Bruyerre is a belgian chocolaterie founded in 1909 by François Léon Bruyerre.
History
editThe Bruyerre company was founded in 1909, by Francois Leon Bruyerre, when he decided to start working in the food sector. The same year, he launched his first commercial activity: he started selling “colonial goods” such as sugar, vanilla sticks and dried fruits. In 1922, he bought an old cookie factory in Gosselies and started manufacturing pralines, chocolate bars and sweets. After the Second World War, a new generation, his daughters and sons-in-law, took the lead and would develop the company, present in all of Wallonia, in Limburg and in Luxembourg, despite a very limited road network at the time.
In 1984, the chocolate factory was moved to a new building, but still in Gosselies. In 2001, the management decided to move all of its activity to a totally new infrastructure, still situated in Gosselies. A hundred years after being founded, the company opened a praline shop on the Brussels Grand Place.