Dan's Chocolates
Dan's Chocolates is a Burlington, Vermont chocolate maker.
History
The company was founded in 1999 by Dan Cunningham.[1] It was established as a subsidiary of the BlueMountain.com greeting card site and spun off as an independent venture in 2000.[2]
The company operates both a factory direct boxed chocolates business as well as a business selling all-natural chocolate bars and truffles through retail grocery stores.
Dan's Chocolates comprises milk, dark, and white varieties.[citation needed]
Dan's Chocolates posts a social responsibility scorecard on its site, which includes measures to reduce energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and waste products in manufacturing. Since its founding day, a percentage of each sale has been given to one of the charities which customers designate at checkout.[citation needed]
Dan's Chocolates became part of Hauser Foods in 2017.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Chocolate Explosion". Business Week. July 31, 2000. Archived from the original on 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2015-02-02.
The twentysomething Vermont native's title is chief chokolada (no joke), and he's the founder of online gourmet chocolate purveyor Dan's Chocolates.
- ^ "Homemade Apps Make Life Sweet". InfoWorld. February 12, 2001. p. 40. Retrieved 2015-02-02.
When Dan Cunningham, CEO of Dan's Chocolates, launched the online gourmet chocolate e-tail site, he made technology decisions based on the fact that the online business was part of a larger company
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