Financial Mail reported<\/strong><\/a> this week that chocolatier Beyers Chocolates had entered liquidation proceedings following a dispute with Woolworths.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAccording to the report, the groups had clashed over Beyers Chocolates expanding its factory operations, putting an exclusivity agreement with Woolworths in jeopardy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This reportedly led Woolworths to cut orders from the group, ultimately resulting in the chocolate-maker entering liquidation proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beyers Chocolates supplies a host of products developed for major retailers, including Woolworths, Checkers and Pick n Pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Many South Africans have been eating Beyers Chocolates for decades without even realising it,” it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More well-known brands manufactured by the group include the iconic Sweetie Pie and Amarula brand confectionery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The group also offers an extensive range of sub-brands and private-label products supplied to airlines and the hospitality industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A key concern for Woolworths customers is that Beyers Chocolates was a supplier of many of the retailer’s confections, including the popular Chuckles brand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The group supplied chocolate made from UTZ-certified cocoa to Woolworths, which the retailer proudly touted on its website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Woolworths told BusinessTech that it could not comment on the nature of its relations with Beyers Chocolates due to confidentiality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the group assured that its chocolate, including Chuckles, “is still the exceptional quality that our customers love and expect, and it is widely available across the country”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The group gave no further indication of how the reported liquidation will affect the future makeup of products on its shelves or how many of its items could be affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beyers Chocolates was founded in 1987 by Kees Beyers, a Belgian-born confectioner. The group also runs The Chocolate Factory in Bedfordview, Gauteng.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BusinessTech has reached out to Beyers Chocolates and Woolworths for further comment and clarity, and will add it if received.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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