No Cutting Back on Premium Chocolate Despite Recession |
Theo Chocolate 's Fair Trade, Organic Chocolates
How sweet it is! 50% sales growth decline in 2008 is still 9% gain over 2007 gourmet chocolate sales. A new market research report just released by Packaged Facts, "Premium Chocolate in the U.S.: Mass, Gourmet, Prestige and Super Premium," explains how this market is thriving despite grim economic times.
It seems that Americans, while scaling down consumerism generally, are permitting themselves indulgence in life’s “little” pleasures. Sales of upscale chocolates are expected to advance at a rate more than fives times that for chocolate overall by 2012. The market figures suggest that chocolate makers will be wise to go gourmet and to go green.
An good example of of the new breed of America's artisanal chocolate makers is Theo Chocolate. Theo's ingredients are carefully selected to ensure they meet the company’s high standards for social and environmental responsibility. Food and Wine Magazine honored Theo with an Eco-Epicurean Award for making the world "a better — and more delicious — place." Theo also won "Outstanding Chocolate" at the NASFT Fancy Food Show in New York City.
If you’d like to purchase some of Theo Chocolate’s Fair Trade, award-winning gourmet chocolate, click on any of the following:
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