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</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">Hotel Chocolat Group Limited</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Hotel Chocolat Group Limited (2013–2016)<sup id="cite_ref-CompaniesHouse_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CompaniesHouse-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
Hotel Chocolat Group PLC (2016–2024)<sup id="cite_ref-CompaniesHouse_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CompaniesHouse-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category">Subsidiary</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="Ticker_symbol" title="Ticker symbol">Traded as</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="London_Stock_Exchange" title="London Stock Exchange">LSE</a>: HOTC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="Chocolatier" title="Chocolatier">Chocolatier</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1993<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1993</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">
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</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Angus Thirlwell</li><li>Peter Harris</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="Royston%2C_Hertfordshire" title="Royston, Hertfordshire">Royston, Hertfordshire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of locations</div></th><td class="infobox-data">164 (2025)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Chocolate</li><li>Hot Chocolate</li><li>Gifts</li><li>Cooking Chocolate</li><li>Cuisine Items</li><li>Drinking Tea</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data">£204.5 million (2023)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,300+</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Mars_Inc." title="Mars Inc.">Mars Inc.</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(2024–present)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hotelchocolat.com">hotelchocolat<wbr>.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><b>Footnotes / references</b><br><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Hotel Chocolat Group Limited</b> is a British <a href="Chocolatier" title="Chocolatier">chocolate manufacturer</a> and <a href="Cocoa_bean" title="Cocoa bean">cocoa</a> grower.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It produces and distributes chocolate and other cocoa related products online and through a network of cafés, restaurants, outlets and factory stores.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>By 2023, it had been reported that the firm had 125 stores spread across the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the only company in the UK to own its own <a href="Cocoa_bean" title="Cocoa bean">cocoa</a> farm. Its acquisition by <a href="Mars_Inc." title="Mars Inc.">Mars Inc.</a> was completed in January 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>
<p>In 1990, Angus Thirlwell and Peter Harris began designing and selling mints under the brand "Mint Marketing Company (MMC)", before moving to chocolates about six years later under the "Geneva Chocolates" brand.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thirlwell and Harris' success led them to expand their business into the catalogue order market under the "Chocolate Express" brand.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In 1998, the Chocolate Tasting Club was launched in Britain; as of 2014, it has around 100,000 members.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To date, the Tasting Club has trialled over 1,500 different recipes. As detailed on their website, the Chocolate Tasting Club sends out boxes to customers all over the country each month.
</p><p>In 2003, Chocolate Express (ChocExpress) rebranded as Hotel Chocolat and launched its first retail store in the center of <a href="Watford" title="Watford">Watford</a>. The company then grew initially to having four stores in the East Anglian area, with stores in <a href="Milton_Keynes" title="Milton Keynes">Milton Keynes</a>, <a href="Cambridge" title="Cambridge">Cambridge</a> and <a href="St_Albans" title="St Albans">St Albans</a> opening between 2005 and 2006.
</p><p>In 2006, the company officially acquired the Rabot Estate in <a href="Saint_Lucia" title="Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a>, and is, to date, the only company in the UK to own its own cocoa farm.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This farm is one of the reasons given for the company choosing not to be <a href="Fair_Trade" class="mw-redirect" title="Fair Trade">Fair Trade</a>-accredited, as only smallholdings are allowed.
</p><p>In 2011, Hotel Chocolat opened its Boucan Hotel in Saint Lucia.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hotel sits on the Rabot Estate which is perched high up between the Piton mountains. The hotel currently has six lodges and a cocoa-inspired Boucan Restaurant.
