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The nestle story

Nestle started as a baby food company. Henri Nestlé wanted to make nutritious baby food to stop babies from dying of malnutrition. Nestle didn't become a chocolate company until 1875 when  Daniel Peter invneted milk chocolate. This is when nestle took off

Key dates in the History of Nestle

1866

Foundation of Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co.

1867

Henry Nestlé's Infant cereal developed

1905

Nestlé and Anglo Swiss Condensed Milk Co. (new name after merger)

1929

Merger with Peter, Cailler, Kohler Chocolats Suisses S.A.

1934

Launch of Milo

1938

Launch of Nescafé

1947

Nestlé Alimentana S.A. (new name after merger with Maggi)

1948

Launch of Nestea and Nesquik

1969

Vittel (initially equity interest only)

1971

Merger with Ursina-Franck

1973

Stouffer's (with Lean Cuisine)

1974

L'Oréal (associate)

1977

Nestlé S.A. (new company name)

Alcon (2002: partial IPO; 2008: partial sale)

1981

Galderma (joint venture with L'Oréal)

1985

Carnation (with Coffee-mate and Friskies)

1986

Creation of Nestlé Nespresso S.A.

1988

Buitoni-Perugina, Rowntree (with KitKat)

1990

Cereal Partners Worldwide (joint venture with General Mills)

1991

Beverage Partners Worldwide (joint venture with Coca-Cola)

1992

Perrier (with Poland Spring)

1993

Creation of Nestlé Sources Internationales (2002: Nestlé Waters)

1997

Creation of Nutrition Strategic Business Division (2006: Nestlé Nutrition)

1998

San Pellegrino and Spillers Petfoods

Launch of Nestlé Pure Life

2000

PowerBar

2001

Ralston Purina

2002

Schöller and Chef America

Dairy Partners Americas (joint venture with Fonterra)

Laboratoires innéov (joint venture with L'Oréal)

2003

Mövenpick and Dreyer's

2005

Wagner, Protéika and Musashi

2006

Creation of FoodServices Strategic Business Division (2009: Nestlé Professional)

Lactalis Nestlé Produits Frais (associate)

Jenny Craig, Uncle Tobys and Delta Ice Cream

2007

Novartis Medical Nutrition, Gerber and Henniez

2008

Ruzanna

2009

Vitality Beverage business

2010

Kraft Food's frozen pizza, Waggin'Train, Malher, Technocom and Vitaflo

Creation of Nestlé Health Science and Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences

Source:http://www.nestle.com/AboutUs/KeyDates/Pages/KeyDates.aspx

Overview of My topic

My blog is about the history of Nestle. It is a company in Switzerland. They make all sorts of food products, from Ice Cream to Chocolate to baby food. They started in 1866 as a condensed milk company and now are a global company.