Barry Callebaut: Can new CEO Hein Schumacher turn around the world's largest chocolate-maker?
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The Economist
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Summary
Barry Callebaut, the world's largest chocolate-maker based in Zurich, supplies cocoa-based products for major brands like Magnum, KitKat, Cadbury, and Milka. The company was formed 30 years ago by German-born billionaire Klaus Jacobs through the merger of France's Cacao Barry and Belgium's Callebaut. The article discusses whether new CEO Hein Schumacher's turnaround plan will succeed for the company, which buys about a quarter of the global annual cocoa harvest.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledITS products tempt you from supermarket shelves everywhere, but you may not know its name.
Formed 30 years ago when Klaus Jacobs, a German-born billionaire, folded together France's Cacao Barry and Belgium's Callebaut, Barry Callebaut is the world's biggest chocolate-maker.
The Zurich-based firm buys about a quarter of the annual global cocoa harvest and turns it into chocolate for Magnum's ice creams, Nestlé's KitKats and Mondelez's Cadbury and Milka brands.
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