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Are you looking to start a chocolate business? Want to talk to others who've been there or done that - or have you been there and done it and want to share with others? This is the place to discuss it.

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Since 1855 Savage Bros. has manufactured confectionery machinery. Their chocolate and candy making equipment are recognized worldwide for long lived quality and reliability. From these 19th century roots in the industry, Savage Bros. strives to meet its customers’ equipment needs with well designed and manufactured machinery. They specialize in taking new and growing businesses to the next level by streamlining their production process.

Quality chocolate is one of Savage Bros' passions, thus they offer a wide array of chocolate processing equipment for the artisan chocolatier — from chocolate melters and temperers to single mold filling workstations with depositors and built-in vibrators. And more!

Do you make great chocolates? Know everything there is to know about tempering chocolate and cooking the perfect caramel? Able to turn out thousands of finished chocolates without blinking any eye?

Does the thought of using Quickbooks or writing a business plan sends you screaming into the walk-in begging for mercy?

This group is for you. When you join, please introduce yourself to the group in a comment on this page. Yes, I know you have a profile page, but it would be great to have you add a few words about you and your business in the context of this group. If you have a website, feel free to post a link to it. Please don't post a link to your profile page, people can just click on your profile photo to visit that.

PS. Below is the full picture I used for the Group photo. It's a chocolate store/cafe in Mexico. Those are stone mills (the kind Taza uses) to the right of the guy with his back to you in the blue shirt and notice that they are selling beans. The stone mills suggest that this store is located in Oaxaca.

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Comment by Duncan Ellinwood on February 3, 2013 at 12:29pm: Hi Julie,

Here is a link to a previous discussion from the forum about shipping. Its full of all sorts of useful information

http://www.thechocolatelife.com/forum/topics/summer-shipping-tips-t...

Comment by Julie Ehrentraut on January 25, 2013 at 8:30am: Can anyone give me some recommendations on how to ship chocolate? Are there specifics months you ship and not ship? Is there specific packaging that must be used or shipping turnaround time? I am in NY and would like to start an on-line business but am not sure about shipping. I do not want the chocolates to melt. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Comment by Brian Begun on January 25, 2013 at 1:59am: Hi All,

I'm in the early stages of starting a chocolate business. Our emphasis will be on chocolate design. We will have some exciting original designs and classic favorites all created by us. :-) We will start out primarily online, and I'll be working out of my house. Eventually we hope to open a facility, increase our volume, and offer a premium brand of our own Bean to Bar chocolate. We have a long way to go, but are really excited by our progress, and what lies ahead. I'm looking forward to learning from others here, and sharing what I've learned along the way.

Comment by Ann Wurden on January 24, 2013 at 5:28pm: I think I saw something like those while looking on nashvillewraps... could be mistaken tho, as I've been looking at lots of website lately :-)

Comment by Lisa N on January 24, 2013 at 3:00pm: I'm interested in finding an "envelope" in which to package chocolate bars. Not interested in the pour-n-pack variety. Any ideas out there?

Comment by Steven J on January 24, 2013 at 11:45am: Mod Pack isn't bad either.

https://www.shopmodpac.com/

Comment by Ann Wurden on January 24, 2013 at 11:14am: Good to know Marc! I'll keep your contact info as things unfold, we'll see.

Comment by Marc Laucks on January 24, 2013 at 11:12am: Hi Ann,

I've found Nashville Wraps to be very helpful and nice to deal with. If you're thinking about more of a custom box, I might be able to make some recommendations depending upon the size you need. We can "gang run" boxes for multiple buyers on the same press sheet saving everyone a lot of money over "going it alone". Minimums in this case usually start at 1000 press sheets.

Comment by Ann Wurden on January 24, 2013 at 10:13am: Thank you Diane!

Comment by Diane A Holland on January 24, 2013 at 7:39am: HI Ann,

Nashville Wraps has a great selection. The minimums aren't too bad on some of the styles. Box & Wrap has huge minimums and are not always a better price.

http://www.nashvillewraps.com/

http://www.boxandwrap.com/

http://usbox.com/

Sales and discontinued items are usually a good bet.