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1866–1900: Founding and early years. Henri Nestlé (1814–1890), a German-born Swiss confectioner, was the founder of Nestlé and one of the main creators of condensed milk. Nestlé's origin dates back to the 1860s when two separate Swiss enterprises were founded that would later form Nestlé.
As shareholder. Nestlé owns 23.29% of L'Oréal, the world's largest cosmetics and beauty company, whose brands include Garnier, Maybelline, Lancôme and Urban Decay. Nestlé owned 100% of Alcon in 1978. In 2002 Nestlé sold 23.2% of its Alcon shares on the New York Stock Exchange.
The Hershey Company was founded by Milton S. Hershey in 1894 as the Hershey Chocolate Company, originally established as a subsidiary of his Lancaster Caramel Company. The Hershey Trust Company owns a minority stake but retains a majority of the voting power within the company. Hershey's chocolate is available in 60 countries.
Rowntree was the fourth-largest chocolate manufacturer in the world, after Mars, Hershey, and Cadbury, with a 7% global market share. [6] Nestlé eventually won control with an offer valuing Rowntree at £2.55 billion. [32] Strategically, Nestlé had always seen Rowntree as a perfect fit for its own operations. [6]
Rowntree Mackintosh plc [1] ( / ˈraʊntriː ˈmækɪntɒʃ / ROWN-tree MAH-kin-taw-sh ), trading as Rowntree Mackintosh Confectionery, was an English confectionery company based in York, England. It was formed by the merger of Rowntree's and John Mackintosh Co. The company was famous for making chocolate brands, such as Kit Kat, Aero and ...
Perugina is an Italian chocolate confectionery company based in Perugia, Italy that was founded in 1907. [1] [2] The company also operates a chocolate-making school at its factory in Perugia, which commenced in 2007. [3] Perugina was purchased by and became a division of the Nestlé corporation in 1988. [1] [2] [4]
Smarties are dragée chocolate confectionery. They have been manufactured since 1937, [1] originally by H.I. Rowntree & Company in the United Kingdom, and now by Nestlé . Smarties are oblate spheroids with a minor axis of about 5 mm (0.2 in) and a major axis of about 12 mm (0.5 in). They come in eight colours: red, orange, yellow, green, blue ...
Kit Kat (stylised as KitKat in various countries) is a chocolate-covered wafer bar confection created by Rowntree's of York, England.It is produced globally by Nestlé (which acquired Rowntree's in 1988), except in the United States, where it is made under licence by the H. B. Reese Candy Company, a division of the Hershey Company (an agreement Rowntree's first made with Hershey in 1970).