Balocco S.p.A. is an Italian food company based in
Fossano
Fossano ( pms, Fossan) is a town and ''comune'' of Piedmont, northern Italy. It is the fourth largest town of the Province of Cuneo, after Cuneo, Alba and Bra.
It lies on the main railway line from Turin to Cuneo and to Savona, and has a branch li ...
. It was founded in 1927.
Balocco produces a range of
biscuit
A biscuit is a flour-based baked and shaped food product. In most countries biscuits are typically hard, flat, and unleavened. They are usually sweet and may be made with sugar, chocolate, icing, jam, ginger, or cinnamon. They can also be ...
s. The company exports products to about 30 countries and offers private-label production services.
History
The company was founded in the small town of Fossano (about 70km south of Turin) first as a pastry shop by Francesco Antonio Balocco.
From 1948, Balocco began to produce panettoni, pandori, colombe pasquali, biscuits and wafers.
Balocco began to industrially produce confectionery from 1970.
During the 1990s, the company was taken over by Aldo Balocco's sons, Alessandra and Alberto.
On June 2, 2010, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano named Aldo Balocco Knight of the “Order of Labor Merit”.
On July 2, 2022 in Milan, the son of the founder, Mr. Aldo Balocco, Honorary President of Balocco spa, died at the age of 91
The founder's grandson Alberto Balocco died at the age of 56 on 26 August 2022, struck by lightning together with a friend during a mountain bike trip a few kilometers from the Sestriere mountain pass.
References
External links
Company website
Food and drink companies established in 1927
Italian brands
Italian companies established in 1927
Confectionery companies of Italy
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