CHILEANS BECOME DISCERNING AS THEIR CHOCOLATE CONSUMPTION GROWS

  The Chilean chocolate market grow by almost 11% annually over the last four years to hit 2.4 kilogrammes annually per head during 2014, with Chile’s consumption overtaking Argentina for the first time, according to data from market analysts Nielsen. But while overall consumption is growing, Chileans are also becoming increasingly sophisticated in their tastes, which has given rise to a growing market for gourmet chocolates, both locally produced and imported. In 2006, when Jorge McKay and his business partner Giancarlo Fantoni, set up La Fête ...


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