Turnover: 52 million EUR (2022)

Country: France

  • Chocmod is a family business founded in 1948 in northern France.
  • World leader in the industrial manufacture of traditional French truffles
  • Chocmod distributes its chocolate products worldwide under its own brand (Truffettes de France) as well as under private label.
  • Products: chocolate truffles, organic truffles, chocolate-covered marshmallows, chocolate chips, chocolate bars, chocolate tiles..
  • Exports to 50 countries

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Chocmod wants to impose its chocolate truffles on supermarkets 31/07/2023

  • Sales 2022/2023: 52 million euros
  • Sales breakdown: 80% international
  • Annual production: 6,000 tons of truffles and 2,000 tons of marshmallows
  • Production sites: Roncq (Nord, France) and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Canada)
  • Seasonal chocolate market: €700 million at Christmas, €400 million at Easter
  • The truffle segment is worth 6 M€ at Christmas
  • The company's primary market is the United States
  • 80% of sales at Christmas
  • 80% of sales are with truffles
  • 80% of sales are to supermarkets and hypermarkets (GMS)
  • This family-run SME is majority-owned by the Céréa fund, alongside Unigrains, Indigo and the management.

Confectionery: Chocmod reinvests the French market 27/06/2023

  • Chocmod is the world leader in the chocolate truffle niche.
  • The company produces 6,000 tonnes of chocolate truffles and 2,000 tonnes of marshmallows annually.
  • 85% of its 42 million euros in sales come from exports.
  • The chocolate market is divided between mass-market products (10 to 25 euros per kilo) and products from leading chocolate makers (over 150 euros per kilo).
  • Chocmod achieves 80% of its sales at Christmas and Easter.
  • The company is investing 1.2 million euros a year for three years in production facilities in France and Canada.
  • Chocmod expects to achieve sales of 52 million euros in 2022-2023, and is targeting 70 million euros in five years' time.

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The confectionery market - France

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