A Century Later, Haigh's Chocolates Still Values Progress and Tradition, in Food & Drink Digital

In 1915, Alfred Haigh moved from Mount Gambier to Adelaide with one goal: the chocolate business.

2012-04-13

SAN DIEGO, CA, April 13, 2012 (Press-News.org) In 1915, Alfred Haigh moved from Mount Gambier to Adelaide with one goal: the chocolate business. Nearly a century later, Haigh's Chocolates is still standing strong with six locations in Adelaide, Melbourne, and now in Sydney. Still family-owned and operated to this day, Haigh's Chocolates finds ways to embrace new technology while still staying true to the friendliness and quality ingredients that have made the company famous.

When a company is built upon family, it can be difficult finding the right people for the job. When that job also involves a precise artisan skill like chocolate making, it's doubly so. "It's pretty hard to find people with the right skills, because we are fairly unique and the chocolate industry - especially in South Australia - is very small," says Alister Haigh, today's CEO of Haigh's Chocolates. Faced with this challenge, the company looks for other important benchmarks to fill its positions and then works backward. "We look for people's attitudes and work experience,albeit not necessarily in confectionery stores, and then we train them and give them the skills and the knowledge to work for us," Haigh explains.

To read more about Haigh's Chocolates and its evolution over the decades, check out the full article in the March 2012 edition of Food & Drink Digital: http://www.foodanddrinkdigital.com/reports/haighs-chocolates

About Haigh's Chocolates

The name Haigh's has been synonymous with fine chocolates since 1915 and we are very proud to be the oldest family-owned chocolate manufacturing retailer in Australia. Visit http://haighschocolates.com.au for more information.

About Food & Drink Digital

Food & Drink Digital is a pioneering digital media site for food and drink professionals and executives, featuring all aspects of managing a production based environment. Food & Drink Digital covers solutions that enable global businesses to improve the way they manage their operations, people, technology and supply chains. Food and Drink Digital is the industry-dedicated arm of the WDM Group. Founded in 2007 by entrepreneur Glen White, WDM Group retains a diversified portfolio of websites, magazines, mobile apps, daily news feeds and weekly e-newsletters that leverage technology to innovatively deliver high-quality content, analytical data, and industry news.

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