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Laufen 1924 |
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Rich in tradition, Ricola is a typical Swiss family-owned company, whose history stretches back to the 1920s. It was in 1924 that Emil Richterich bought a small bakery in the picturesque town of Laufen just outside Basel. | |
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Emil Richterich, Founder |
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The Bleile bakery specialised in confectionery made from sugar, and produced more than 100 specialties including “Fünfermocken”, a candy something like caramel which at that time cost just 5 Swiss centimes a piece and which was the quintessential boiled sweet for generations of Swiss children. | |||
Ricola "Fünfermocken" |
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Ricola "Hustenwohl" |
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Another specialty was “Hustenwohl”, a cough drop made from soothing herbs to ease sore throats and coughs. | ||
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Laufen 1924 |
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In 1930, Emil Richterich set up the Confiseriefabrik Richterich & Co. Laufen, from which title the name Ricola was later formed. Confectionery production was commenced in new premises using a coal-fuelled cooking range, copper pots, a cooling table, screw press and a number of coating drums. | ||
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