The French Candies Market

14 décembre 2011

By Anne-lise,

The French Candy market has a turnover of one billion euros (2006.) It is dominated by foreign companies that own strong brands, then a few familial firms that target precise markets segments.

Foreign companies:

- Nestlé France: Part of the Swiss group Nestlé, with a turnover of four billion euros in 2006, with 320 million in chocolate and candies. Its candies brands are Quality Street candies, Lion chocolate bars...

- Kraft Foods: Belongs to the American Philipps Morris. Owns many brands such as La Vosgienne, Krema,Kiss Cool, Hollywood bubble gums, Tonigum and Malabar, Vichy and Lajauni. Its subsidiary Kraft Foods France had a turnover of 1,5 billion Euros in 2006.

- Cadbury Schweppes: British Group of beverages and candies. Its French subsidiary, la Pie qui Chante, is third on the French candies market with a turnover of 991, 1 million euros in 2006.

- Wrigley, American: Bubblegum’s world leader with brands such as Freedent. Its French subsidiary, Solinest had a turnover of 261, 6 million Euros in 2006.

- Haribo Ricqlès Zan: Number 1 on the French candies market. They had a turnover of 105, 7 million euros in 2006.

- Ferrero: Familial Italian brand, fourth world leader of chocolate and candies market with a turnover of 820 million euros in 2006. Their main candy product is Tic-Tac and their main chocolate products are Nutella and Kinder.

- Chupa Chups: (Spanish), the lollipops market world leader, owned by the Bemat family. Its French subsidiary had a turnover of 39,4 million euros in 2006.

French groups :

- Cemoi: Candies and chocolate producer. Turnover of 368,9 million euros in 2006.

- Lamy Lutti: number 1 of candies for grown-ups on the French market. Their turnover was of 87,3 million euros in 2006, they are second after Haribo for children candies with a turnover in that market of 18,5 million euros.

Other small groups :

- Clément Faugier, Verquin Confiseur…