</p><p>In November 2013, it opened two UK restaurants, Rabot 1745 in London's <a href="Borough_Market" title="Borough Market">Borough Market</a>, and Roast + Conch in <a href="Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2017, one year after becoming listed on the <a href="London_Stock_Exchange" title="London Stock Exchange">London Stock Exchange</a> as <i>Hotel Chocolat Group PLC</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it opened its first stores in the Republic of Ireland in <a href="Dundrum%2C_Dublin" title="Dundrum, Dublin">Dundrum, Dublin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In January 2019, British television station <a href="Channel_5_(British_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Channel 5 (British TV channel)">Channel 5</a> aired a two-series documentary as part of their "Inside" series, titled "Inside Hotel Chocolat". Another British television station, <a href="Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a>, aired two documentaries in 2022 also focused on Hotel Chocolat; the first was "Hotel Chocolat at Easter" in April 2022 and the second was titled "Hotel Chocolat: Inside the Chocolate Factory" in August 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In November 2023, Hotel Chocolat agreed to be acquired by American confectionery company Mars, Inc in an all-cash deal for £534 million.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both companies have expressed hope that the deal will increase the brand's exposure internationally. The deal closed on 25 January 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-MarsHotelChocolat_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MarsHotelChocolat-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In March 2025, a four part series started on <a href="Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> "Hotel Chocolat: Unwrapped", the first episode was released on 30 March 2025, with the next episode released on 6 April 2025. the final episodes are due to be released during the last half of 2025<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Corporate_affairs">Corporate affairs</h2></div>
<p>Hotel Chocolat is led by co-founder Angus Thirlwell (CEO), a duty previously shared with co-founder Peter Harris up until Harris' retirement after the sale of the company to Mars<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>As of 30 September 2022, major shareholders in the company included its directors Angus Thirlwell (27.1%) and Peter Harris (27.1%),<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Phoenix Asset Management Partners (15.34%), and Capital Group Companies (6.23%).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 25 January 2024, American confectionery maker <a href="Mars_Inc." title="Mars Inc.">Mars Inc.</a> became the new owner of Hotel Chocolat.<sup id="cite_ref-MarsHotelChocolat_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MarsHotelChocolat-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Locations">Locations</h2></div>
<p>Hotel Chocolat has 125 shops in the United Kingdom (as of January 2023)<sup id="cite_ref-:3_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 33 stores in Japan (as of May 2022).<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company has twice entered the US market with their first attempt that consisted of five locations in New York having closed in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It continued operation online and through a network of wholesalers<sup id="cite_ref-:1_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before re-entering the US market with two stores in <a href="Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> in 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In November 2024, the company announced it plans on exiting the Republic of Ireland at the end of the year. The exit will result in the closure of two stores in Dublin.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Products">Products</h2></div><p>
