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Company Overview

Business Description

Sector
Consumer Staples
Industry
Food Products
Headquarters
Switzerland CH
Employees
14 747
IPO date
May 8, 2000

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG makes premium chocolate products under brands such as Lindt, Lindor, and Ghirardelli. It sells boxed chocolates, bars, truffles, seasonal gifts, and other confectionery items made from cocoa, milk, sugar, and nuts. The company’s products are aimed at shoppers looking for higher-end chocolate for everyday treats, gifting, and holidays.

The company sells mainly through grocery stores, specialty shops, duty-free locations, its own branded stores, and online channels. It also supplies restaurants, hotels, and other food-service customers in some markets. Lindt & Spruengli earns money by manufacturing chocolate and selling finished branded products to retailers and consumers, rather than by licensing its name to others.

What makes its business model distinct is its focus on premium chocolate rather than mass-market candy. The company controls a large part of the product experience, from recipe and brand image to packaging and retail presentation, which helps it charge higher prices than commodity chocolate makers. It sits near the top of the chocolate value chain, turning cocoa and other ingredients into branded gifts and indulgences that consumers recognize and often buy for themselves or as presents.

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG Investor Relations

Address
Seestrasse 204
Kilchberg, Zuerich
Switzerland

Business Segments

Chocolate and confectionery

Lindt makes premium chocolates, truffles, pralines, bars, seasonal gift products, and related sweets under its own brand names. It develops recipes, manufactures the products, packages them, and sells them through grocer...

Customers and revenue model

Management

Mr. Ernst Tanner

Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors

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Dr. Adalbert Lechner Ph.D.

Group CEO & Member of Group Management

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Mr. Martin Hug M.A.

Group CFO, Head of Sustainability Executive Team & Member of Group Management

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Mr. Rolf Fallegger Lic. Oec. Hsg

Member of the Group Management

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Mr. Alain Germiquet

Member of Group Management

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Mr. Daniel Studer

Head of U.S. Operations & Member of the Group Management

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Mr. Guido Steiner

Member of Group Management & Group Operations Officer

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Dr. Jennifer Picenoni

Member of Group Management, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

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Ms. Nicole Uhrmeister

Chief Human Resources Officer & Member of the Group Management

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Ms. Ana Dominguez

Member of Management Board

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