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{{Infobox company
| name = Perugina
| logo =
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| industry = Confectionery
| fate =
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| successor =
| founded = {{Start date and age|1907}}
| founder = {{unbulletedlist|
* Annibale Spagnoli
* Francesco Andreani
* Francesco Buitoni
* Leone Ascoli}}
| defunct =
| hq_location_city = [[Perugia]]
| hq_location_country = [[Italy]] {{flagicon|Italy}}
| area_served =
| key_people =
| products =
| owner =
| num_employees =
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| parent = Nestlé corporation
| website = {{URL|www.perugina.it}}
}}
[[File:Perugina.jpg|thumb|300px|Nestlé-Perugina in [[Perugia]], Italy]]
[[File:Perugina.jpg|thumb|300px|Nestlé-Perugina in [[Perugia]], Italy]]


'''Perugina''' is an Italian chocolate confectionery company based in [[Perugia]], Italy that was founded in 1907.<ref name="Esposito 2002 p. 32">{{cite book | last=Esposito | first=M.A. | title=Ciao Italia in Umbria: Recipes and Reflections from the Heart of Italy | publisher=St. Martin's Press | year=2002 | isbn=978-0-312-30329-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3r1aA8ITYmAC&pg=PA32 | access-date=23 November 2017 | page=32}}</ref><ref name="Newman 2011">{{cite web | last=Newman | first=Andrew Adam | title=Chocolate Maker Perugina Resumes Ads in the United States | website=[[The New York Times]] | date=13 December 2011 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/business/media/chocolate-maker-perugina-resumes-ads-in-the-united-states.html | access-date=23 November 2017}}</ref> The company also operates a chocolate-making school at its factory in Perugia, which commenced in 2007.<ref name="Oliveri 2013">{{cite web | author=Oliveri, Kristen | title=Top chocolate factory tours and tastings around the world | website=[[USA Today]] | date=26 October 2013 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2013/10/26/chocolate-making-factory-tours/3188757/ | access-date=23 November 2017}}</ref> Perugina was purchased by the [[Nestlé]] corporation in 1988, and it is now a division of Nestlé corporation.<ref name="Esposito 2002 p. 32"/><ref name="Newman 2011"/><ref name="FoodBev Media 2017">{{cite web | title=Nestlé 'strongly rejects' watering down Perugina investment plans | website=FoodBev Media | date=31 July 2017 | url=https://www.foodbev.com/news/nestle-strongly-rejects-watering-down-perugina-investment-plans/ | access-date=23 November 2017}}</ref>
'''Perugina''' is an Italian chocolate confectionery company based in Perugia, Italy that was founded in 1907.<ref name="Esposito 2002 p. 32">{{cite book | last=Esposito | first=M.A. | title=Ciao Italia in Umbria: Recipes and Reflections from the Heart of Italy | publisher=St. Martin's Press | year=2002 | isbn=978-0-312-30329-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3r1aA8ITYmAC&pg=PA32 | access-date=23 November 2017 | page=32}}</ref><ref name="Newman 2011">{{cite web | last=Newman | first=Andrew Adam | title=Chocolate Maker Perugina Resumes Ads in the United States | website=[[The New York Times]] | date=13 December 2011 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/business/media/chocolate-maker-perugina-resumes-ads-in-the-united-states.html | access-date=23 November 2017}}</ref> The company also operates a chocolate-making school at its factory in Perugia, which commenced in 2007.<ref name="Oliveri 2013">{{cite web | author=Oliveri, Kristen | title=Top chocolate factory tours and tastings around the world | website=[[USA Today]] | date=26 October 2013 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2013/10/26/chocolate-making-factory-tours/3188757/ | access-date=23 November 2017}}</ref> Perugina was purchased by the [[Nestlé]] corporation in 1988, and it is now a division of Nestlé corporation.<ref name="Esposito 2002 p. 32"/><ref name="Newman 2011"/><ref name="FoodBev Media 2017">{{cite web | title=Nestlé 'strongly rejects' watering down Perugina investment plans | website=FoodBev Media | date=31 July 2017 | url=https://www.foodbev.com/news/nestle-strongly-rejects-watering-down-perugina-investment-plans/ | access-date=23 November 2017}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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==Products==
==Products==

