chocolates

Retail Asia21/06/2023

Australian confectioner Ernest Hillier Chocolates has appointed voluntary administrators to sell off its business and related entities. Established in 1914, the company is Australia’s oldest chocolate brand and operates a manufacturing facility in Coburg, Victoria. Its Ernest Hillier and Newman’s brands have been stocked across supermarkets for many years. Administrators Alan Walker and Glenn Livingstone […]

Retail Asia17/03/2021

Chocolate retailer Thorntons is the latest well-known high street brand to fall victim to the Covid crisis, announcing the closure of all its 61 stores, with the likely loss of 600 jobs. The Thorntons brand will remain on offer in supermarkets and other retailers, while its factory in Alfreton, Derbyshire, will make more chocolate for international […]

Retail Asia26/06/2019

Belgian manufacturer of gourmet chocolates, Godiva Chocolatier, has completed the sale of selected assets of its Asia Pacific business to South Korea’s MBK Partners. Godiva, a subsidiary of Turkey’s Yildiz Holding, said the deal with the private equity firm includes Godiva’s retail and distribution operations in Japan, South Korea and Australia as well as the […]

Retail Asia07/11/2017

Making a comeback after 14 years, Japanese confectionery and chocolatier Morozoff has opened a stand-alone boutique at Plaza Singapura. It sells 90 per cent of Morozoff’s full range including chocolates, cookies and packaged baked goods such as madeleines. Founded in Kobe in 1931, the brand had been previously available in Singapore from 1984 at the […]

Tag: chocolates

Ernest Hillier Chocolates enters administration

Chocolate retailer Thorntons to close all its UK stores

Godiva completes sale of APAC operations

Morozoff coming back after 14 years