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I have been told that the winner of the dot jersey in the Tour de France got his weight in Poulain chocolate. (If you ask me: a safe bet on account of Poulain.)
Both Engrange walls indicate that there was some freedom in the placement of the foal. Usually it jumps over the 'l', but here it comes out of the 'P'. The overview of the wall shows a second foal close to the right border.
Chocolat Poulain Confiserie
The white patch is part of a trendy St Raphaël ad. See image at the right.
Menier (the founder) was a powder maker for pharmacists. He
opened his own shop in 1816 and started selling his chocolate.
Like W. Lever (see Sunlight soap),
but years earlier, Jean Menier understood the importance of the
packaging and sold his chocolates in a yellow chrome wrapping.
By 1867 Menier was truely big with plantations, sugar refinery, ships,
everything.
Menier was taken in by Nestlé in 1988.
The complete brand's advertising history:
Musée de la Publicité in Paris
and The history of Menier at
Nestlé's site. (latest check X.2013)
(Choco)LAT MENIER
There are at least two layers, but it's not clear if both are about Menier. The text at the top says Gardez votre confiance (or Keep your trust). There is more text below the Menier but I can't decipher it.
Chocolat Cémoi
Fabriqué à Grenoble
The same mural 7 years later.
Someone managed to get hold of the Michelin plate.
This advert hides an older Monéger painting.
The other side of the same house shows a nice ad for Valentine paint.
The Cémoi is painted on top of an advertisement for a famous hotel in Cannes (see in our Tourism section).
Chocolat Moreuil
Moreuil was founded in Clichy (Paris) in 1825.
Chocolat Moreuil
A much better wall with a white bird like a Hoepoe. But it's not. It is a dove.
The catch-phrase of Moreuil was Le messager de la qualité and its logo was a white dove like a Dove of peace carying a palm branch.
The Swiss Philippe Suchard starts making chocolate in 1825. Read more about Swiss Chocolate pioneers or other brands of Kraft Foods International
Note: before I'm flooded by mail telling me this plate shouldn't be on this page. Know that I have the right to wave the first requirement (Admission requirements). I gladly make an exception.
To make ends meet after the French Revolution the monks of Notre-dame d'Aiguebelle were forced to look for more income than their
traditional occupations in agriculture could yield. A monk with a sweet tooth
suggested to go for chocolate. His idea proved to be a very good one.
It was soon necessary to build a dedicated production plant. The Chocolat
d'Aiguebelle became one of the bigger chocolate brands in France during the early 1900s.
The once famous plant was shut down in 1978. It entered the Cantalou-group (Cémoi) in 1981.
In 1912 a crunchy dark chocolat was brought to the market with the name Boy-Scouts. The small figure in the upper left corner is the boy-scout of the brand.
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