The company produces a variety of chocolate-based confectionery, including regular chocolate <a href="Chocolate_bar" title="Chocolate bar">bars</a>, blocks, loose chocolates and a variety of seasonal and gift products. It also offers beverages like hot chocolates and alcohol.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, the company launched a chocolate subscription service.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>The Velvetiser was released in 2018 as the first, at-home hot chocolate machine, designed to heat & mix (Velvetise) milk, dairy or plant-based, and chocolate shavings to offer a coffee shop style drink at home.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rabot_Estate">Rabot Estate</h2></div>
<p>Hotel Chocolat owns and operates a 140-acre (0.57 km<sup>2</sup>) estate in the southwest of <a href="St_Lucia" class="mw-redirect" title="St Lucia">St Lucia</a>, near <a href="Soufri%C3%A8re%2C_Saint_Lucia" title="Soufrière, Saint Lucia">Soufrière</a>. Rabot Estate is home to a <a href="Luxury_hotel" class="mw-redirect" title="Luxury hotel">luxury hotel</a> and a cocoa plantation that is divided into 16 different areas.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cocoa trees of Rabot Estate are primarily <a href="Criollo_(cocoa_bean)" class="mw-redirect" title="Criollo (cocoa bean)">Trinitario</a> species.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_bean-to-bar_chocolate_manufacturers" title="List of bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturers">List of bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturers</a></li></ul>
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</style><div id="Mars_Inc.89" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Mars_Inc." title="Mars Inc.">Mars Inc.</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Mars_family" title="Mars family">Mars family</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Franklin_Clarence_Mars" title="Franklin Clarence Mars">Franklin Clarence Mars</a></li>
<li><a href="Ethel_V._Mars" title="Ethel V. Mars">Ethel V. Mars</a></li>
<li><a href="Forrest_Mars_Sr." title="Forrest Mars Sr.">Forrest Mars Sr.</a></li>
<li><a href="Forrest_Mars_Jr." title="Forrest Mars Jr.">Forrest Mars Jr.</a></li>
<li><a href="John_Franklyn_Mars" title="John Franklyn Mars">John Franklyn Mars</a></li>
<li><a href="Jacqueline_Mars" title="Jacqueline Mars">Jacqueline Mars</a></li>
<li><a href="Stephen_M._Badger" title="Stephen M. Badger">Stephen M. Badger</a></li></ul>
</div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_assets_owned_by_Mars%2C_Incorporated" class="mw-redirect" title="List of assets owned by Mars, Incorporated">Brands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Chocolate</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="3_Musketeers_(chocolate_bar)" title="3 Musketeers (chocolate bar)">3 Musketeers</a></li>
<li><a href="A._Korkunov" title="A. Korkunov">A. Korkunov</a></li>
<li><a href="Balisto" title="Balisto">Balisto</a></li>
<li><a href="Bounty_(chocolate_bar)" title="Bounty (chocolate bar)">Bounty</a></li>
<li><a href="Celebrations_(confectionery)" title="Celebrations (confectionery)">Celebrations</a></li>
<li><a href="Dove_(chocolate_brand)" title="Dove (chocolate brand)">Dove</a></li>
<li><a href="Ethel_M_Chocolate_Factory" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethel M Chocolate Factory">Ethel M</a></li>
<li><a href="Flyte_(chocolate_bar)" title="Flyte (chocolate bar)">Flyte</a></li>
<li><a href="Galaxy_(chocolate_bar)" title="Galaxy (chocolate bar)">Galaxy</a>
<ul><li><a href="Galaxy_Minstrels" title="Galaxy Minstrels">Minstrels</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Kudos_(granola_bar)" title="Kudos (granola bar)">Kudos</a></li>
<li><a href="M-Azing" title="M-Azing">M-Azing</a></li>
<li><a href="M%26M's" title="M&M's">M&M's</a></li>
<li><a href="Maltesers" title="Maltesers">Maltesers</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_bar" title="Mars bar">Mars</a></li>
<li><a href="Milky_Way_(chocolate_bar)" title="Milky Way (chocolate bar)">Milky Way</a></li>
<li><a href="Revels_(confectionery)" title="Revels (confectionery)">Revels</a></li>
<li><a href="Snickers" title="Snickers">Snickers</a></li>
<li><a href="Topic_(chocolate_bar)" title="Topic (chocolate bar)">Topic</a></li>
<li><a href="Tracker_(granola_bar)" title="Tracker (granola bar)">Tracker</a></li>
<li><a href="Treets" title="Treets">Treets</a></li>
<li><a href="Twix" title="Twix">Twix</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other foods</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Combos" title="Combos">Combos</a></li>
<li><a href="Dolmio" title="Dolmio">Dolmio</a></li>
