The total value of the chocolate market in the United Kingdom (UK) is reputed to be £3.6bn in 2010, according to an April 21st 2011 article in Marketing Week titled "Appetite for indulgence will sweeten bitter pill.”
After that note, information on the UK chocolate market gets complicated, particularly when it comes to who owns whom and who manufactures which chocolate bar.
For example, the UK organic chocolate market is reputed to be the largest in the European Union. Green and Black’s, which was created in 1991 and acquired by Cadbury in 2005, claims to be the UK’s top organic chocolate market. Cadbury has been making chocolate since 1824, when John Cadbury opened his first shop.
Kraft Foods acquired Cadbury in early 2010. Kraft launched Milka in the UK, and Milka competes with Cadbury’s Dairy Milk, its sister brand first launched in 1905 and allegedly still the market leader in the UK today.
Swiss-based Nestle, known for its Kit-Kat bar, and Mars, a privately owned company in the United States famous for its Snickers bar, also dominate the UK chocolate market. Products by other chocolate manufacturers are available in the UK as well, including the United States brand, Hershey, maker of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, and Nutella, the brand name for the hazelnut-flavored spread made by the Italian company, Ferrero.
The good news is that, if your only concern is the quality of the chocolate, you have a variety of chocolates from which to choose. Britain truly is a country of chocolate lovers, regardless of manufacturer. People in the UK are among the top chocolate consumers in the world.
After that note, information on the UK chocolate market gets complicated, particularly when it comes to who owns whom and who manufactures which chocolate bar.
For example, the UK organic chocolate market is reputed to be the largest in the European Union. Green and Black’s, which was created in 1991 and acquired by Cadbury in 2005, claims to be the UK’s top organic chocolate market. Cadbury has been making chocolate since 1824, when John Cadbury opened his first shop.
Kraft Foods acquired Cadbury in early 2010. Kraft launched Milka in the UK, and Milka competes with Cadbury’s Dairy Milk, its sister brand first launched in 1905 and allegedly still the market leader in the UK today.
Swiss-based Nestle, known for its Kit-Kat bar, and Mars, a privately owned company in the United States famous for its Snickers bar, also dominate the UK chocolate market. Products by other chocolate manufacturers are available in the UK as well, including the United States brand, Hershey, maker of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, and Nutella, the brand name for the hazelnut-flavored spread made by the Italian company, Ferrero.
The good news is that, if your only concern is the quality of the chocolate, you have a variety of chocolates from which to choose. Britain truly is a country of chocolate lovers, regardless of manufacturer. People in the UK are among the top chocolate consumers in the world.
