Villars Maître Chocolatier

Villars Maître Chocolatier SA is a Swiss chocolate company founded in 1901 and based in the city of Fribourg. The company is noted for its success in selling to tourists, owing to a number of unique products including chocolates with an unusually high percentage of nuts and almonds and 72% cocoa dark chocolate napolitains.[1]

Villars Maître Chocolatier SA
ISINCH0002609656
IndustryFood
FounderWilhelm Kaiser
Websitevillars.com/en/
Fresco by Serge Nidegger, 2021, to celebrate 120 years of the company Villars Maître Chocolatier

History

The chocolate company was founded by Wilhelm Kaiser in 1901 in Villars-sur-Glâne.[2]

Villars proposes mostly milk chocolate bars. Among milk chocolate products are terroir milk bars containing milk from a specific region, such as Vaud, Fribourg, Bern and Lucerne (all being located on the Alpine foothills).[3]

The company is today directed by Alexandre Sacerdoti and employs around 140 staff. It is owned by the Savencia Fromage & Dairy group (formerly Soparind Bongrain).[4]

See also

References
  1. Pittilla, Mary Jane (12 September 2005). "Sweet progress for Bonardo's chocolate assortment - 12/09/05". The Moodie Report. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  2. "Villars: All the traditional know-how of Swiss chocolate". Villars Swiss. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  3. Les ambitions nouvelles de Villars, laliberte.ch
  4. "Villars Maître Chocolatier bientôt dans ses murs à Fribourg". Le Matin. 16 June 2009. Archived from the original on February 18, 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2009.


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