<li><a href="Munch_(candy_bar)" title="Munch (candy bar)">Munch</a></li>
<li><a href="Promite" title="Promite">Promite</a></li>
<li><a href="Seeds_of_Change_(company)" title="Seeds of Change (company)">Seeds of Change</a></li>
<li><a href="Ben's_Original" title="Ben's Original">Ben's Original</a></li>
<li><a href="Kind_(company)" title="Kind (company)">Kind</a></li>
<li><a href="Masterfoods" class="mw-redirect" title="Masterfoods">Masterfoods</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Drink</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="CocoaVia" title="CocoaVia">CocoaVia</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Wrigley_Company" title="Wrigley Company">Wrigley</a> gum</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With sugar</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Alert_(gum)" title="Alert (gum)">Alert</a></li>
<li><a href="Big_League_Chew" title="Big League Chew">Big League Chew</a></li>
<li><a href="Big_Red_(gum)" title="Big Red (gum)">Big Red</a></li>
<li><a href="Bubble_Tape" title="Bubble Tape">Bubble Tape</a></li>
<li><a href="Doublemint" title="Doublemint">Doublemint</a></li>
<li><a href="Hubba_Bubba" title="Hubba Bubba">Hubba Bubba</a></li>
<li><a href="Juicy_Fruit" title="Juicy Fruit">Juicy Fruit</a></li>
<li><a href="Wrigley's_Spearmint" title="Wrigley's Spearmint">Wrigley's Spearmint</a></li>
<li><a href="Winterfresh" title="Winterfresh">Winterfresh</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sugar free</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="5_(gum)" title="5 (gum)">5</a></li>
<li><a href="Airwaves_(gum)" title="Airwaves (gum)">Airwaves</a></li>
<li><a href="Eclipse_(breath_freshener)" title="Eclipse (breath freshener)">Eclipse Ice</a></li>
<li><a href="Excel_(gum)" class="mw-redirect" title="Excel (gum)">Excel</a></li>
<li><a href="Extra_(gum)" title="Extra (gum)">Extra</a></li>
<li><a href="Freedent" title="Freedent">Freedent</a></li>
<li><a href="Orbit_(gum)" title="Orbit (gum)">Orbit</a></li>
<li><a href="Ouch!_(gum)" title="Ouch! (gum)">Ouch!</a></li>
<li><a href="Surpass" title="Surpass">Surpass</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mint and candy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Altoids" title="Altoids">Altoids</a></li>
<li><a href="Eclipse_(breath_freshener)" title="Eclipse (breath freshener)">Eclipse</a></li>
<li><a href="Life_Savers" title="Life Savers">Life Savers</a></li>
<li><a href="Lockets" title="Lockets">Lockets</a></li>
<li><a href="Pacers_(confectionery)" title="Pacers (confectionery)">Pacers</a></li>
<li><a href="Skittles_(confectionery)" title="Skittles (confectionery)">Skittles</a></li>
<li><a href="Starburst_(candy)" title="Starburst (candy)">Starburst</a></li>
<li><a href="Tunes_(confectionery)" title="Tunes (confectionery)">Tunes</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pet care</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Products</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Eukanuba" title="Eukanuba">Eukanuba</a> (except in Europe)</li>
<li><a href="Iams" title="Iams">Iams</a> (except in Europe)</li>
<li><a href="Nutro_Products" title="Nutro Products">Nutro</a></li>
<li><a href="Pedigree_Petfoods" title="Pedigree Petfoods">Pedigree</a></li>
<li><a href="Royal_Canin" title="Royal Canin">Royal Canin</a></li>
<li><a href="Sheba_(cat_food)" title="Sheba (cat food)">Sheba</a></li>
<li><a href="Whiskas" title="Whiskas">Whiskas</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Anicura" title="Anicura">Anicura</a></li>
<li><a href="Banfield_Pet_Hospital" title="Banfield Pet Hospital">Banfield Pet Hospital</a></li>
<li><a href="BluePearl_Specialty_and_Emergency_Pet_Hospital" title="BluePearl Specialty and Emergency Pet Hospital">BluePearl Specialty and Emergency Pet Hospital</a></li>
<li><a href="PrettyLitter" title="PrettyLitter">PrettyLitter</a></li>
<li><a href="VCA_Animal_Hospitals" title="VCA Animal Hospitals">VCA Animal Hospitals</a></li>
<li><a href="Whistle_(company)" title="Whistle (company)">Whistle</a></li></ul>
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<li><a href="List_of_assets_owned_by_Mars%2C_Incorporated" class="mw-redirect" title="List of assets owned by Mars, Incorporated">List of assets owned by Mars, Incorporated</a></li></ul>
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