Who owns Ritzbury?
Ritzbury is owned by CBL Group (Sri Lanka).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: CBL Group: Our Products and brands. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- CBL Investments Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka, Pannipitiya
- Origin
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Founded
- 1992
- Category
- Food › Confectionery › Chocolate
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Ritzbury
Ritzbury is the chocolate brand of CBL Group. The company says it began making Ritzbury in 1992 with an imported chocolate machine and an enrobing plant for chocolate-coated biscuits and wafers, and in 1996 added specialty handcrafted premium chocolate in custom shapes and packaging. Its product pages list gift chocolates, caterer's chocolates, coated biscuits and wafers, coated beans and balls, and slabs and bars in cashew and other varieties.
Ownership timeline of Ritzbury
Where Ritzbury sits in CBL Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full CBL Group brand portfolio (8) →
Other brands owned by CBL Group
CBL Group controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in chocolate, and who owns them
The 131 brands in chocolate on Brandtree belong to 45 owners. The largest is Mars, with 9; CBL Group has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bounty | Mars | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cadbury | Mondelēz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Danusia | Wawel | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Elizabeth Shaw | Colian | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Baby Ruth | Ferrero | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Almond Joy | Hershey | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Caffarel | Lindt & Sprüngli | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Eitt Sett | Nói Síríus | 🇮🇸 Iceland |
About the owner: CBL Group
CBL Group is a privately held company headquartered in Pannipitiya, Sri Lanka, founded in 1968. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control.
CBL Group is a Sri Lankan food manufacturer whose operating company, Ceylon Biscuits Limited, began production on 28 July 1968 at Pannipitiya, growing out of the Williams Confectionery biscuit business founded in 1939 by Simon (Arthur) Wickramasingha. CBL Investments Limited was set up in 2017 as the group's holding company. Its own history page says it has factories in Bangladesh, Myanmar and Ghana as well as Sri Lanka, and lists acquisitions such as 70 per cent of Soy Foods Limited (2000), 60 per cent of Cecil Foods (2004) and 80 per cent of Plenty Foods (2006). It also manufactured Huntley and Palmers biscuits under a partnership with Associated Biscuits that ended in the late 1980s.
🇱🇰 Ritzbury and other Sri Lankan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 53 brands that began in Sri Lanka. 1 of them (2%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Ritzbury is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Ritzbury?
The parent company of Ritzbury is CBL Group, a privately held company headquartered in Sri Lanka.
Is Ritzbury Sri Lankan?
Yes. Ritzbury originated in Sri Lanka in 1992 and its owner, CBL Group, is also headquartered in Sri Lanka.
Is Ritzbury still owned by CBL Group?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Ritzbury is still owned by CBL Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] CBL Group: Our Products and brands — CBL Group, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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