Key facts
- Company type
- Subsidiary
- Industry
- Confectionery
- Predecessor
- Granja Asturias, S.A.U (1958–1964)
- Founded
- Sant Esteve Sesrovires , Barcelona , Spain (1958 ; 68 years ago ( 1958 ) )
- Founder
- Enric Bernat
- Fate
- Acquired by Perfetti Van Melle in 2006
- Headquarters
- Barcelona , Spain
- Key people
- Xavier Bernat ( CEO )
- Products
- Lollipops , Jellies , Drinks , Popsicles .
- Revenue
- € 500 million (2006)
- Number of employees
- 2,000 (2006)
- Parent
- Perfetti Van Melle
- Website
- chupachups .com
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- enterprise
- Country
- Spain
- Founded by
- Enric Bernat
- Headquarters
- Barcelona
- Owned by
- Perfetti Van Melle
- Parent organization
- Perfetti Van Melle
- Legal form
- public company
- Official website
- www.chupachupshk.com
- Image
- ChupaChups a Corea.JPG
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- Commons category
- Chupa Chups
- inception
- 1958-00-00
- location of formation
- Piloña
- product or material produced
- confection
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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Encyclopedic overview
Chupa Chups ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtʃupa ˈtʃups]) is a Spanish brand of confectionery found in over 150 countries. It was founded in 1958 by Enric Bernat and is owned by the Italian-Dutch company Perfetti Van Melle. The name comes from the Spanish verb chupar, meaning "to suck". Similar confections are known as lollipops or suckers in English.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chupa Chups” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.