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Lindt to supply Chocolate to Canada from Europe (www.reuters.com)

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At present 50% of the company's chocolates in Canada came from the U.S., and the rest from Europe.

"We are able to source 100% from Europe," Lechner told Reuters.

Lindt, whose products include Lindor chocolate balls, has already built up inventories in Canada from the U.S. to give it time to change its supply chain, which it expects to complete by the middle of the year.

Chief Financial Officer Martin Hug said it would be slightly more expensive to transport chocolate to Canada from Europe but it would cost less than if tariffs were imposed.

I would love to see more companies move in this direction. It's not perfect, but at least they are trying, and I think that's great.

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[–] oce@jlai.lu 15 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

I thought it would belong to one of those food industry behemoths but it's actually Independent, headquarters in Switzerland and majorly owned by themselves.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 hours ago

I’m Swiss and my Uncle works for Lindt.

One fun fact about Lindt is that the vast majority of their employees work in France, because it’s cheaper. It’s mostly headquartered in Switzerland to keep the “Swiss Choclate” branding and because it was historically swiss.

[–] Nemean_lion@lemmy.ca 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I plan on visiting the lindt holy land one day. Like the headquarters, been to the country once already.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 hours ago

Just make sure to follow whatever arbitrary rules the tour has.

You don’t want them to have to stretch or press you.