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World's Finest Chocolate

Logo: Original : World's Finest Chocolate Vector : TheWanderingTraders, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons5

Chicago chocolate company since 1939

World's Finest Chocolate is a chocolate company based in Chicago, Illinois. The company, founded in 1939, has become a large fundraising organization in the United States which typically holds fundraisers for school districts.3 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1949Founded1
  • HeadquartersChicago1
  • Websitewww.worldsfinestchocolate.com
  • Legal formDelaware corporation1
  • Incorporated inDE6
  • Business address4801 S. Lawndale Avenue, Chicago, Il 606326
  • LEI549300QD02L1HPJW5T844
  • StatusActive4
  • LEI statusIssued and current4
  • Registered addressC/O THE CORPORATION TRUST COMPANY, 19801 Wilmington, United States4
  • Registered withDivision of Corporations, Department of State, 7718944

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World's Finest Chocolate is a chocolate company based in Chicago, Illinois. The company, founded in 1939, has become a large fundraising organization in the United States which typically holds fundraisers for school districts.3

Corporate structure

World's Finest Chocolate sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • World's Finest Chocolate Chicago, Illinois, United States
    • Queen Anne Candy Company Subsidiary · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

World's Finest Chocolate was founded under the name Cook Chocolate Company by Edmond Opler Sr. in 1939.

He started the division that produced chocolate bars for fundraising in 1949 and called it "World's Finest Chocolate".

In 1972, the company's name was changed to "World's Finest Chocolate". In 1985, the company moved into a 500,000-square-foot factory. Opler's son, Edmond Jr., has run the company since Edmond Sr. retired in 1988.

In 2006, World's Finest Chocolate acquired the company Queen Anne, a brand of cordial cherries. In June 2015, the company acquired Market Day, a frozen food store.

In 2021, World's Finest Chocolate started a monthly $2K Giveaway for teachers. The company also donated around 10 million chocolate bars to COVID-19 doctors and nurses.

From Wikipedia’s article on World's Finest Chocolate, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.7

Products and brands

The core of the company's business is selling chocolate bars in bulk for school fundraisers and corporate gifts.

World's Finest Chocolate is one of the largest suppliers of the fundraising chocolate market. According to the company it has sold more than 6 billion chocolate bars, their best-known product, and helped their customers raise more than USD 4.4 billion since 1949.

From Wikipedia’s article on World's Finest Chocolate, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.7

Timeline

  1. 1949Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$5.4M 2020–2021
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2021: $5.4M in all. PPP loans $5.4M.$0$1M$2M$3M$4M2020 · PPP loans: $3.4M20202021 · PPP loans: $2.0M2021
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2021$2.0M$2.0M
2020$3.4M$3.4M

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA8. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 7, 2020$3.4M PPP loan (first draw) from BMO Bank National Association8To WORLD'S FINEST CHOCOLATE INC., Chicago IL; $3.5M forgiven Jun 11, 2021
  2. Feb 11, 2021$2.0M PPP loan (second draw) from BMO Bank National Association8To WORLD'S FINEST CHOCOLATE INC., Chicago IL; $2.0M forgiven May 6, 2022

SEC filer profile

How World's Finest Chocolate is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARWorld's Finest Chocolate, Inc.2
  • CIK0001852065
  • Employer ID (EIN)36-61171052
  • Incorporated inDelaware2
  • Fiscal year endsJuly 42
  • Business address4801 S. Lawndale Avenue, Chicago, IL 606322
  • Phone773-847-46002
  • On EDGAR sinceMar 18, 20212
  • Filings1 in all: D (1)2

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