It was 1st May 1915, when Alfred E Haigh opened the doors of the very first Haigh’s Chocolates store at number 34 King William Street, Adelaide. Alfred began adding his own flavour to the industry and in 1917 he started producing chocolate-covered fruit centres, which we still make today. In 1919 Alfred bought land behind the family home at Parkside South Australia where he built a small factory, now the Visitors Centre. In 1922, he moved shops to the Beehive Corner – still our Adelaide flagship store. Sadly, in 1933, Alfred passed away suddenly. His son Claude took over the running of the business. Alfred’s grandson, John Haigh, joined the business in 1946 with a vision to take Haigh’s chocolate making to new heights. He trained in Switzerland with Lindt and Sprungli and visited the US to look at production, shop styles and marketing. John revolutionised the way we manufactured our chocolate and in 1959 became Managing Director. Business continued to grow and John looked for other opportunities to expand. In 1965 Haigh’s opened the first store outside South Australia, in Collins Street Melbourne. We’re very proud to be the oldest family-owned chocolate manufacturing retailer in Australia. Today the company is run by fourth generation Haighs, Alister and Simon, who started in the 1970s and had to work their way up from the bottom. They’ve been joint Managing Directors since 1990.
View Top Employees from Haigh's ChocolatesWebsite | https://www.haighschocolates.com.au/ |
Revenue | $274.2 million |
Employees | 172 (138 on RocketReach) |
Founded | 1915 |
Address | 153 Greenhill Rd, Parkside, South Australia 5063, AU |
Phone | +61 8 8372 7000 |
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Industry | Manufacturing, Retail, Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Food and Beverage, Making chocolate from the cocoa bean, Shopping, Commerce and Shopping |
Web Rank | 770063 |
Web Visits | 51630 |
Keywords | Chocolate, Premium Chocolate, Handcrafted Chocolate |
Competitors | Chocolat Frey AG, Ganong Bros., Limited, Georgia Nut Company, Purdys Chocolatier, Thorntons Plc |
SIC | SIC Code 206 Companies, SIC Code 20 Companies, SIC Code 2066 Companies |
NAICS | NAICS Code 31135 Companies, NAICS Code 3113 Companies, NAICS Code 45 Companies, NAICS Code 311 Companies, NAICS Code 31 Companies, NAICS Code 44 Companies, NAICS Code 445 Companies |
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