Opening a new confectionery chapter

摘要

After building up a thriving private label British confectionery enterprise over the past few decades, Hames Chocolates is taking a bold step into producing its first ever own-brand bar series. As director Carol Oldbury explains to Confectionery Production, there has been a strong initial reception to her company's latest industry venture, despite the major disruptive factor of the ongoing pandemic. The Lincolnshire-based business, which was originally started up by her parents in the 1970s as a catering operation that grew into exploring personalised rock and candy, is back in full swing despite having to shut down for three weeks in April over coronavirus. With 98 per cent of the company's core private and white label customers - which include blue chip businesses and supermarkets, also having to temporarily close their doors in compliance with government orders, the effects could have been devastating.