Meet the Makers: Hausers keep family tradition of Swiss chocolate making going strong in R.I.

Matthew McNulty

11/21/2025

FAMILY TRADITION: Rudi Hauser Jr., owner and president of Hauser Chocolatier in Westerly, in the company’s retail shop. Hauser bought the company in 2008 from his mother and his father, Ruedi Hauser Sr., who started the company in 1985 in Connecticut after emigrating from Switzerland. PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

At Hauser Chocolatier, Rudi Hauser has a sweet job. The 18,000-square-foot Westerly-based operation makes chocolates and truffles. Delicious aromas of cocoa fill the air within the manufacturing space, but Hauser, owner and president, says he can’t pick up the scent anymore. He spends so much time there, the sweet smell of chocolate has become too

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