In a sweet sign of success, the fourth-generation South Australian family-owned business has continued to expand amid rising production costs and despite never having used a third-party distributor.
Australian chocolate manufacturer and retailer Haigh’s Chocolates will spend more than $10 million to set up the most technologically advanced industry processing plant in the southern hemisphere as it expands in the face of soaring demand from the east coast and online. In a sweet sign of success, the fourth-generation South Australian family-owned business has continued to expand amid rising production costs and despite never having used a third-party distributor. To get its products, one has to go to a Haigh’s retail outlet or buy online. John Haigh made a conscious decision to steer clear of supermarket-based distribution in the 1960s.
