With corporate offices located in San Leandro, California, Ghirardelli Chocolates is a company manufacturing a range of chocolate products. The company is named after Domenico Ghirardelli who was born in 1817 in Rapallo, Italy to an importer of exotic foods. At a tender age, Domenico was introduced to the chocolate trading and confectionery business and developed a different set of skills during an apprenticeship with a local candy maker. In 1849, Ghirardelli who changed his first name to a Spanish name Domingo, Sailed to the US and opened his first store in Stockton, California. Slowly the company’s business developed as it introduced more unique products through the Broma process and even after the demise of Domingo in 1894, his sons continued and expanded the business empire. To be a part of the team at the company, candidates can browse job listings on the company’s official website with prospective careers in manufacturing and retail, sales, operations, and more.
