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!colspan=2 style="color: white; background: darkred;"|'''Ferrero S.p.A.'''
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|Type              ||  [[Family business]]
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|Slogan            ||  ''Making Quality Confection A Part Of Every Day Life''
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|Foundation        ||  [[1946]]
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|Location city      ||  [[Pino Torinese|Pino Torinese]], [[Piedmont]]
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|Location country  ||  <br>{{ITA}}
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|Key people        ||  Pietro Ferrero, [[Chairman]] and Co-[[CEO]]<br>[[Giovanni Ferrero]], [[Vice Chairman]] and Co-CEO
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|Num employees      ||  19,600
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|Industry          ||  [[Food industry|Food]]
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|Products          ||  [[Confectionery]]
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|Revenue            ||  {{profit}} [[Euro|€]]5.6 billion ([[2006]])
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|Homepage          ||  [http://www.ferrero.it/ www.ferrero.it]
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{{Infobox Company
 
| name            = Ferrero S.p.A.
 
| logo            = [[Image:Ferrero-brand.png|221px]]
 
| type            = [[Family business]]
 
| slogan          = ''Making Quality Confection A Part Of Every Day Life''
 
| foundation      = [[1946]]
 
| location_city    = [[Pino_Torinese|Pino Torinese]], [[Piedmont]]
 
| location_country = <br>{{ITA}}
 
| key_people      = Pietro Ferrero, [[Chairman]] and Co-[[CEO]]<br>[[Giovanni Ferrero]], [[Vice Chairman]] and Co-CEO
 
| num_employees    = 19,600
 
| industry        = [[Food industry|Food]]
 
| products        = [[Confectionery]]
 
| revenue          = {{profit}} [[Euro|€]]5.6 billion ([[2006]]) <!--[http://www.mortgagesupreme.co.uk/news/news_bad_weather_dampens_nestle_28063.html]-->
 
| homepage        = [http://www.ferrero.it/ www.ferrero.it]
 
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* [[Michele Ferrero]]
 
* [[Michele Ferrero]]
  
==References==
 
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==External links==
 
==External links==

Revision as of 16:12, 23 April 2008

Ferrero-brand.png
Ferrero S.p.A.
Type Family business
Slogan Making Quality Confection A Part Of Every Day Life
Foundation 1946
Location city Pino Torinese, Piedmont
Location country
3dflagsdotcom italy2bs.gif
Key people Pietro Ferrero, Chairman and Co-CEO
Giovanni Ferrero, Vice Chairman and Co-CEO
Num employees 19,600
Industry Food
Products Confectionery
Revenue Green Arrow Up Darker.png 5.6 billion (2006)
Homepage www.ferrero.it


Ferrero SpA is an Italian manufacturer of chocolate and other confectionery products, founded by confectioner Pietro Ferrero in 1946 and based in Pino Torinese(TO), Italy. The company has more than 19,000 employees and is still owned by the Ferrero family.

History

Jar of Nutella

In 1946 Pietro Ferrero invented a cream of hazelnuts and cocoa, meant to be spread on bread, and called it Pasta Gianduja. The product had a great success and therefore Ferrero created the new company to produce and market it. [Note: The origins of Gianduja chocolate probably dates back to the Napoleonic war period, when cocoa beans were scarce and ground hazelnuts were substituted. Ferrero did not invent gianduja.]

A similar product, sold under the name Nutella since 1964, became popular around the world, along with many other products, including the chocolates Ferrero Rocher, Pocket Coffee, Mon Chéri, Giotto, Confetteria Raffaello coconut cream candy, and the tic tac breath mints. A dark chocolate version of the Ferrero Rocher is also available, called the Ferrero Rondnoir, which contains a pearl of dark chocolate in the center instead of a hazelnut, chocolate cream instead of Nutella and cruchy chocolate bits instead of crushed hazelnuts. A coconut version is also available.

Ferrero also produces the Kinder product series, including Kinder Surprise (also known as "Kinder Eggs"), Fiesta Ferrero, Kinder Chocolate bars, Kinder Happy Hippo, Kinder Maxi, Kinder Délice and Kinder Bueno.

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