Happy New Year, Bonne année!
Hello and welcome to 2025.
As 2024 wrapped up, we looked back on the past year with so much gratitude and fabulous memories. Thanks to you, we had the most incredible year of support with strong sales growth locally and across North America. In addition to Rousseau products being welcomed into your homes, we are delighted to also be your choice for corporate and client gifts. We are very grateful.
A few other 2024 highlights:
In May, we had 2 significant milestones to celebrate. We got married in Fort de France, Martinique, surrounded by family and friends, warm winds, sunny skies and great food. We were surprised when our event planner incorporated Chocolat Antillais – a Martinique tradition of creamy hot chocolate flavoured with cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, lime zest and almond into our celebration. How fitting (and delicious) it was.
May also marked Rousseau Chocolatier’s 10th anniversary. For those of you who are small business owners, you know just how much this milestone means. It is still a thrill for us to be a growing family business in this community and we know we couldn’t do it without your support.
In the fall, Julien had the incredible privilege of contributing to the Devour Food and Film Fest as a guest Chef, crafting desserts for the main event. This was terrific recognition of Julien’s skills and an honour to be in the company of global culinary experts, right here at home.
For the holiday season, we proudly launched our first fully custom box, right down to the package design which was designed in house. The Evergreen Box featured 5 holiday flavours including a distinctly Nova Scotian chocolate – Spruce Tip Caramel. Your response to this box was fabulous. You can expect to see it return in 2025.
Finally, in December, we were honoured to participate in The Atlantic Trade Mission to New York and Boston, sharing and celebrating Halifax and ROUSSEAU chocolate in the US and being part of the iconic lighting of the magnificent Nova Scotia Christmas Tree in Boston.
With 2025 now underway, we can’t wait to share what we have planned for the year. We promise some inspiring new partnerships and creations. We wish you good health and happiness in 2025. Thank you for making ROUSSEAU part of your lives.
We are so very grateful.
Nathalie & Julien Rousseau