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August Storck

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Industry
  
Confectionery

Website
  
www.storck.com

Founded
  
1903

Type of business
  
Private

Products
  
Candy

Headquarters
  
Berlin, Germany

Number of employees
  
4,500

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Key people
  
Axel Oberwelland (owner)

CEO
  
Axel Oberwelland (Jun 2003–)

August Storck KG is a German sweets producer with headquarters in Berlin, owned by Axel Oberwelland. Its subsidiary in the UK has been the company Bendicks in Winchester since 1988. The main facility of Storck in Germany is in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, one is located in Skanderborg, Denmark and another one in Ohrdruf, Germany.

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History

The company was founded in 1903 by August Storck, who later became August Oberwelland.

Brands

These are the most well-known products and the corresponding year in which they launched:

  • Kaufrüchtchen (English: Chewy Little Fruits)
  • Mamba
  • Riesen (English: Giants) (1930s; chocolate-covered version, late 1980s)
  • Nimm2 (English: Take2) (1962)
  • Merci (1965)
  • Campino (1966)
  • Werther's Original (1969)
  • Toffifee (known in the US as Toffifay) (1973)
  • Knoppers (1983)
  • Merci Crocant (English: Crispy Thank You) (1994)
  • Merci Petits (English: Little Thank Yous) (formerly Merci Pur)
  • Nimm2 Lachgummi (English: Take2 Laughing Chews) (1996)
  • Chocolat Pavot (English: Chocolate Poppy) (2003)
  • Milkfuls
  • Minis zuckerfrei (English: Sugar-free Minis)
  • Nimm2 soft (2005)
  • Moser-Roth chocolate (1902), revived 2007 and produced exclusively for Aldi
  • Bendicks

    • References

    August Storck Wikipedia
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