What is Barilla (company)?
{{Infobox Company | name = Barilla S.p.A. | logo = Barilla logo.svg | type = [[Privately held company|Private]] (family-owned) | genre = | foundation = 1877 | founder = Pietro Barilla | location_city = [[Parma]] | location_country = [[Italy]] | location = | locations = | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = | industry = [[Italian cuisine|Italian food]] | products = | services = | revenue = {{profit}} [[Euro|€]] 3.936 billion (2021) | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = 8,727 | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{url|http://www.barillagroup.com/}} | footnotes = }} '''Barilla Group''' is a large [[Italy|Italian]] food [[company]] that makes [[pasta]]. They are the world's leading pasta maker. Barilla also provides pasta products to restaurants worldwide. They are the leading seller of bakery products in [[Italy]]. By purchasing the [[Sweden|Swedish]] bakery company Wasabröd, they became the leading producer of [[:en:wikt:flatbread|flatbread]] in the world. == History == The company was founded in 1877 in Ponte Taro, [[Italy]] by Pietro Barilla. The company is privately held, and is now in the fourth [[:wikt:generation|generation]] of Barilla family ownership. It is controlled by three brothers, Chairman Guido Barilla, and Vice Chairmen Luca Barilla and Paolo Barilla. == Company == Barilla Group has many [[Mass production|production]] plants all over the world. These are in Italy, [[Greece]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Norway]], [[Russia]], [[Sweden]], [[Turkey]], the [[United States]] and [[Mexico]]. The company also operates [[Gristmill|mills]] in Italy, Greece, Sweden, Turkey, and the US, while its central office is in [[Parma, Italy]]. Barilla Group controls Barilla (multinational pasta maker), Mulino Bianco, Gran Cereale, Pan di Stelle, Pavesi, Voiello, First and Academia Barilla (Italy), Harrys (France), Catelli (Canada), Wasabröd (Sweden), Pasta Evangelists (United Kingdom), MISKO (Greece), Filiz Makarna (Turkey), Yemina and Ve