I heard a rumor... can anyone substantiate?
updated by @sandra-andrews-strasko: 04/13/15 05:17:26AM
Is Chocovic really going out of production?
@sandra-andrews-strasko
02/23/11 03:09:56AM
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@clay
02/23/11 03:39:17PM
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The previous owners of Chocovic (Nederland Group) sold Chocovic to Barry Callebaut in 2009.
BC bought the company (the deal closed December 2009) because they needed the production capacity - and it was (I heard) cheaper to buy the company than to build a new factory from scratch.
Last I checked, Chocovic's recipes were still being produced and sold under the Chocovic brand.
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@sandra-andrews-strasko
03/03/11 05:11:42AM
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ok so Chocovic is like Scharffen Berger, bought by a big one but still sold under the same label with the same manufacturing process. Does that usually work?
@clay
03/03/11 10:31:10AM
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Callebaut has a lot of experience making these kinds of acquisitions work, and they have a lot more experience in the market segment than Hershey did (and still does not have). So - Callebaut are far more likely to be able to make it work, given the will to do so.
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