was founded in 1884. “For half a century, Anthon Berg has borne the distinguished title ‘Purveyors to the Royal Danish Court.’”. The company has an estimated market cap of around $600 million. Today majority owned by the Anthon family and managed by Toms International.

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Bisk Farm

Bisk Farm is a brand which is owned by SAJ Food Products (P) Ltd, a part of the Aparna Group of Companies. It is a fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company, headquartered in the city of Kolkata in the Indian State of West Bengal.

Since it was formed in the year 2000, Bisk Farm products have been available throughout Eastern and North Eastern India, and parts of South, Central and North India. The company eventually aims to market its products across the country.

The company produces a total of 97 products from Biscuits, Cookies, Cakes, Rusks, Extruded Snacks, Filled Wafers and controls 15% of market share in East India, Britannia being the major competitor in the region. Some popular brands are The Top, Googly, Spicy, Just Ginger, Bourbon, Cheese Cream . It also sells freshly made snacks, breads and sandwiches through its brand-owned "Just Baked" stores, along with desserts like pastries and muffins.

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Blommer Chocolate Company

Blommer Chocolate Company is a fully integrated chocolate manufacturer based in Chicago, Illinois, and is considered to be the largest and oldest independent cocoa bean processor in North America and largest chocolate ingredient supplier. More than 45% of cocoa beans processed in the United States are processed (into cocoa butter, cocoa solids and chocolate liquor) by Blommer; about 70% of their business is supplying chocolate to various branded companies for use in those companies' own products.

Blommer was founded in 1939 by the Blommer brothers, Henry, Al, and Bernard, and has been family-owned ever since. The family and company name is pronounced "Blummer."

The factory in the West Loop area of Chicago is known for sending a chocolate aroma into the air. In 2006, a nearby condo owner complained to the EPA about the smell, complaining that it violated the Clean Air Act. Blommer was not fined, having explained that it was upgrading its filtration system. The chocolate smell remains.

Although Blommer's Chocolates are not generally distributed at retail, they do operate a retail store in Chicago which sells various chocolates and chocolate baking supplies.

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Blumenthal Brothers Chocolate Company

The Blumenthal Brothers Chocolate Company was a Philadelphia-based chocolate manufacturer that existed from 1911 to 1984. Its factory was located at Margaret and James Streets in the city's Frankford neighborhood.

The company was founded in 1909 and existed under Blumenthal family management until 1969 when it was sold to Ward Foods, a New York-based conglomerate best known for making Tip Top bread. The principal reason for the sale was that few of the third generation of Blumenthals were interested in managing the company; legal difficulties had nothing to do with it. After the sale, a new company called Ward Candy company was formed with my uncle Bernhard S. Blumenthal as its president.

The company eventually fell on hard times and the brand names were sold to Nestle in the early 1980s. The beginning of the hard times came after the death of Al Ehrlich, who helped manage the company

The legal difficulties noted in 1974 took place five years after the company was sold to Ward Foods; the eventual bankruptcy did not happen until 7 or 8 years later, when the company was under the incompetent management of the Terson Company, who bought it from Ward Foods.

Founded in 1911, The Blumenthal Brothers produced many candies which are still popular today, as well as many chocolates that are no longer manufactured. The company's best-known products, Goobers, Sno Caps and Raisinets, were introduced in the late 1920s. By the late 1940s Blumenthal candies became popular snacks at movie theaters throughout the United States.

In 1968 Louis Perez, a Blumenthal employee, sued the company in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, claiming he was forced to work in exposure to a heavy concentration of dust and excessive heat in his employment. The high court affirmed the lower court's decision in his favor, forcing the company to compensate him.

In 1974 the company was again taken to court, this time for falsification of its gross income by secretly manufacturing products outside the state of Pennsylvania, keeping on average $5 million a year from being disclosed.

The court cases crippled the company financially and eventually led to bankruptcy. In 1984 Nestlé bought out the company and acquired the rights to its products.

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Cacau show

'Cacau Show' is the largest chain of chocolate stores in the world. Alexandre Costa the founder started the company in 1987 when he was 17 years old and started to sell Easter eggs using door to door catalogues. At that time Costa borrowed $US500 from a relative to buy the ingredients and molds to make his own chocolate, and progressively grew his business to a manufacturing and retail giant that today has more than 2000 franchise stores throughout Brazil, supplied by a massive factory outside São Paulo turning over more than $1 billion each year in all the franchise stores.

Shortly after the initial steps Mr. Costa invited his high-school friend Sergio Butuem to join the company. The partnership worked very well for 25 years, while Mr. Costa represented the image of entrepreneur and chocolate specialist Mr. Butuem worked behind the scenes organizing, studying and planning. According to Mr. Costa in an article for "Exame" Magazine Mr. Sergio Butuem most of the time was the person responsible to adapt his plans to reality.

In 2001 the first store was opened and the expansion was accelerated in face of the great demand for the franchise due to the quality of the products and accessibility in prices. Cacau Show has become a symbol of a successful Brazilian company. In 2008 it surpassed the American company Rocky Mountain and became from there the largest chain of chocolates in the world in number of stores. Nowadays the chain is the third largest franchise operation in Brazil and produces more than 50 million pounds of chocolate per year.

In 2011 Cacau Show and the founder won the prize Ernst&Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Brazil and represented Brazil in the competition World Entrepreneur of the Year in Monaco. In 2013 Cacau Show won the prize World Retail Awards in France as the Emerging Market Retailer of the Year.

The exponential growth of the company is still due to the opening of stores in capitals of the Country and points where there was little competition. The company plans, in the future, to operate in the international market, through franchising. Nowadays the company is already present in more than 1,000 Brazilian cities.

Cacau Show produces a special chocolate recipe, using selected ingredients and different fillings based on Truffle. Cacau Show became a Truffle specialist in Brazil, the product is a reference among its loyal customers.

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