E. Wedel

E. Wedel (pronunciation: Veh-del) is a Polish confectionery company, which has been producing a variety of chocolates, cakes, and snacks since 1851. Wedel is also a well-recognized brand of candy in Poland, considered to be the "Polish national chocolate brand" in that market, and is the leading candy brand among Polish producers with about 14% of the Polish market in 2005 and 11.7% in 2007.

E. Wedel
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryConfectionery
FoundedWarsaw, Poland (1851)
FounderKarol Wedel, Emil Wedel
Headquarters,
OwnerLotte
Number of employees
1,200 (2020)
Websitewww.wedel.pl - confectionery company (in Polish)
www.wedelpijalnie.pl - chocolate shops (in Polish)

In June 2010 Kraft Foods Inc sold Wedel to Lotte Group, a South Korean-Japanese conglomerate, as part of their enforced divestment program of certain parts of the Cadbury plc which it acquired in March 2010.

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