Guittard Chocolate Company

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Guittard Chocolate Company
Company typeCorporation (family-held)
Founded1868 (1868)
FounderÉtienne Guittard
Headquarters,
United States
Key people
Gary Guittard (President and CEO)
ProductsConfectionery
Couverture chocolate
OwnerGary Guittard
Number of employees
240
Websiteguittard.com
Footnotes / references

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.