Difference between revisions of "Madécasse"

 
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'''Madécasse is a chocolate brand sold wholesale and retail in US and Canada. Their chocolate is made and packaged in Madagascar and can therefore be considered a bean-to-bar of single origin cocoa chocolate brand.'''
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'''Madécasse is a chocolate brand sold wholesale and retail primarily in US and Canada but also in Europe. Their chocolate is produced from bean to bar in Madagascar using cocoa of single source origin.'''
  
[[File:Madecasse_0001.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Madécasse chocolate bar with 70% cocoa]]
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[[File:Cinagra 122.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Madécasse chocolate produced at the [[Cinagra]] factory in [[Antananarivo]]]]
  
Almost all cocoa grown in Madgascar come from within an area with a 50-kilometre radius within the Sambirano region, along the Sambirano riverbed where annual floods enrich the nutrients of the soil. Unlike many other cocoa producing nations, Madagascan cocoa yields crop all year round.
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Two former Peace Corps workers, Tim McCollum and Brett Beach, co-founded Madécasse in 2008 while working in Madagascar with an aim to benefit a local farming industry through a cooperative of 45 farmers. Their chocolate was originally made and packaged by [[Chocolaterie Robert]] and is since 2009 produced and packaged by [[Cinagra]], using cocoa from plantations in [[Ambanja]], such as the [[Millot Plantation]].
  
Two former Peace Corps workers, Tim McCollum and Brett Beach, co-founded Madécasse in 2008 while working in Madagascar with an aim to benefit a local farming industry through a cooperative of 45 farmers.
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[[File:Madecasse bars 2014.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Madécasse bars in a chocolate store]]
  
Their chocolate was originally made and packaged by the [[Chocolaterie Robert]] in [[Antananarivo]] and is since 2009 produced by [[Cinagra]], Madagascars second chocolate maker, also in Antananarivo.
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In 2011, Madécasse was awarded one of ''[http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2011/profile/madecasse.php 50 Most Innovative Companies]'' by ''[http://www.fastcompany.com Fast Company]'' - a media company which features unique business concepts and the individuals behind them in their printed and online publications.
 
 
In 2011, Madécasse was awarded one of ''[http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2011/profile/madecasse.php|50 Most Innovative Companies]'' by [http://www.fastcompany.com|Fast Company] - a media company which features unique business formulas and individuals behind them in their printed and online publications.
 
  
 
== Contact details ==
 
== Contact details ==
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== Additional information ==
 
== Additional information ==
  
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* [[COCOMA]] - Cocoa Company of Madagascar
 
* http://www.theconche.com/2009/01/madecasse-67-75/
 
* http://www.theconche.com/2009/01/madecasse-67-75/
 
* http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/tasteful-company-madecasse/
 
* http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/tasteful-company-madecasse/
 
* http://www.sugoodsweets.com/blog/category/chocolate/nutella/
 
* http://www.sugoodsweets.com/blog/category/chocolate/nutella/
 
* http://www.smsmallbiz.com/bestpractices/Launching_a_Business_With_a_Cause.html
 
* http://www.smsmallbiz.com/bestpractices/Launching_a_Business_With_a_Cause.html

Latest revision as of 18:48, 25 October 2014

Madécasse is a chocolate brand sold wholesale and retail primarily in US and Canada but also in Europe. Their chocolate is produced from bean to bar in Madagascar using cocoa of single source origin.

Madécasse chocolate produced at the Cinagra factory in Antananarivo

Two former Peace Corps workers, Tim McCollum and Brett Beach, co-founded Madécasse in 2008 while working in Madagascar with an aim to benefit a local farming industry through a cooperative of 45 farmers. Their chocolate was originally made and packaged by Chocolaterie Robert and is since 2009 produced and packaged by Cinagra, using cocoa from plantations in Ambanja, such as the Millot Plantation.

Madécasse bars in a chocolate store

In 2011, Madécasse was awarded one of 50 Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company - a media company which features unique business concepts and the individuals behind them in their printed and online publications.

Contact details

Madécasse
523 Prospect Place
Suite 305
Brooklyn, New York 11238
United States
Tel: +347 750 8727
Email info@madecasse.com
Website: www.madecasse.com

Additional information