Leonidas has opened a new factory in Nivelles, investing 100 million euros into a new site for production, the head office, offices, research department and warehouses. It is the only production site of the group.
The factory has been relocated from Anderlecht including six production lines. All their staff has followed the move. Five news lines have been added, so that in total eight industrial and trhee artisanal lines will produce around 6 000 t. of chocolate a year. Leonidas has also built an ‘Experience Centre’ and a chocolate museum at the new site.
The company sells through 1 225 outlets in 40 countries. Half of the production is exported, resulting that each Belgian citizen consumes 260 gr. of Leonidas chocolate per year.
Leonidas exists since 1913 and is purveyor to the Royal Court of Belgium. It was started by Leonidas Georges Kestekides who was born in Turkey and who started selling sweets when living in Greece. In 1910, he took part in the Brussels World Fair where he presented his confectionery for which he was awarded the bronze medal. He then settled in Ghent where his business started.
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