Hotel Chocolat
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fourstardan said:
Have this lot gone downhill or have I just got less taste?
Won a box in a raffle at work that im currently scoffing through and im not getting any of the tastes like you used to when they surfaced on the market.
Is it just me?
Have you left in a nice warm room for a decent period, or from the fridge?Won a box in a raffle at work that im currently scoffing through and im not getting any of the tastes like you used to when they surfaced on the market.
Is it just me?
It will taste much better at 20C than 5C
Ex-shareholder. Hotel Chocolat is now owned by Mars.
I'd expect the taste to be adjusted to US palates now as the market is bigger. Hotel Chocolat found it difficult to enter the Japanese and US markets over five years prior. Mars needed an upmarket chocolate on the books that was not regarded as confectionary.
Not sure what has happened to the hotel and the plantations though.
I'd expect the taste to be adjusted to US palates now as the market is bigger. Hotel Chocolat found it difficult to enter the Japanese and US markets over five years prior. Mars needed an upmarket chocolate on the books that was not regarded as confectionary.
Not sure what has happened to the hotel and the plantations though.
We used to like hotel chocolat and whils i've not noticed a change in taste i have noticed the price has gone into orbit.
You used to get 3 of the selectors for about a tenner, then it was 12 quid, then 14 quid and when i went in before christmas is was like 18 quid for three small packs.
Priced themselves out of the market for me rather than quality gone downhill.
You used to get 3 of the selectors for about a tenner, then it was 12 quid, then 14 quid and when i went in before christmas is was like 18 quid for three small packs.
Priced themselves out of the market for me rather than quality gone downhill.
dragonflyjade said:
Ex-shareholder. Hotel Chocolat is now owned by Mars.
I'd expect the taste to be adjusted to US palates now as the market is bigger. Hotel Chocolat found it difficult to enter the Japanese and US markets over five years prior. Mars needed an upmarket chocolate on the books that was not regarded as confectionary.
Not sure what has happened to the hotel and the plantations though.
This explains a lot and decides a future purchase decision!I'd expect the taste to be adjusted to US palates now as the market is bigger. Hotel Chocolat found it difficult to enter the Japanese and US markets over five years prior. Mars needed an upmarket chocolate on the books that was not regarded as confectionary.
Not sure what has happened to the hotel and the plantations though.
Thanks for the insight, I hope you got a good pay off and some of the older chocolates!
70% off at the moment to more realistic prices! And just shows you what mark up they make.
https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/up-to-70-off-hote...
Interesting comments echoed.
https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/up-to-70-off-hote...
Interesting comments echoed.
fourstardan said:
This explains a lot and decides a future purchase decision!
Thanks for the insight, I hope you got a good pay off and some of the older chocolates!
You are welcome. Thanks for the insight, I hope you got a good pay off and some of the older chocolates!
Pay off was not too bad - usual share price cycles but finally finished up. I believed in the business and the product. Got some older chocolate stashed away. Now buying various bars from independents as I travel on city breaks.
Be prepared for chocolate prices to go up, or quality to go down (more sugar) as cocoa prices are really high.
Edited by dragonflyjade on Monday 13th January 22:44
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