Lotte Confectionery is a South Korean company headquartered in Yangpyeong-dong Yeongdeungpo-gu

Yeongdeungpo-gu

Yeongdeungpo-gu is an administrative district in southwest Seoul, South Korea. Although the origin of the name is uncertain, the first two syllables are thought to be from "yeongdeung" or "divine ascent", a shamanic rite. The third syllable is "po", representing water , referring to the...

 Seoul

Seoul

Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

, Korea

Korea

Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

. It was established in 1967 and its plants are located in Seoul

Seoul

Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

, Daejeon

Daejeon

Daejeon is South Korea's fifth largest metropolis and the provincial capital of Chungnam. Located in the center of the country, Daejeon had a population of over 1.5 million in 2010. It is at the crossroads of Gyeongbu railway, Honam railway, Gyeongbu Expressway, and Honam Expressway. Within the...

, Yangsan

Yangsan

Yangsan is a city in Gyeongsangnam-do Province, South Korea.-Administrative divisions:Currently, Yangsan is made up of 1 eup, 4 myeon, and 7 dong. There are plans, however, to create a new Ungsang-eup, which would include 4 dong.-Railways:...

, Pyeongtaek

Pyeongtaek

Pyeongtaek is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Located in the southwestern part of the province, Pyeongtaek was founded as a union of two districts in 940 AD, during the Goryeo dynasty. It was elevated to city status in 1986, and is home to a South Korean naval base and a large...

 and Siheung

Siheung

Siheung is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.In the early Three Kingdoms period, the Siheung area was part of the Baekje kingdom. It was lost to Goguryeo along with the Han River valley in 475....

. It manufactures and sells more than 200 products to more than 70 countries. It is the No.3 chewing gum manufacturer in the world. It is a subsidiary company of Lotte

Lotte (conglomerate)

Lotte Co., Ltd. is a South Korean-Japanese Jaebeol and one of the largest food and shopping groups in South Korea and Japan. Lotte was established in June 1948, in Tokyo, by Japanese-educated, Korean businessman Shin Kyuk-Ho – also known as...

 Group.

Lotte Confectionery produces Crunky candy bar and the Chic-Choc cookie (a chocolate chip cookie), one of the most famous brands in South Korea. Additionally, they produce other baked snacks, including the Margaret cookie. Lotte is also popular for their cookies called 'Kancho' (also known as Koala's March in Japan), which are small cream-filled cookies shaped like koala bears and packaged in a unique octagonal box.

Through its wide distribution, Lotte Confectionery is able to stream products to grocery, convenience stores, mom-and-pop and warehouse clubs. Their products are also distributed worldwide, including the USA, China and Europe.

It is a sister company of leading Polish

Poland

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 confectionery company E Wedel after the parent Lotte group completed a takeover from Kraft in June 2010.

Competitors

• Crown Confectionery
  Crown Confectionery
  Crown Confectionery is a confectionery company headquartered in Jamwon-dong Seocho-gu Seoul, Korea and it was established in 1947. It's manufacturing is based in Jungrang-gu Seoul and Anyang Gyeonggi-do. It is historically an old popular biscuit brand because they invented Sando and Big Pie...
  
  
• Orion Confectionery
  Orion Confectionery
  Orion Confectionery Co, Ltd. is a confectionery company, headquartered in Munbae-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Korea. The company which is one of the three biggest food companies in Korea was established in 1956 and Orion has manufacturing facilities in Seoul, Iksan Jeollanam-do and cities in China,...
  
  
• Nabisco
  Nabisco
  Nabisco is an American brand of cookies and snacks. Headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey, the company is a subsidiary of Illinois-based Kraft Foods. Nabisco's plant in Chicago, a production facility at 7300 S...
  
  
• Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
  Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
  The William Wrigley Jr. Company is a company headquartered in the Wrigley Building in Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded on April 1, 1891, originally selling products such as soap and baking powder. In 1892, William Wrigley, Jr., the company's founder, began packaging...
  
  

Products

• Biscuit
• Cookie - Lotte produces pepero
  Pepero
  Pepero is a cookie stick, dipped in chocolate syrup, manufactured by Lotte Confectionery in South Korea since 1983. It was inspired by the Japanese product, Pocky produced by Glico.-Flavors:As of 2007, it was sold in 10 different flavors:...
  
  , a product inspired by pocky
  Pocky
  is a Japanese snack food produced by the Ezaki Glico Company of Japan.-History:Pocky was first sold in 1966, and consists of a biscuit stick coated with chocolate. It was named after the Japanese onomatopoetic word for the sound Pocky makes when bitten, pokkin . The original was followed by...
  
  
• Cracker
• Ice Cream
• Candy and Gum - Lotte is famous for Black Black
  Black Black
  is a brand of caffeinated chewing gum produced in Japan by Lotte. It has been sold since 1983, and is popular in Japan, partially due to its well-known television commercials that star Jean-Claude Van Damme. It became popular in the United States after being mentioned in Wired Magazine...
  
  , Green Gum, and other unusual flavors of candy and chewing gum
• Chocolate - Lotte produces Crunky and Lotte Ghana
  Lotte Ghana
  is a popular Japanese chocolate brand made by the Lotte Confectionery. The name is taken from Ghana, the world's second-largest exporter of cacao beans from which chocolate is made...
  
   chocolate products
• Snack
• Health Food

See also

• Economy of South Korea
  Economy of South Korea
  South Korea has a market economy which ranks 15th in the world by nominal GDP and 12th by purchasing power parity , identifying it as one of the G-20 major economies. It is a high-income developed country, with a developed market, and is a member of OECD...
  
  
• List of South Korean corporations
• Lotte
  Lotte (conglomerate)
  Lotte Co., Ltd. is a South Korean-Japanese Jaebeol and one of the largest food and shopping groups in South Korea and Japan. Lotte was established in June 1948, in Tokyo, by Japanese-educated, Korean businessman Shin Kyuk-Ho – also known as...