Ross Chocolates
WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEATING YOU!
by Ryan Myson
day or to have as a snack when looking for a boost of energy. So, Hemming took the entrepreneurial leap of faith and started a fruit shake company and hit the road showing up at different festivals and events. Hemmings explains, “We would put together this Caribbean style hut, and have reggae music playing from it and we made natural shakes all weekend. It was a big hit, the shakes not the music. The shake business was a lot of work.
P hil Hemming, Sales Manager with Ross Chocolates tells us about how the company was founded by a love of choco- late and how a diabetes diagnosis for Bob Ross put that in jeopardy. Hemmings also explains how Stefano Urbani revitalized the company in 2016 and created a company that has become an innovator in the industry and continues to pivot in the better for you market with a mission that everyone should be able to enjoy eating choco- late.
Hemmings has an interesting story of how he got into the ‘better for you’ food sector. Prior to his days in the food industry, Hemmings was a coun- selor working with young offenders and mental health clients for about fifteen years. Hemmings, an avid festival and concert goer, noticed that at these events there were very few healthy food options, everything was either fried or every- thing had sugar on it or in it. Being an avid runner, Hemmings would usually start his day off making different types of fruit shakes to kick off his
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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2022 • SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE
SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2022
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