...The candy maker, which uses 250,000 pounds of chocolate a month to make its products, is the No. 1 seller of organic chocolate treats, according to several industry sources. Its products have long been stocked at natural-foods stores such as Wild Oats and Whole Foods.
More recently, the company’s confectionaries, known for wrappers illustrating animals on the brink of extinction, are showing up alongside Three Musketeers and Mars bars nationwide in places like Albertson’s, Kroger, Marsh and Target...
...Endangered Species annually gives 10 percent of its profit, or $50,000—whichever is greater—to charitable causes, Zink said.
Three of Endangered Species’ pet projects are Louisiana-based Chimp Haven, Florida-based Ocean Conservancy, and work in Nigeria installing water pumps and providing school supplies to needy youth.
Endangered Species also strives “to inspire proactive conservation for animals confronting universal struggles such as habitat encroachment, poaching and pollution,” the company’s Web site says...
Endangered Species Chocolate
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