Nestle is a Swiss multinational food and drink company, with its headquarters in Vevey on Lake Geneva. Its roots go back to the baby cereal developed by the pharmacist Henri Nestle, and to the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company, which later merged with it. The group grew by the sale of condensed milk, infant food and chocolate, and it launched Nescafe, instant coffee, in the late 1930s. Today it owns hundreds of brands, among them KitKat, Nespresso and Maggi, and it is one of the largest food companies in the world. Nestle has also been the subject of controversy, particularly over its marketing of infant formula in developing countries, which led to a consumer boycott beginning in the 1970s.
Before and after
- 27 August 1865Birth of Charles G. Dawes
- 2 November 1865Birth of Warren G. Harding
- 26 November 1865Publication of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- 8 December 1865Birth of Jean Sibelius
- 1866Founding of Nestlé
- 1866Publication of Crime and Punishment
- from 1866 to 1868Red Cloud's War
- 1866Origins of Christian Science
- 1866Gregor Mendel publishes his experiments on plant hybrids
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- 14 September 1867Karl Marx publishes Das Kapital
- 1874Founding of Universal Postal Union
- 29 November 1899Founding of FC Barcelona
The era
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