The Lindt & Sprngli Group - premium chocolate for more than 175 years Lindt & Sprngli is recognized as a leader in the market for premium quality chocolate, offering a large selection of products in more than 120 countries around the world. During 175 years of Lindt & Sprnglis existence, it has become known as one of the most innovative and creative companies making premium chocolate. The beginnings of Lindt & Sprngli are in 1845, when father and son for the first time manufactured solid chocolate in their small confectionery Sprngli & Son, at that time yet a partnership. Since then, the company has gone through many different eras, but the entrepreneurial spirit and passion for making chocolate that drove both the Sprngli family as well as Rodolphe Lindt, when he invented the first truly melting chocolate and later on sold his business to Sprngli, are still alive. Today, quality chocolate products by Lindt & Sprngli are made at 11 own production sites in Europe and the USA. They are distributed by 31 subsidiary companies and branch offices, in more than 500 own stores, and also via a comprehensive network of more than 100 independent distributors around the globe. With more than 14,000 employees, the Lindt&Sprngli Group reported sales of CHF 4.59 billion in 2021. View More