Leonidas Kesdekidis, nothing more than an ordinary Greek citizen, was the founder of Leonidas Belgian Chocolates. His company makes wonderful delights like pralines, truffles and other heavenly chocolate assortments.
Mr. Kesdekidis arrived at Brussels in the year 1910 and short while later married a local and decide to settle there. He made a large array of pralines in his place situated close to Rempart de Moines.
Mr. Kesdikidis and his descendants’ goal was to get his home-made wonderful delights of pralines as close as possible to as many consumers, not to mention every creator’s dream to let the rest of the world know of their chocolate concoctions. His strategy of combining world-class quality and the best price is still unbeatable today.
Leonidas’ products are far different from the chocolates of other brands. Leonidas concern for the freshness of its chocolates makes it unique and unbeatable. While most other brands’ practiced the strategy to make their products appear fresh by repackaging the chocolate in a different box daily to make them look fresh. Yes, the package is fresh but the content is still the same…yesterday’s chocolate. Whereas at Leonidas, the chocolates will only be boxed on the day that the customer’s order is received.
Other chocolate makers quality of freshness may be risked for the necessity of longevity. They do this so that the chocolate can be pre-packed with the intention for it to be on a shelf in department stores or supermarkets.
Because of Leonidas’s very high standards they were able to obtain an ISO 9001 certificate for the produce’s quality. Which, by the way, is very much over the needed requirement for the production of chocolates.
Leonidas delivers only where there are Leonidas outlets. Places like Hollywood, the United Kingdom and Belgium. They do not export for the reason that they do not want to risk the freshness of the chocolate that goes out of their stores.
To date there is only a small number of sellers of Leonidas chocolates because of the high standard requirement that every seller has to comply with for the very cautious storing and freshness concerns. The chocolates are wrapped in 500grams, 750grams, and one kilogram boxes.
Upon order you will not be experiencing the hassle of putting it in gift or presentation boxes for the box alone that Leonidas use will suffice for they are already gift wrapped and they also offer different sorts of gift wrapping, luxury and or seasonal choices.
These chocolates need to be consumed within 21 days after it is purchased. Otherwise the freshness and or the quality will not be the same of what is expected of it, although keeping it refrigerated will prolong the shelf life.
When storing in the refrigerator, you have to keep it away from other foods that have a very prominent smell or odor, otherwise the chocolate will be ruined because it will absorb the odor and it will affect the taste and quality.
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