BY: ANNA JIMÉNEZ LÓPEZ

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Simon Coll factory Products Shop Interview My experience

SIMÓN COLL FACTORY

Simón coll is a well known chocolate factory, situated in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia. The factory

Began when the chocolate maker was born in this village situated 40 kilometres far from Barcelona. Sant Sadurní is known in the world as the sparkling wine “Cava” capital. Miquel Coll was the successor and extended the selling activity of all the products in Catalonia in the middle of the year 1950. He also built a new factory from where you can smell chocolate in the town centre.

From the 70s onwards, a great number of small local makers disappeared. Luckily, this was not the case for Simón Coll. Xavier Coll, Miquel’s son, decided to develop a great range of chocolate products for Christmas and Easter, something that helped the factory make their brand stronger. Simón Coll began to be sold in the most important cake and sweet shops around the world. Some time later, the factory made chocolate and “turrons” (a typical kind of pastry for Christmas time) with excellent nuts from our country.

All these areas of specialization helped the expansion of the products throughout Spain, and later, the factory exported their products to more than 20 countries around the world. Simón Coll opened a chocolate shop next to the factory. People can find all the products in the shop.

STORAGE

Chocolates Simón Coll uses climate-controlled facilities to make sure that its products are stored in the right conditions: 12 to 20º C and with less than 70% humidity. The finished product is stored in a robotic warehouse with a capacity of 4,000 pallets and an automated picking area. This is where we prepare orders and finally send them off.

AN OLD SIMÓN COLL DELIVERY VAN, FROM ABOUT 1960

THIS ANCIENT WRAPPER FROM 1880 HAS STAYED ON THE MARKET UNTIL THE PRESENT DAY, WITHOUT INTERRUPTION

PRODUCTS

Easter Egg St.Valentine’s day

SHOP Sant Pere, 37 08770 Sant Sadurní d’AnoiaBarcelona (Spain)T. +34 93 891 11 00www.simoncoll.comMonday to Friday, from 9am to 2pm, 4pm to 7pm Satuday to Sunday, from 9am to 3pm.

Interview

Which differences are for 50 years ago to actually?

50 years ago making processes were manual and mechanical chocolate, and today are mechanical and robotic.

How many people worked here for 50 years?

For 50 years here worked between 15-20 people.

How many people work here now? Actually are more than 100 people working in

the Simón Coll factory

Interview There is any change to do the

chocolate? There are more machines than before?The machines have adapted in consumer tastes. The chocolate undo has gone to produce with more refined products, for example, cocoa from different backgrounds.

Sell they products of arround the world? How?They export products in more than 20 countries, mainly in the northern Hemisphere and in developed countries. From direct customers and distributors.

Interview Why is this factory created? The present factory is the result of changing

the traditional production of chocolate manufacturing industry, over 6 generations of chocolatiers.

Before there was any difference between men and women?

Not never there are sex discrimination with respect to wages or job sharing. Proof of this is that there are many women working in the factory at all levels.

Interview Is the only factory there are? And stores? At St. Sadurní is the only factory. In Catalonia

and the rest of the world there are many. There are two shops Simón Coll.

How do they know? (advertising) One of the major is the participation on fairs,

as well as appearances in professional journals and sales networks.

They've always used the same recipe? No, recipes are constantly evolving. There are

recipes basic features of the company that do not vary, but the others were adapted to the tastes of customers.

FIRST DAY: MONDAY

We went to visit the cavas of our town, because it is the most famous characteristic of out town.

MY EXPERIENCE

Marissa Kristina Kanto Cavalloti came to my house, she came from finland, came to my house, in the stayed of comenius in Spain. It was a new experience for me and for her, and we had a very good relation and we passed a very good moments.

SECOND DAY: THUESDAY

We went to visit a museum of wines in Vilafranca del Penedés, called Vinseum. It was very interesting.

THIRD DAY: WEDNESDAY

On the third day we stayed at school doing normal classes, but the comenius people were doing a special activities.

FOURTH DAY: THURSDAY

We went to Barcelona to visit the Sagrada Familia and the park Guell, it was very interesting for all the people and we had good moments

FIFTH DAY: FRIDAY

We stayed at school doing the English day with all the people of the school. The english day is special day for the school, because all the people have to speak English and do a different types of activities.