Hotel Chocolat Sold

[Radiomike]

…and it’s been bought by Mars!

Hotel Chocolat founders share £288m from Mars sale

Angus Thirlwell and Peter Harris will each net £144m after selling firm to the confectionery giant.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Grizelda]

…and it’s been bought by Mars!

Hotel Chocolat founders share £288m from Mars sale

Angus Thirlwell and Peter Harris will each net £144m after selling firm to the confectionery giant.

www.bbc.co.uk

How much of those millions did QVC customers contribute?

 

[Mazza]

Cue substitution of ingredients……

 

[Toril]

And hopefully those who make the chocolates will now wear hair nets.

 

[merryone]

Oh dear, not so posh n' fancy now!!!

 

[Snatchitjon]

Another Cadbury's disaster on it's way

 

[stratobuddy]

…and it’s been bought by Mars!

Hotel Chocolat founders share £288m from Mars sale

Angus Thirlwell and Peter Harris will each net £144m after selling firm to the confectionery giant.

www.bbc.co.uk

A long way to ship them. 140,000,000 miles (groan )

 

[maymorganlondon]

After the trashing of Cadbury's products under the stewardship of Kraft/Mondelez (my view), I await the fate of Hotel Chocolat with trepidation.

 

[Old Man Steptoe]

Let’s wait for cacao cadbuuuuuuury vocal gymnastics to start
Yes and please wear a hair net it’s standard practice when making any type of food.
Stop dangling your long hair over melted chocolate it’s not a good look

 

[candycane]

£288 million!!! Well good luck to the owners of Hotel Chocolat - I feel retirement coming on

CC

 

[maymorganlondon]

£288 million!!! Well good luck to the owners of Hotel Chocolat - I feel retirement coming on

CC

One of them is retiring.

 

[Totally Loopy Lou]

Just heard this on radio and apparently Angus Thirwell - one of the two founders - is currently the CEO and is staying on in that role.

Says he’s going to put 80% of his 144m back in to the company?

Other founder is retiring but also putting some of his payout in..

I really hope that means that the ethics etc will remain strong - they have their own organic cocoa farm/estate in St Lucia…
(Sorry they are based locally to me/in press and I used to be a member of their tasting club years ago!
Think it’s gone downhill with its expansion..)

What I find odd is it was doing really well and has 100 plus stores in UK, but they fell down trying to expand into USA and Japan etc.

They say the sale to Mars is going to help with overseas expansion, but if they lost so many millions trying to do it before, why keep trying?!

 

[donna255]

Mars bars are just not the same and changed so much.

 

[ERICS MUM]

Mars bars are just not the same and changed so much.

Yup. Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull just would not recognise the “new” Mars bar.

 

[Toril]

They can hardly call themselves a “posh/prestige” brand now if Mars have bought them. I bet their prices won’t come down though (not that I ever buy Hotel Chocolat.)

I wonder if the sale will be mentioned on air? Doubtful, in my opinion,

 

[Grizelda]

Mars bars are just not the same and changed so much.

And they are so much smaller

 

[Cashers]

Mars bars are just not the same and changed so much.

Donna, I buy the Aldi mars bars, Racer bars. They are just as good imo and £1.05 for 6. (Mind you, they used to be around 69p!)

 

[donna255]

We don't have Aldi in Northern Ireland. Unfortunately.

 

[catzrcool]

No Aldi here in Heckmondwike either.

 

[China Girl]

I really hope this doesn't end up like Cadbury which is beyond awful these days.

Love Hotel Chocolat, don't buy it for myself, but always receive lovely boxes for Birthday/ Mothers Day/ Christmas.
We have a shop in our town, which always seems busy.