EASTERN EUROPE FEATURETTE
November 1st, 2004
BY MARK ROWECHOCOLATE sells in eastern Europe. One of the curiosities of the old Soviet Empire was that, even in the darkest days of rule by Stalin and Brezhnev, the USSR imported vast amounts of cocoa, simply because the Kremlin thought it was good for the masses.This love of chocolate has not gone unnoticed by western producers in the years since the break up of the Soviet Union and they have moved to exploit this market with sales, local production investment and acquisitions. But with the resulting huge investment have come challenges: taxation is high, the ...
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