Fazer

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This page is about the Finnish corporation. For the album by Sun Dial, see Fazer (album).

Fazer Group

Type	Business group
Founded	1891
Headquarters	Helsinki, Finland
Industry	Foodservice

Fazer is one of the largest corporations in the Finnish food industry.

The company was originally founded by Karl Fazer in 1891, as a "French-Russian conditory" in central Helsinki. Today, it employs over ten thousand people in Finland as well as Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Baltic countries, the United Kingdom and Russia .

Fazer's production is divided into four major areas:

Fazer Amica, a chain of work-place restaurants
Fazer bakeries, producing various kinds of bread
Candyking, shop-inshop pick & mix confectionery concept
Fazer Café, a chain of cafés. The main Fazer café is on Kluuvikatu in Helsinki. There is a counter where one can order things and then sit down in the front. There is also a back area where one can be served by a waiter. The areas are separated by an entrance area that sometimes has some kind of exhibit, as well as another counter, just for buying chocolates. They are known for their chocolate flavored tea.

Pantteri is a popular brand of salmiakki candies by Fazer.

Particularly Fazer's classic chocolate (Fazerin Sininen maitosuklaa) is famous throughout Finland, and the blue colour of its wrapper has been used by Fazer as a symbol for the whole product line.

Fazer has bought a few other companies, including Finnish Chymos and Danish Perelly. The confectionery line was merged with its Swedish competitor Cloetta in 2000, to become Cloetta Fazer. Later, Fazer Keksit (which made biscuits) was sold to Danone. It was renamed to LU Suomi.