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Violet Crumble is an Australian chocolate bar. The bar is a crumbly honeycomb toffee centre coated in a layer of compound chocolate . [ 1 ] It was first made by Hoadley's Chocolates in South Melbourne around the year 1913; and is currently made in Adelaide , South Australia by Robern Menz [ 2 ] after a period of ownership by Nestlé .
Hoadley's Chocolates had its origins in A. Hoadley and Company, a jam company founded in South Melbourne in 1889 by English businessman Abel Hoadley, which originally manufactured jams but expanded its range to include preserved fruits, candied fruits and peels, and sauces using fruit from Hoadley's orchards at nearby Burwood In 1895, Hoadley opened the Rising Sun Preserving Works in St Kilda ...
Abel Hoadley (10 September 1844 – 12 May 1918) was an English-born Australian businessman, confectioner, orchardist and manufacturer of jams and sauces, remembered today as establishing the company's that bear his name A. Hoadley and Company and the Hoadley Chocolate Company and inventing of the popular Australian chocolate honeycomb bar the Violet Crumble.
[1] [2] The company is well known for its retail catalogs, which are sent to millions of customers in the United States. [3] While most business is done through mail-order, phone, or online, Blair also maintains retail stores in Warren and Grove City, Pennsylvania, [3] where it is based. [4] Blair employs around 1200 associates. [5]
Uncommon Goods, LLC is a Brooklyn-based, privately held, American online and catalog retailer, founded in 1999.The Uncommon Goods website launched in July, 2000. The company sells small production gifts for children, teens, and adults, home accents, jewelry, accessories, kitchen and home entertaining items, art, games, books, food and drink, and DIY kits.
The firm was founded by John Mackintosh (1868–1920) [1] and his wife, Violet (née Taylor), who bought a pastry shop in Halifax with their joint savings of £100 in 1890, the year that they married. Violet, who had been a confectioner's assistant before her marriage, ran the shop and her husband continued to work at a cotton mill. [1]
Bertie Beetles are best known for their inclusion in the cheap classic Bertie Beetle showbag, sold at various shows around Australia. Although initially included in Hoadley's Chocolate Showbag starting in 1963 (alongside Polly Waffle, Violet Crumble and White Knight bars), Bertie Beetle did not receive its own bag until 1965.
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