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Corona (confectioner)

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Alexandria Confectionary & Chocolate Company
Corona
IndustryConfectionery
Founded1919
FounderTommy Christou
Headquarters,
WebsiteOfficial website

The Alexandria Confectionary & Chocolate Company (Arabic: شركة الإسكندرية للحلويات والشوكولاتة Sharkat Al Iskandariyah Lal Ḥalawiyat Wal Shokalatat, known as Corona), established under the name of the Royal Chocolate Works of Egypt in 1919 by Tommy Christou, is the oldest confectionery and chocolate company in the Egyptian market.[1]

After the 1952 coup d'état, the company became a public sector company in 1963 through the process of nationalization by which the revolution's government took over almost all of the private companies and personally owned assets. In 2000, the company was privatized again when it was sold to Samcrete Egypt.[2]

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  1. ^ "Corona - History". corona-1919.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-28. Retrieved 2012-05-12.
  2. ^ "Corona :: نبذة عن كورونا". 2017-07-30. Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2022-07-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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