ALISON NELSON’S CHOCOLATE BAR OPENS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SAUDI ARABIA

May 2015, Riyadh, The wait is over! Alison Nelson’s Chocolate Bar, the award-winning candy store for grown ups, is proud to announce the opening of it’s first shop in Saudi Arabia at Alnakheel mall Riyadh and soon to open it’s second branch at Rafal’s tower. Since it’s inception in 2002, Chocolate Bar has received numerous awards including Timeout New York’s “Best Chocolate Store”, Wallpaper Magazines’ “Favorite Stores Around the World”, the Inc. 5000 Award for one of the “Fastest Growing Private Company’s in America” and the Crain’s Business “40 under 40″ for founder Alison Nelson. “The exciting thing about launching in these vibrant new markets is the opportunity to introduce our chocolate products to new consumers while at the same time creating original items influenced by that cultures customers. The store itself, the gift items and our ongoing desire to experiment with how chocolate fits into people’s lives is what keeps Chocolate Bar moving forward. To me, Chocolate Bar has never been just a store. It’s your neighborhood place and it keeps evolving with quality and taste as our basic guiding principles.” states Chocolate Bar, Founding Owner, Alison Nelson. A native New Yorker, Alison Nelson sipped her first cup of coffee with her father at the age of 8 and put herself through college on the tips of customers while waiting on tables at top-notch New York coffee shops. She launched Chocolate Bar six years ago with an initial investment of USD 75,000 and since that time she has risen to the heights of the business world. In 2004 she was named one of Gourmet News Magazine’s influential “20 under 40″, in 2006, she was named one of Crain’s Business “40 Under 40″ and in 2007 received the Inc Magazine’s award for one of the “Fastest Growing Private Company’s in America”. Her book Chocolate Bar: Recipes and Entertaining Ideas for Living the Sweet Life won the 2005 Gourmand World Cookbook award.

Saudi Arabia · 17 Sep 2015

Linked: Al Nakheel Mall