Favarger

Favarger is a Swiss chocolate making company founded by Jacques Foulquier in 1826. It is located in Versoix, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

Favarger Antique Chevrolet Truck and the Boutique at Quai des Bergues in Geneva

Brief history

In 1826, Jacques Foulquier, a confectioner, moved to Geneva and started a chocolate company. One of his daughters later married Jean-Samuel Favarger who took over his father in laws company.[1]

The Batîment des Forces Motrices is now built at the old location of the chocolate factory. The company relocated outside of Geneva, in Versoix, a small commune in the canton of Geneva.

The Favarger family ran the company until 2003. In 2003 the majority of shares of Favarger were acquired by Luka Rajic. His intention is to ally the traditional know-how of this chocolate specialist with new managerial competences to develop the brand in Switzerland and abroad.

Favarger collaborated with the Goldkenn chocolate company from its launch in 1980 until 1995.[2]

See also

Notes and references
  1. "Favarger, la Manufacture de Chocolats de Genève depuis 1826". Market.ch. 14 October 2010. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  2. Guertchakoff, Serge (12 January 2015). "Favarger, le plus petit des grands chocolatiers". Bilan. Retrieved 29 March 2022. Dès 1980, la société obtient un contrat «private label» pour une start-up appelée à connaître un immense succès: Goldkenn, créée par Christian Belce-Kennedy et Steve Goldstein. Il s’agit des fameux lingots dorés remplis de chocolats. Cette idée géniale fera un tel tabac que lorsque Goldkenn rompt ses relations avec Favarger en 1995, ce client représentait alors environ 60% du chiffre d’affaires! [In 1980, the company obtained a "private label" contract for a start-up destined to experience immense success: Goldkenn, created by Christian Belce-Kennedy and Steve Goldstein. These are the famous golden ingots filled with chocolates. This brilliant idea will be such a hit that when Goldkenn breaks its relations with Favarger in 1995, this client then represented around 60% of the turnover!]


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