Darrell -Lea

Pejay · Guru

Darrell -Lea

glassies · Guru

well it seems Darryl -Lea chocolate shops have gone into

receivership ,goodness me what is happening to this country of ours

everybody is closing down or going broke its awful and so very sad .

jetj · Guru

Not surprised, other shops have been stocking their products for a while.

Happywanderer · The Master

The Echuca one closed down last year and the lotto shop took over selling in a corner of their shop.
What a shame, I love Darrel lea. Too many of the great little businesses of yesterday have gone to be replaced by the huge warehouse type that has no appeal.

Wizardofoz · Guru

They are Australian made and anything made locally is in dire straits competing against the imports, one by one they drop off the perch under the barrage of pressure unfortunately.

The old story of "you can't have it both ways", on one hand we want top wages and on the other we want the cheapest products, the result is one is destined to fail.

Buy Australian - simple really!!

neilnruth · Guru

Jetj - I think other shops have been selling Darrell Lea as small 'franchises' of them not in competition. Did anyone else know their trick for getting you into the shops?? They used to have a vaporiser (like you use for sick kids) in a corner behind the door with aniseed oil in it! You would smell the aniseed, walk in looking for that lovely licorice or aniseed product but never find anything quite as nice as the smell - but still walk out after buying something. Cunning.

justcruisin01 · Guru

And Cadbury chokolate has gone to crap as well, I love chokolate but have gone right off their's.

They just can't leave anything alone that is good, another stuffup. confuse confuse confuse

JC

Happywanderer · The Master

Loved their big slabs of rocky road. Yummy

AmandaJayne · Guru

its a real shame :(

jetj · Guru

Hope someone buys them out and continues the products and avoids job loss. I think the stores would probably go without a miracle.

Happywanderer · The Master

Just saw on the news, there are 69 Darrell Lea stores and about 1600 other stores franchised to sell the Darrell Lea products. So its got nothing to do with the fact other shops selling their stocks for a while. They always have, thats the way it works. Or did work.

glassies · Guru

yep i knew the catch of the aniseed smell to get you in there some one told me that years ago
isnt that funny jim my bookeeper was only saying the other day that her husband said cadbury chocolate has
turned to crap ,i havent realy noticed it i did love the chocolate coated aniseed rings from darrell lea

dazren · Guru

JC wrote

And Cadbury chokolate has gone to crap as well, I love chokolate but have gone right off their's.

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Yep I with you JC, we now buy the Aldi's Chocolate, It is very good and real chocolate made from cocoa We buy the Dark 45% Cocoa, it we like it a lot and would eat around a block and a half per week, our friends by the Aldi Milk Chocolate and the love it to.

Happywanderer · The Master

I normally buy the Aldis chocolate too, but at the moment have the Belgium dark chocolate that comes in brown packaging. A quite large block for under 4.00. Got 2 blocks when last in Bundy. Only allow myself 4 small squares a day. Should last a while.

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

Happywanderer wrote:
I normally buy the Aldis chocolate too, but at the moment have the Belgium dark chocolate that comes in brown packaging. A quite large block for under 4.00. Got 2 blocks when last in Bundy. Only allow myself 4 small squares a day. Should last a while.

are you sure that is chocolate that comes in brown packaging? biggrin biggrin

my video store sends out it's video's like that. biggrin

Zoomtopz · Guru

who cares yawn

I don't do chocolate yawn

Happywanderer · The Master

Yep Wombat. I am sure. I didn 't say a brown paper bag, silly.

justcruisin01 · Guru

dazren wrote:
JC wrote
And Cadbury chokolate has gone to crap as well, I love chokolate but have gone right off their's.
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Yep I with you JC, we now buy the Aldi's Chocolate, It is very good and real chocolate made from cocoa We buy the Dark 45% Cocoa, it we like it a lot and would eat around a block and a half per week, our friends by the Aldi Milk Chocolate and the love it to.

Your right Dazren, we stock up from aldi as well, far better chokolate & cheaper, even their chok covered biscuits are good but there dosen't seem to be any in north Qld. Starting to have with drawells. yawn yawn

JC.

aussietraveller · Guru

Will have to buy in a supply of rocky road for the boss quickly.

Roving-Dutchy · Guru

They went broke for no other reason, than they were supplying a product that no one wants anymore, to stay in business you have to change with the times and always make sure that your product is right for the market place, you cannot mark time no matter how successful you may have been in the past.
Cheers
David