The company continued to grow in all key markets with own subsidiaries or distributor businesses. Lindt & Sprüngli played a powerful role in this boom which persisted throughout the First World War. Even during the Second World War, Lindt & Sprüngli did not sacrifice its dedication to quality. In a small confectionery shop on Marktgasse in Zurich’s old town David Sprüngli and his son Rudolf Sprüngli-Ammann produced the first solid bar of chocolate in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. Lindt & Sprüngli opened its doors to the Home of Chocolate, a museum and chocolate factory in one, to celebrate our 175th anniversary. Zürcher Chocolate Tart Zürcher Chocolate Tart. Even though sales ceased to grow between 1919 and 1946, Lindt & Sprüngli withstood all these critical episodes, because it adhered at all times to maintaining quality: even when consumers could hardly afford it, they still wanted only the best of chocolates! Despite our growth, Lindt & Sprüngli are still a homegrown company – in fact, the Swiss remain our biggest champions with each citizen consuming on average one Lindor truffle a day. In 1994 “Lindt & Sprüngli (Austria) Ges.m.b.H.” was founded in Salzburg and later that year relocated to Vienna when, also in 1994, the former, well-known Viennese Confiserie-Group Hofbauer was acquired and integrated into the Austrian Lindt & Sprüngli company. The former parent and manufacturing company in Kilchberg thus was renamed “Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli (Schweiz) AG”. Lindt chocolate cafés also sell handmade chocolates, macaroons, cakes, and ice cream. Today Lindt & Sprüngli is a household name signalling bliss, quality and sweet delight the world over. The elder brother, Johann Rudolf Sprüngli-Schifferli, received the chocolate factory from his father. Curious to know more about the Lindor history? In 1502, on his fourth journey to the New World, he first tasted chocolate - and found it to be too bitter and spicy. Global protectionism and the depressions of the 1920s and 1930s led to the progressive loss of all foreign markets and it was necessary to re-organise and concentrate on the slowly-expanding Swiss market. Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG is a publicly held stock company of predominantly Swiss ownership, trading on the Swiss stock exchange. Thanks to his procedure, the previously brittle, sandy and somewhat bitter material began to melt in the mouths of its chocolate lovers everywhere and was elevated to one of the world's most sublime pleasures. The colony distributes its products worldwide and is known for the high quality and wide variety of its chocolates. The chocolate Lindt found on Monday was delicately smooth and tasted like it never had before. Johann Rudolf Sprüngli had just completed construction on a larger factory in Kilchberg-Bendlikon, the location of today’s headquarters, to increase output. So when Johann Rudolf Sprüngli offered to buy the company for an impressive 1.5 million gold francs – including the brand Lindt and the secret recipe – Lindt agreed under the condition that he still had a say in the business. The elder brother Johann Rudolf received the chocolate factory.
[13][14], Originally, Lindor was introduced as a chocolate bar in 1949 and later in 1967 in the form of a ball. [32][33], Lindt responded and denied that there are differences for its products sold in Russia and the EU, except for labeling. The Lindt Teddy launched in time to bring some extra magic during the festive season in 2011. And in a short space of time, recruitment of personnel within Switzerland became a problem. Caffarel's factory is located in Luserna San Giovanni, Italy, and Ghirardelli's factory is located in San Leandro, California, in the United States.