Mars

Over 100 years ago, a young Frank C. Mars began making confectionery in his kitchen in Tacoma, Washington. Subsequently, his son Forrest Mars developed the concept and laid the foundation for the worldwide company Mars is today. It started with the Milky Way chocolate bar that he created with his father and later the business expanded abroad and diversified into new categories such as pet food, food products with brands like Pedigree, Whiskas, Uncle Ben's, M&M, Royal Canin and many more.

A hundred years later the company has expanded to more than 80 countries. Mars has remained a private family-owned company, but the "family of associates" has grown to over 100 000 employees. Everyone is united and guided by the five principles that inspire and form the heart of everything they do - quality, responsibility, mutuality, efficiency and freedom.