Mixed, because these are two different shelves
The chocolate column here has a settled order: France at roughly 60.7 per cent, the Netherlands 13.5, Türkiye third at 10.77. The sugar confectionery column has none — Tunisia 20.6, Colombia 19.3, France 15.6, Türkiye seventh at 5.08.
Going deep on one line is a bet placed before your own tills have said anything. A mixed box is the cheaper experiment: several lines reach the shelf at the cost of one load, and the second order is sized on what sold.
The one thing anyone here searches for by name
Local search counted 801 raw French phrases; 5 cleared a twenty-a-month threshold at 100 a month — one request spelled five ways: sugared almonds for a wedding. English counted 313 raw phrases, 6 above the threshold at 170 a month. The trade part of both is zero.
Small, and not a market. But it is the only thing named here, and it lands on a core line: dragées and sugared almonds earn their space in a first box, as bulk cartons, kilo bags or printed doypacks in the colours the occasion asks for.
What loads from the range, and what is fetched
Loading straight from the range: chocolate, dragées, Turkish delight, wrapped confectionery and spreads in jars. Those lines run in our own factory in Gaziantep, so each is sampled, specified and priced on its own.
Everything else — couverture, bulk chocolate by the kilo, raw nuts, dried fruit, cocoa, baklava, halva and tahini — is sourced on request: we confirm composition and format before quoting, and what cannot be confirmed stays out of the offer. Threeof the six English phrases above the threshold are bakery items, éclairs at 50 a month among them, which we do not make.
Format decides how many lines fit
First lists stall on format more often than on taste. The same Turkish delight leaves as a bulk carton for a cash-and-carry, a printed box for a hotel counter or a retail pack for a supermarket facing; dragées go as a kilo carton, a doypack or a gift carton; a spread is filled to a weight we already run.
Each choice moves net weight, case weight, pack count and cartons per pallet, and those figures decide how many lines fit in one container. Colour on a dragée line is a production run, booked with the box rather than added later.
One box, two temperatures
Heat is planned for, not discovered. A destination on the equator has no cool season to ship into, so chocolate and chocolate-coated lines are quoted in a reefer and the offer marks which they are. Turkish delight, dragées, hard and chewy confectionery and jellies travel dry.
Dry and chilled lines still share one container. Our factory is in Gaziantep and Mersin is about three hours awayby road, so the leg where temperature is easiest to lose is the shortest.
Settled in writing before production is booked
An offer worth checking is one that can be checked. Per line it names the ingredients and allergens, net weight, case weight and pack count, the format, the delivery term and the price in US dollars. Terms quoted are FCA Gaziantep, FOB Mersin, CIF or DAP. Certificates are issued for our factory, and the offer states what applies on the day for the origin document.
Four things settle first: the French label content, built from our technical data sheet and checked against your artwork before printing; the coating on each coated line, named as chocolate or as compound, since in the European Union a vegetable-fat coating cannot be labelled chocolate; the discharge port and who declares the goods; and samples from running production. Send the lines you want priced, the format for each, an indicative quantity and the delivery point, and the offer follows line by line.
Should a first box lean towards chocolate or towards sugar confectionery?
Usually towards chocolate, and the columns say why. Türkiye is already third in the chocolate column at about 10.77 per cent on the 2024 mirror figures and seventh in sugar confectionery at 5.08, so the chocolate side asks less of your buyer. That is a starting point rather than a rule: the box is mixed precisely so both columns get a facing and the second order follows your own sales.
What do you need from us before the container can be quoted?
The lines you want priced, the format for each — bulk carton, kilo bag, doypack, printed box or jar — an indicative quantity, the delivery point, and whether the pack keeps our standard pack or carries your brand. With that we confirm each line and the offer comes back in writing, per line, in US dollars.
Can dragées for a wedding season be booked in the same box as everything else?
Yes, and it is better booked ahead of the season than chased during it. Colour is a production run rather than a stock pick, so the offer states the minimum per colour and the lead time for that line, and the cartons travel dry alongside the chilled lines in the same container.
