Dan's Chocolates Explained

Dan's Chocolates is a Burlington, Vermont chocolate maker.

History

The company was founded in 1999 by Dan Cunningham.^[1] It was established as a subsidiary of the BlueMountain.com greeting card site and spun off as an independent venture in 2000.^[2]

The company operates both a factory direct boxed chocolates business as well as a business selling all-natural chocolate bars and truffles through retail grocery stores.

Dan's Chocolates comprises milk, dark, and white varieties.

Dan's Chocolates posts a social responsibility scorecard on its site, which includes measures to reduce energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and waste products in manufacturing. Since its founding day, a percentage of each sale has been given to one of the charities which customers designate at checkout.

Dan's Chocolates became part of Hauser Foods in 2017.

External links

• Dan's Chocolates

Notes and References

1. News: Chocolate Explosion . The twentysomething Vermont native's title is chief chokolada (no joke), and he's the founder of online gourmet chocolate purveyor Dan's Chocolates. . . July 31, 2000 . 2015-02-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150120232347/http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/0007/tr000731.htm . 2015-01-20 .
2. News: 40 . Homemade Apps Make Life Sweet . When Dan Cunningham, CEO of Dan's Chocolates, launched the online gourmet chocolate e-tail site, he made technology decisions based on the fact that the online business was part of a larger company . . February 12, 2001 . 2015-02-02 .