The favour
A Ghanaian wedding sends its guests home with something, and the favour companies that dress the tables have made chocolate and sweets part of it: sugared almonds in tulle or in a printed box, chocolate dragées in the wedding colours, mini bars with the couple’s names on the sleeve, and wrapped sweets for the souvenir bag. The dragée page lists the groups, and the sugared almonds article goes through the tradition.
By colour, by the carton
Sugared almonds come one colour per carton or mixed, in the whites, ivories, golds and the bright colours Ghanaian weddings ask for; chocolate dragées in milk, dark and white, and coated almonds and hazelnuts in a matching range. The case weight per line is stated in the offer, so a favour company knows how many tables a carton dresses before it orders, and the colours can be run to your own palette on selected lines under the private label page, with the cartons carrying your name.
Dry or reefer
Sugared almonds and wrapped sweets travel dry all year and sit on a warm shelf without complaint; chocolate dragées, coated nuts and mini bars go in the reefer, year round on this route, and need a cool room at the other end until the wedding. A favour company that plans the two separately, almonds and sweets for the souvenir bag, chocolate for the table, sells both.
Who buys the container
A favour company buys by the carton from a confectionery wholesaler or an importer; the importer fills the container, with each product registered before it arrives. Because the container is mixed, dragées travel on their own pallet next to toffees, wafers and Turkish delight, so a wholesaler that serves the wedding trade can add the favour lines to an order it was making anyway. A large favour company that holds the registration and pools a container is quoted like an importer.
Price, and what is not printed here
The price per line in US dollars, the case count, the pallet plan and the tariff line are in the offer, with the duty that applies on the day and the registration documents listed; nothing that moves with the exchange rate or the season is printed on this site. What a favour company sells the dressed table for is its own craft; what the almonds cost by the carton is in the offer before it orders.
What to send first
The lines from the chocolate page, the confectionery page and the dragée page, the quantity per line, and whether any line carries your own brand. The written offer follows within two working days, in US dollars and the registration documents listed; the samples page explains how to taste the lines first, and the Ghana page lists what stays the same on every offer.
Can a favour company order directly?
The unit of sale is one full container, mixed across lines. A favour company buys by the carton from the importer or wholesaler; one that holds the registration and pools a container is quoted like an importer.
Which colours?
One colour per carton or mixed, in the range the wedding trade asks for; the offer lists the colours and the case weight per line.
Do sugared almonds need a reefer?
No, they travel dry. Chocolate dragées and mini bars travel in the reefer with the chocolate lines, year round on this route.
