The history of Confiserie Brändli is a Swiss family story and goes back a long way. It all began over 120 years ago with Arnold and Anna Brändli and a bakery in Lenzburg – an idyllic little town not far from Zürich. The Brändli family has followed its traditions devotedly and expanded them over the years.
We are now producing our delicate grappa cubes with the award-winning Grappa Nostrano Ticinese from Al Mulinetto. It is distilled from Americana grapes that ripen high above Lake Maggiore in Gordola, southern Switzerland, and finds its perfect refinement in this tart-sweet Brändli delicacy. The Al Mulinetto grappa has received well-deserved recognition with an outstanding 92 Falstaff points, underlining the winery's tireless dedication to exceptional quality.
As a tribute to this new, exceptional speciality and as a celebration of contemporary creativity, we asked the young artist Elena Knecht to design an art poster for the new grappa cubes. She is known for her creative works, which have already attracted a great deal of attention. Knecht has designed a poster for our new grappa cubes that captures the harmony between tradition and innovation. The art poster can be viewed at almulinetto.ch.
A lot has happened since the rebranding. We were able to build new partnerships with selected resellers such as KaDeWe in Berlin (2016), Globus (2016), Loeb (2018) or Jelmoli (2019).
After closing our store and Tea Room in Olten in July 2020, we are especially glad that our valued customers there can now find our delicacies at the Schreiber bookstore at Kirchgasse 7.
The Confiserie Brändli presents a new look. The new logo is a modernised form of the old one used until the 1950s – the wonderful handwriting of Miggi, the great and great, great aunt of today’s managers.
Opening of our webshop.
The Brändli Bomb celebrates its 90th birthday.
Dominik, Alexandra and Philippe Brändli, the 5th generation of the Brändli family, join the board of administration and management. Thus the great, great grandchildren of founders Arnold and Anna Brändli now have the reponsibility for the Swiss family business, together with Mark Brändli. The daily business will continue to be conducted by Rita and Mark Brändli.
Today's management. From left to right: Mark, Alexandra, Rita, Philippe and Dominik Brändli.
Andreas Gehring and Katharina Hagenauer have resigned after 20 years on the board, Nik Brändli after 11 years.
ooperation with the independent company Brändli Basel, founded by Ernst Brändli’s brother Hans and his wife in 1935, has been re-established. We supply each other with our core products.
Opening of an outside café in Olten.
Opening of the new, larger sales outlet with Tea Room in the Kirchgasse, Olten.
Expansion of production premises. Move from Bahnhofstrasse to Mühlemattstrasse in Aarau.
Death of Esther Gehring-Brändli. Transfer of the business to the 4th generation. Nik and Mark Brändli, great grandchildren of founders Arnold and Anna, and their wives José and Rita, run the business.
Andreas Gehring and Peter Isler, both great grandchildren of the founders, together with Katharina Hagenauer and Max Bucher form the new board of administration. Mario Monaco takes over the management.
H M Queen Mother talking to the papal nuncio Dr. Heim. The Queen Mum was a loyal customer of our house for many years. As can be seen our Brändli Bombs were served generously for the royal afternoon tea.
The business premises in the Bahnhofstrasse Aarau are renovated.
Death of Martha Brändli. The business is taken over by the 3rd generation. Another woman plays a formative role over 3 decades: Esther Gehring-Brändli. She too was widowed early and a single parent of 3 boys while managing the business.
Opening of the 2nd branch in the Vorderen Vorstadt in Aarau.
House delivery in 1960.
Expansion to Olten with the 1st branch opening in Baslerstrasse.
Launching of Petits Feux, a delicately melting chocolate composition.
The origin of our Tea Room in Aarau. Martha Brändli turns the coffee lounge on the first floor into a modern British-style Tea Room.
Today’s headquarters around 1940.
Death of Ernst Brändli at the early age of 42. His wife Martha manages the company with around 25 employees, vigilantly and with innovative energy for the next 3 decades and brings up 3 children at the same time.
Production personnel and sales assistant around 1930.
The Brändli Bomb.
The invention of the Brändli Bomb: a chocolate speciality with marzipan and almond splinters. The Brändli Bomb becomes a symbol of relish and quality from the House of Brändli which becomes renowned far outside the region.
Ernst and Martha Brändli-Margot.
Ernst and his wife Martha acquire the premises of today’s headquarters in the Bahnhofstrasse, Aarau, to open a confectionary and cake shop with coffee lounge.
Today’s headquarters around 1920
Sales personnel around 1920
The eldest son Ernst takes over the firm. More emphasis is placed on producing confectionary and chocolate products.
Move to the upcoming Gönhard quarter of Aarau. Arnold and Anna place the foundation stone for their future success with their modern bakery and win major customers with the cantonal hospital and the army barracks in Aarau.
Relocation of the business to Aarau. The Brändli family take over an existing bakery in the Oberen Vorstadt.
Founders Arnold and Anna Brändli-Ehrismann.
Our family tradition begins: Arnold und Anna Brändli, the great and great, great grandparents of today’s management board, open a bakery with inn in Lenzburg.