Venchi

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Venchi
Company type Private company
Industry Chocolate production
Founded1878
FounderSilviano Venchi
Headquarters
Castelletto Stura, Cuneo, Piedmont
,
Italy
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Daniele Ferrero (CEO, President)
Products Chocolate
Revenue€ 38Mln (2011)
10,000,000 Euro (2017)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
OwnerItalian and French investors
Number of employees
51-200
Website venchi.com

Venchi is an Italian gourmet chocolate manufacturer founded by chocolatier Silviano Venchi. [1] After its establishment in Turin in early 1878, the company expanded throughout Italy with its Nougatine, small candies made of crushed and caramelized hazelnuts coated in dark chocolate. After bankruptcy in the 1990s, it was bought by Italian and French investors and management, which enabled rebirth and global expansion of the brand. The President and CEO in 2021 was Daniele Ferrero. [2]

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For the production of its various chocolates, Venchi uses cocoa originating from plantations in Central America, South America, and Africa along with distilled rum from the Caribbean and natural vanilla. The Piedmontese hazelnuts are claimed to prevent the chocolate from tasting acidic. [3]

The company started to make ice cream in 2006, and it operates approximately 120 shops in more than 70 countries. [4]

Awards

In October 2004, Venchi's Chocaviar was awarded the Vassoio d'Oro Award at the EuroChocolate festival in Perugia. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Learn More about Venchi Italian Chocolate History". Venchi Chocolate USA. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  2. ↑ Moodie, Martin (2021-11-19). "Interview: Venchi's Marco Galimberti on a growing Asian success story". Moodie Davitt Report. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  3. ↑ "Nocciole e pistacchi sempre più cari. Ma Venchi li vuole solo italiani e Igp". lastampa.it (in Italian). 2020-01-13. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  4. ↑ "Andrea Guerra investe nel cioccolato e diventa socio di Venchi". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  5. ↑ Bocca, Claudia (2011-01-28). Torino capitale (in Italian). Newton Compton Editori. ISBN   978-88-541-2903-0.
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