Madame Chocolat’s Blog: My Beloved Chocophiles, Last weekend, PL&C went to San Francisco and Giftress Heidi and I attended the 2011 Winter Fancy Foods Show at the downtown Moscone Center. It was a fantastic food-frenzied hoot, indeed! As we seriously investigated market trends, we also sourced out some fabulous gift chocolate products. We cannot wait for […]
Signing the Lease…
Madame Chocolat’s Blog: My Beloved Chocophiles, I wanted to share with you a smidge of the drama and intrigue that was involved in finding my perfect space, 805 Pearl Street. Suffice to say, I had to trip over a lot of educational toads to find my Prince of a space. 805 Pearl Street… what a gem […]
Press (release) here…
Madame Chocolat’s Blog: My Beloved Chocophiles, Do forgive me my friends, but I must ask you to be patient a little while longer. As they say, “good things come to those who wait…” Chocolate will soon abound at 805 Pearl Street, but there are sooooo many things yet to be done to our wonderful space. […]
…a reflection of the industry!
Madame Chocolat’s Blog: My Beloved Chocophiles, Most chocolatiers like myself have small, artisan businesses. As a private company, I would never share my annual revenues with you – it’s my business and that’s that! However, as a business owner, I am always wanting to know more information about my industry. How are other chocolate companies […]
Wing, Prayer, Business Plan and SCORE!
Madame Chocolat’s Blog: My Beloved Chocophiles, Mmmmm… I never realized opening a real-life brick and mortar chocolate shop had so little to do with chocolate… My webmasters, Dave and Matt @ Green Chair Marketing Group (yes! A shameless plug for them, I must admit), have encouraged me to share with you some of my experiences […]