Culture

We started Montezuma’s from a kitchen table 20 years ago. Most of us on the team can remember the time when Easter eggs were wrapped in foil, nestled in a plastic cocoon, and packaged in a shiny cardboard box. Of course, the chocolate inside was a treat we looked forward to, but it came with a mountain of packaging, none of it recyclable but all of it destined for landfill. So once we were in a position to choose how we designed our own packaging, we knew that we wanted it to be better. If the chocolate could be great, why not the pack it came in? And that’s exactly the task we set ourselves.

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Wine and chocolate will probably be at the top of most people’s lists when asked “What has helped you get through lockdown?”. There are many similarities between wine and chocolate, they are both a little naughty and very delicious, but they can also be enjoyed and tasted in similar ways. Tasting a good wine is much like chocolate, you have

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This Christmas we’ve had a head start on working up an appetite for chocolate. A recent survey by Harris Interactive revealed that chocolate has kept us going through lockdown, with 1 in 8 of us eating chocolate every day.  With the chocolate world booming this year and Christmas being one of those times where chocolate sales skyrocket

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Hi, I’m Liza, People & Culture Director at Montezuma’s! As International Women’s Day is approaching, I wanted to say a few words about our extraordinary workforce. I am so proud to work for a business who is truly equal on all levels, we work hard to recruit the right people for the right job at Montezuma’s and have fairness and

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What a year it has been… and we’re only in February! Alongside completely redesigning our brand, bringing out new eco packaging and new products (we’ve been a bit bored to be honest), we’ve only gone and opened a brand-new store in the beautiful city of Norwich! You may have read that we wanted to open the store back in November, but as it

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When you think of Montezuma's, you may think we simply just sell chocolate, but in reality we are so much more than that! Of course you can find some of the (in our opinion) best chocolate in the world on our website and in our shops, but that's only just scratching the surface.  Indulgence Evenings You may not know that we hold our very own

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On Sunday October 7th 2018 the seventh annual Children on the Edge Chichester Half Marathon raised a fantastic £21,000 for their work with vulnerable children around the world. Over 950 runners registered for the event and 730 crossed the finish line on a bright sunny morning as part of either the Half Marathon, Ten Miler or Team Relay

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We can’t believe that’s another charity week over! It’s one of our favourite weeks of the year and we’re sad that it’s already come to a close. It was so lovely to see our factory, head office and shop staff come together to raise much needed funds for our chosen charity, Children on the edge. At Chocolate HQ we had a great week of

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  We did it! We did it! On Saturday 12th May, 22 of Team Monty’s headed to Brighton Racecourse to take part in the Colour Obstacle Rush! Naturally, it was the only rainy day in about two weeks, but we didn’t let the weather dampen our spirits! Half of the team hopped in to the Monty’s party bus (appropriately named by Helen),

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In celebration of International Women’s Day, we've crunched some numbers and put together this lovely infographic to show you how we are committing to trading fairly, both internally and externally.     Our ethics throughout our business have always been about being “trading fairly”.  We work hard to ensure this

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