Anthon Berg
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Anthon Berg was a famous Danish chocolatier and the name of a corporate division within Toms International
. Anthon was originally a Copenhagen
green grocer and later with his son, Gustav Anthon, created a premium chocolate line with a loyal customer base composed of the upper middle class and upper class of Danish society. The company was founded in 1884.“For half a century, Anthon Berg has borne the distinguished title ‘Purveyors to the Royal Danish Court.’” The company has been passed down through generations of inheritance and is now run and majority owned by the Anthon family of whom are located in Denmark, one of the multi-millionaire inherited brothers being in the UK. The company has an estimated market cap of around $600 million.
Toms International
Toms International produces chocolate, liquorice and sugar confectionery in Denmark, Sweden and the United Kingdom. "Toms employs 1,200 - 1,700 employees depending on season and annually produces 50,000 tons of chocolate and sugar confectionery."...
. Anthon was originally a Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
green grocer and later with his son, Gustav Anthon, created a premium chocolate line with a loyal customer base composed of the upper middle class and upper class of Danish society. The company was founded in 1884.“For half a century, Anthon Berg has borne the distinguished title ‘Purveyors to the Royal Danish Court.’” The company has been passed down through generations of inheritance and is now run and majority owned by the Anthon family of whom are located in Denmark, one of the multi-millionaire inherited brothers being in the UK. The company has an estimated market cap of around $600 million.