LVIV CONFECTIONERY FACTORY "SVITOCH" is an enterprise of the confectionery branch of the food industry. The history goes back to the 19th century, when Lviv created small confectioners. f-ky (confectionery), in particular, the shwis confectionery. master D. Andreolli, and in 1882, the city chronicles first mentioned M. Brandstadter's ("Branka") candy store - at the place of the daughters. enterprise "Svitoch-1" (Sheptytskykh St., No. 26; currently sold). 1904 founded Society of Confectioners for Halychyna and Bukovyna, 1910 - Gazet candy and chocolate shop (at the intersection of Zavodska and Tkatska Streets). Since then, Lviv was considered a second world. capital of chocolate after Bern. 1924 K. Avdykovych-Glynska and Andrey Sheptytskyi founded one of the first Ukrainian "Fortuna Nova" sweet factory in Galicia. With the arrival of the Bolsheviks, the confectioner. enterprises were nationalized, and on their basis, f-ky named after Kirov and "Bolshevik". In 1950, the confectioner specialized. enterprises: f-ka named after Kirova began to produce only chocolate products, candies, waffles; f-ka "Bolshevik" - caramel and flour. confectioner. ware. In order to concentrate production in 1962 on the basis of these enterprises, as well as Chortki. confectioner. f-ky (Ternop region) creation. f-ku "Red Rose". In the same year, she took over. to the company "Svitoch" (however, the company traces its history back to 1882). F-ka became a producer of chocolate, candies with fillings, caramel, cookies, dragees. In 1969, a new 5-story building was built. case in which the caramel is opened. and candies and chocolate production. The company fully satisfied the needs of region of Ukraine, and its products were sold throughout the territory. USSR
The confectionery was established as Svitoch in 1962 through the merging of various confectionaries,[3] although it traces its history under other names to 1882.[4] In the Soviet era, Svitoch was considered one of the best manufacturers, along with the Rot Front and Babaevsky chocolate factories.[citation needed] After its acquisition by Nestlé in mid-1990s
At the beginning of 2015, it was a modern, high-tech, scientifically intensive and developing enterprise. There are lines for the production of waffles, chocolate bars and candies, a fundamentally new automated production for the preparation of chocolate masses.[6]
Since 2018, Nestlé owns 100% of the company's shares.[7]
1 Currently manufactured by General Mills in the U.S. and Canada. Produced by Cereal Partners under the Nestlé brand elsewhere. 2 Brand owned by General Mills; U.S. and Canadian production rights controlled by Nestlé under license. 3 U.S. production rights owned by The Hershey Company. 4 U.S. rights and production owned by the Smarties Candy Company with a different product. 5 U.S. rights and specific trade dress owned by Nestlé; rights elsewhere owned by Associated British Foods. 6 Produced by Cereal Partners, branded as Nestlé. 7 Produced by Cereal Partners and branded as Nestlé in the U.K. and Ireland. Produced by Post Foods elsewhere. 8 Philippine production rights owned by Alaska Milk Corporation. 9 Singaporean, Malaysian and Thai production rights owned by Fraser and Neave. 10 Used only in Indonesia, Thailand, and Cambodia. 11 Used only in the Philippines. 12 U.S. production rights owned by the Ferrara Candy Company. 13NA rights and specific trade dress to all packaged coffee and other products under the Starbucks brand owned by Nestlé since 2019. 14 Brand owned by Mars, sold by Nestlé in Canada. 15 Produced by Froneri in the U.S. since 2020.
