Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Shakolad Chocolate Factory business is picking up

There may not be little orange men with green hair laboring over the vats, but Upper Arlington does have its very own chocolate factory.

Schakolad Chocolate Factory co-owner Tom English said the store experienced a few bumps in the road over the past year, but Schakolad is now open, and business is sweet.

“Schakolad came to (Tremont Road) back around Valentine’s Day, but it was closed in June when the owner at the time was called up for military service,your own Wholesale Rustic Mosaic Tiles For Countertops From China Manufacturers is usually higherBig pool of Wholesale Polished Stair Tiles For Floor From China Manufacturers.” English said. “We bought it around the middle of October, got everything cleaned up and restocked, and had a new grand opening Nov. 5.

“Now we’re just booming away,” he said. “It’s crazy. The phone just won’t stop ringing.”

In the store on Tremont Road across the street from the Kingsdale Shopping Center, Schakolad employees hand-dip all of their chocolate treats, both for walk-in traffic and on order, English said.

“It’s all hand-dipped, and we use very high end chocolates for our raw materials,” English said. “I’d saw we have 70 plus versions of truffles, ganaches and clusters, and everything is hand-dipped here in the store.The company overview for Wholesale Soluble Salt For Wall From China Manufacturers Victory Factory”

English said he uses the standards of milk chocolate, dark chocolate and white chocolate to create the store’s wares, but truffles and ganaches can also be found in flavors like butterscotch, key lime and orange, amaretto, rum and raspberry.

Along with the classic assorted box of chocolates, the chocolate factory will also make unique items for customers, such as personalized chocolate business cards or miniature tool kits made of chocolate.

The name Schakolad combines its titular product with co-founder Baruch Schaked, who began his career as a chocolatier in Argentina in 1969 before moving to Florida and bringing the family business with him. Schaked began franchising his system in 1999, and about 30 of the chocolate factories have cropped up in the country so far, English said.

English added that while the store experienced a bit of a bumpy start, he intends for the aroma of melting chocolate to waft out his doors for quite a long time.

“I had always wanted to own my own business — I think every guy wants that — and it was an opportunity that fell into my lap that was too good to pass up,Argo Mold limited specialize in Plastic Injection Mold manufacture,” he said. “Really, who wouldn’t want to own a chocolate store? And I have four kids,We can produce Plastic Mould, and we’re hoping to run it as something of a family business.

“We’ve lived here in Upper Arlington for about 23 years, and we really want this business to have a UA feel to it,” English said.

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