Hosta (company)
| HOSTA - factory for chocolate specialties
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1949 |
| Seat |
Stimpfach , Germany
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| management | Laura offering cake |
| Number of employees | 68 |
| sales | € 33.5 million in sales |
| Branch | food industry |
| Website | www.hosta-group.com |
| As of August 11, 2019 | |
Hosta (company name: HOSTA - Factory for Chocolate Specialties GmbH & Co. KG ) is a confectionery manufacturer based in the suburb of Randenweiler in the municipality of Stimpfach between Ellwangen and Crailsheim in East Württemberg . The name is derived from the initials of the company's founder Hermann Opferkuch and the letters S, T and A from the company headquarters in Stimpfach . The managing director is Laura Opferkuch, who took over the management in 2019 after the death of Hermann Opferkuch. The company is now run as a family business in the third generation.
history
The family company was founded in 1949 by Hermann Opferkuch Senior with the marketing of O-Minz (sacrificial cake peppermint tablets). At that time, the delivery was still carried out with a backpack on the motorcycle. Between 1950 and 1955 the company was expanded into a modern industrial company. Over the years, Hosta has increasingly geared its production towards confectionery specialties, which are characterized by their eye-catching packaging design. In brand communication, Hosta prefers to pursue “innovative” campaign approaches (e.g. TV spots “Mr. Tom Professor” (1992), “Nippon Penguin Cartoon” (2005), testimonial jungle queen Evelyn Burdecki (2019)).
Products
The most famous products include:
- Mr.Tom (peanut bar coated with caramel )
- Mr.Jim (chocolate coated peanut bar, launched 2018)
- Nippon ( puffed rice coated with chocolate)
- ROMY summer (coconut chocolate available from April to August)
- ROMY Original (coconut chocolate available from September to March)
- Risco (caramelized puffed rice)
International activities
The Hosta Group also includes Hosta Meltis Ltd in Great Britain, Hosta Italia Srl in Italy, Droste BV in the Netherlands (since 1997), Droste AG in Switzerland, Wamco in Takoradi (Ghana) and Wawel SA in Poland.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Federal Gazette : hosta factory for chocolate specialties GmbH & Co. KG, Stimpfach, annual financial statements for the business year from 01/01/2017 to 12/31/2017 , accessed on August 18, 2019
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento from October 19, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Droste | Hosta group. Retrieved January 10, 2019 .
Coordinates: 49 ° 3 ′ 4.7 " N , 10 ° 4 ′ 52.8" E