Chocolats Halba

Chocolats Halba
Company typeDivision of Coop Group
IndustryChocolate production
PredecessorHalba AG
FoundedMay 5, 1933; 91 years ago (1933-05-05) in Zurich, Switzerland
FounderWilly Hallheimer and Werner Baer
HeadquartersPratteln, (Basel-Landschaft),
Switzerland
Key people
Anton von Weissenfluh
ProductsChocolate
RevenueCHF 135 Mio.
Number of employees
278
ParentCoop Group
Websitehalba.ch/en.html

Chocolats Halba is a Swiss chocolate producer based in Pratteln (Basel-Landschaft).[1] Chocolate Halba operates its own factory shops, the so-called Schoggihüsli, in Pratteln and at the former factory in Hinwil.[2] It is a division of the retail company Coop and processes around 20,000 tons of chocolate into bars, pralines and Easter bunnies every year.[3] Around 40% of the chocolate is delivered to the Coop Group, the rest goes to third-party customers around the world – including those in Switzerland, Germany, France, Holland, the USA, Canada, New Zealand and China. In addition to the Coop brand Swiss Confisa, they also produce for other brands such as "Die Gute Schokolade" by Plant-for-the-Planet[4] and for the processing industry.

In 2022, Chocolats Halba had annual sales of CHF 285 million. Chocolats Halba generates 90% of its sales with products that carry sustainability labels.[5]

Chocolats Halba generates 73% of its sales with products that carry labels such as Fairtrade Max Havelaar, Bio Suisse, USDA Organic, COR Canada Organic, UTZ or Carbon Neutral Product.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Schoggihüsli - ein Haus voller Schoggi - Home". www.schoggihuesli.ch. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  3. ^ PROFILE OF THE COOP GROUP 2022
  4. ^ "Die Gute Schokolade". Chclt.net (in German). Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  5. ^ "Zahlen und Fakten". Chocolat Halba (in German). Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  6. ^ "Zertifizierungen und Labels". Halba Nachhaltigkeitsbericht (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-28.