REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsZURICH, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Nestle (NESN.S) is buying a majority stake in Brazilian premium chocolate maker Grupo CRM, the Swiss food group said on Thursday. Grupo CRM operates a direct-to-consumer model, with more than 1,000 chocolate boutiques under the Kopenhagen and Brasil Cacau brands and a strong, growing online presence, Nestle said. The executive has been with the company for 25 years and has built up and significantly expanded Grupo CRM, which currently only operates in Brazil. In June, Brazilian competition regulator Cade approved Nestle's acquisition of Chocolates Garoto more than 20 years after it was first announced. Among the conditions for the approval, the company agreed not to make any acquisitions that account for at least 5% of the Brazilian chocolate market for five years.

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Persons: Arnd, Nestle, Valor Economico, Renata Moraes Vichi, Laurent Freixe, Cade, John Revill, Friederike Heine, Janane Organizations: Nestle, REUTERS, Rights, Grupo CRM, Brasil, Advent International, Valor, Grupo, Thomson Locations: Konolfingen, Switzerland, Swiss, Brazil