Villars Maître Chocolatier SA is a Swiss chocolate company founded in 1901 and based in the city of Fribourg. The company is noted for its success in selling to tourists, owing to a number of unique products including chocolates with an unusually high percentage of nuts and

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and 72% cocoa dark chocolate napolitains.

History

The chocolate company was founded by Wilhelm Kaiser in 1901 in

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. Villars proposes mostly

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, Fribourg,

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and

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(all being located on the

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foothills). The company is today directed by Alexandre Sacerdoti and employs around 140 staff. It is owned by the

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group (formerly ''Soparind Bongrain'').

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* Swiss chocolate companies Companies established in 1901 Swiss companies established in 1901 {{food-company-stub

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