The company produces a wide array of chocolate and food products, including chocolate bars, hard candy, [[nougat]], and [[biscotti]].<ref name="CBS News 2017"/> During Easter-time, a major product is chocolate [[Easter egg]]s wrapped in colorful aluminium paper.<ref name="CBS News 2017"/>
The company produces a wide array of chocolate and food products, including chocolate bars, hard candy, [[nougat]], and [[biscotti]].<ref name="CBS News 2017"/> During Easter-time, a major product is chocolate [[Easter egg]]s wrapped in colorful aluminium paper.<ref name="CBS News 2017"/>


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==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://www.perugina.it/ Nestlé's Perugina webpage]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030404164929/http://www.baciperugina.it/ita/intro.asp Nestlé's Baci webpage]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030404164929/http://www.baciperugina.it/ita/intro.asp Nestlé's Baci webpage]


Revision as of 18:59, 11 December 2019

Perugina
IndustryConfectionery
Founded1907; 117 years ago (1907)
Founder
    • Annibale Spagnoli
    • Francesco Andreani
    • Francesco Buitoni
    • Leone Ascoli
Headquarters
Perugia
,
Italy Italy
ParentNestlé corporation
Websitewww.perugina.it
Nestlé-Perugina in Perugia, Italy

Perugina is an Italian chocolate confectionery company based in Perugia, Italy that was founded in 1907.[1][2] The company also operates a chocolate-making school at its factory in Perugia, which commenced in 2007.[3] Perugina was purchased by the Nestlé corporation in 1988, and it is now a division of Nestlé corporation.[1][2][4]

History

The company was formed in 1907 by Francesco Buitoni, Annibale Spagnoli, Leone Ascoli and Francesco Andreani.[1][5] It was founded in the town of Perugia, which is located in the Umbria region of central Italy.[1][5] The company was introduced to the United States at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City, and since became known for producing fine chocolates.[6] Perugina also opened a retail store on Fifth Avenue in New York City circa 1939.[7]

Products

The company produces a wide array of chocolate and food products, including chocolate bars, hard candy, nougat, and biscotti.[8] During Easter-time, a major product is chocolate Easter eggs wrapped in colorful aluminium paper.[8]

  • In the late 1990s, Alitalia painted one of its Boeing 747s in a special Baci livery.
    In the late 1990s, Alitalia painted one of its Boeing 747s in a special Baci livery.
  • Perugina chocolate tin box (ca 1955)
    Perugina chocolate tin box (ca 1955)

A noted and well-known product is the Baci chocolate kisses filled with hazelnut, wrapped in a multilingual love note, which was introduced in 1922.[2][8][9] These love notes are written in either Italian, English, French, German, Greek, Spanish, or Portuguese.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Esposito, M.A. (2002). Ciao Italia in Umbria: Recipes and Reflections from the Heart of Italy. St. Martin's Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-312-30329-7. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Newman, Andrew Adam (13 December 2011). "Chocolate Maker Perugina Resumes Ads in the United States". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  3. ^ Oliveri, Kristen (26 October 2013). "Top chocolate factory tours and tastings around the world". USA Today. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Nestlé 'strongly rejects' watering down Perugina investment plans". FoodBev Media. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  5. ^ a b "In Italy, Right in the Kisser". The Washington Post. 29 May 2005. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  6. ^ Coronet. David A. Smart. 1961. p. 153. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  7. ^ LaGumina, S.J.; Cavaioli, F.J.; Primeggia, S.; Varacalli, J.A. (2003). The Italian American Experience: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-135-58333-0. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  8. ^ a b c "Chocolate Easter eggs: Candy treasures". CBS News. 16 April 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  9. ^ Prinz, D.R.; Prinz, D. (2013). On the Chocolate Trail. Jewish Lights Publishing. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-58023-487-0. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  10. ^ Redação (2 October 2017). "Chocolate Baci Perugina lança 'bilhetes de amor' em dialetos". Jornal do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 November 2017.
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