Chocolat Menier

Chocolate Menier is one of the most charming posters in our collection. A schoolgirl stops along her journey, puts down her full basket of Menier sweets and umbrella, and uses a piece of chocolate to graffiti her love of the brand on a wall. It is an alluring image that relates the sweetness of childhood to chocolate while also making us viewers accomplice to the girl’s playful prank. Chocolate Menier was founded in 1816 by Antione Menier. Menier started his company producing medicine, using cocoa powder to coat the tablets. Chocolate proved to be the star ingredient, and Menier quickly pivoted to becoming a chocolate company. They became the first company in France to use machinery in their process, used the latest advances in transit and production, and owned cocoa estates in Nicaragua. Menier quickly became the largest chocolate manufacturer in France. Their popularity waned after WWII, and the company was eventually bought by Nestle. Nestle uses Chocolate Menier’s Industrial Re