Guittard Chocolate Company

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Guittard Chocolate Company
Company typeCorporation (family-held)
Founded1868 (1868)
FounderÉtienne Guittard
Headquarters
Burlingame, California
,
United States
Key people
Gary Guittard (President and CEO)
ProductsConfectionery
Couverture chocolate
OwnerGary Guittard
Number of employees
240
Websitewww.guittard.com
Footnotes / references
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The Guittard Chocolate Company is an American-based chocolate maker which produces couverture chocolate, using original formulas and traditional French methods. The company was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in Burlingame, California. It is the oldest continuously family-owned chocolate company in the United States, having been family-owned for more than four generations.[3]

  1. ^ "Secretary of State Statement of Information (California Stock, Agricultural Cooperative and Foreign Corporations)". California Secretary of State. January 19, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 26, 2020. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
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  3. ^ Guthrie, Julian (November 6, 2011). "Guittard Chocolate Co.'s quest for perfect candy". SFGATE. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved September 29, 2022.