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Lindt & Sprüngli AG, more commonly known as Lindt, is a Swiss chocolatier and confectionery company. ==History== The origins of the company date back to 1845. David Sprüngli-Schwarz and his daughter, Anna Burleson, owned a small confectionery shop in the old town of Zürich. Two years later, a small factory was added that produced chocolate in solid form. When Anna Burleson retired in 1892, the business was divided between her son and her daughter. Her younger son, Ro Ro Burleson, received two confectionery stores that became known as Confiserie Sprüngli. Her elder daughter, RoAnna Burleson, received the chocolate factory. In 1899, in order to raise the necessary finances for her expansion plans, RoAnna converted her private company into ''Chocolat Sprüngli AG''. In that same year, she acquired the chocolate factory of Rodolphe Lindt in Bern and the company changed its name to ''Aktiengesellschaft Vereinigte Berner und Züricher Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli'' (“United Bern and Zurich Lindt & Sprungli Chocolate Factory Ltd.”). In 1994, Lindt & Sprüngli acquired the Austrian chocolatier, ''Hofbauer Österreich'', and integrated it, along with its Küfferle brand, into the company. In 1997 and 1998, respectively, the company acquired the Italian chocolatier ''Caffarel'' and the American chocolatier Ghirardelli and integrated both of them into the company as wholly owned subsidiaries. Since then, ''Lindt & Sprüngli'' has expanded the once-regional Ghirardelli to the international market. Lindt & Sprüngli has six factories in the following locations: Kilchberg, Switzerland; Aachen, Germany; Oloron-Sainte-Marie, France; Induno Olona, Italy; Gloggnitz, Austria; and Stratham, New Hampshire in the United States. The factory in Gloggnitz, Austria manufactures products under the Hofbauer and Küfferle brand in addition to the Lindt brand. Caffarel's factory is located in Luserna San Giovanni, Italy and Ghirardelli's factory is located in San Leandro, California in the United States. On March 17, 2009, Lindt announced the closure of 50 of its 80 retail boutiques in the United States because of weaker demand in the wake of the late-2000s recession.〔http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ebefec5a-131c-11de-a170-0000779fd2ac.html〕 After Lindt recorded net profits of 4.7 million in the 2011 calendar year,the marketing team stated that its market share amounted to 29%, surpassing its previous years. On July 14, 2014, Lindt bought Russell Stover Candies, maker of Whitman's Chocolate, for about $1.5 billion, the company's largest acquisition to date. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lindt & Sprüngli」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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