Peter's Chocolate (, formerly Peter-Cailler) was a Swiss chocolate producer founded in 1867 by Daniel Peter in Vevey. It is notably the company who produced the first successful milk chocolate bar. It merged with Kohler in 1904, with Cailler in 1911, and was bought by Nestlé in 1929. The brand was purchased by Cargill in 2002.[1] Peter's Chocolate was recurrently advertised with the image of a traditionally dressed man waving a chocolate bar, often with an Alpine scenery.[2]
History
The company was established by Daniel Peter in 1867, who was originally a grocer and candle maker based in Vevey. He was also the son-in-law of François-Louis Cailler, a pioneering (and neighbouring) chocolatier