While Mars has better access to long-term capital and an entrepreneurial mindset, it does not have a contemporary, premium chocolate brand with its own stores (more than 120 in the U.K.), so this could be a useful learning experience. The Mars owner clearly sees Hotel Chocolat as an appetizing addition to its shelf of confectionery brands.” Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at investment manager Hargreaves Lansdown, commented: “This is the latest big company to take a bite out of the UK-listed market and is likely to continue to rattle nerves about an exodus from London.
