Governance at Charleys
Charley’s is a private company with 165 shareholders, a MD and a board. We are located at Mission Beach, Far North Queensland in an area that grows great cocoa. Charley’s property comprises cocoa p ...
Governance at Charley's
On a day-to-day basis founder and MD Chris Jahnke manages Charley’s operations. But Charley’s is a private company with 165 shareholders and a board. So, there is more to it than Chris running the ...
July in Mission Beach
Charley’s has three face to face board meetings each year plus others via Zoom. As the only non-local director, I travel up for the face to facers.The July 26th meeting was busy and covered a lot ...
Cocoa Prices surge in 2024
Understanding the Surge in Cocoa Prices: A 2024 OverviewThe cocoa market has been experiencing significant turbulence, with prices reaching unprecedented heights in 2024. Several factors have contrib ...
New Equipment 2020
Charleys has been making chocolate since 2014. We started with small scale equipment. Chocolate making equipment is a global business with many reputable suppliers. Some suppliers specialise in ...
Charley's innovative concepts the focus of national climate change research
Part of the challenge of growing our amazing cocoa beans, is ensuring the longevity of the Cocoa Trees. As such, when we were setting up the plantation, we paid close attention to the likelihood ...
Charley’s Shop -2023 update
Charley’s on-premise shop had a soft opening from late October 2022. The story ‘Flat pack to Chocolate Shop’ can be read here.Things have moved on in 2023.So far we have installed new roadsi ...
Annual Roundup - 2022
Lots has happened at Charley’s this year, including finding a Super Fruit Dove in our rainforest.Charley's is a tree to bar (single origin) chocolate grower The vision for Charley’s is a high q ...
Flat pack to chocolate shop
Find us at 388 El Arish Mission Beach Road Qld 4852How to build a shop in FNQ - Construction work in FNQ is a challenge. Materials are often unavailable and delivery times long. Charley’s chocol ...
Making chocolate sustainably
Long before Charley’s, Lynn and Chris had a deep understanding and acceptance of the need for business to be sustainable and environmentally and socially responsible.Starting Charley’s as a clean s ...
AGM week 2023 at Charley's
AGM week at Charley’s?Charley’s AGM was held on Friday 27th October. The additional highlight of the AGM was the presence of the Better Homes and Gardens team. They spent the morning at Charl ...
What’s it all about – Charleys a wrap for 2020/21
Charley's was begun by Chris and Lynn Jahnke in 2012 with a dream to grow international award-winning Cocoa in Australia, make trophy winning Chocolate and sell to a discerning customer bas ...
May at Mission Beach
Glorious Mt Edna plantation - May 2025 Since my last visit to Mission Beach there have been several developments Charley’s has finally installed its Elevation cooling tunnel (from Bosc ...
Our Cocoa World 2026
Quick Jump: World production, prices and yields. 1 Australia - 2025 Mt Edna Harvest 5 Australia – Mt Edna rain. 6 Australia - UQ research. 6 EUDR ( EU Deforestation Reduction) update. 7 ...
Charley’s packaging - Art meets chocolate
A primer in design or a comedy in many parts.Art is integral to the global chocolate industry. Art is part of the mystique of luxury goods; chocolate as art. After 6 years of the Charley’s ‘rustic’ p ...
My week at Mission Beach
In late Nov / early December your chair plus two companions spent a week at Charley’s while Chris Jahnke had a well-earned break. It’s was a busy week given all your chair had forgotten from the 20 ...
What's been happening in the cocoa industry in 2023.
Global Cocoa happenings There is lots happening in global cocoa land.1.The price of dried beans has increased more than 50% in 2023 – up from about US$2,500 to US$3,500plus - a result of a perceiv ...
International cocoa activites.
International cocoa activitiesAustralia has a nascent cocoa industry, but with great expectations for its future development. International activities can guide Australia and offer up opportunities a ...
An update on child slavery - Child Slavery lawsuit in US
The media has been diligent in their reporting of child labour practices in the cocoa industry in West Africa. Charley’s Chocolates website provides a useful summary at Our planetDated Sat 13 Feb ...
Invest
Charley’s is a private company with just under 170 shareholders at 2025. The shareholder register has evolved since 2012 when the founders sought early investors who each contrib ...
Privacy
This is our latest online privacy policy and identifies how we use, store and protect your personal information. This policy was last updated 25 July 2020 and any updates will be posted here. This po ...
Reviews
Our regular tours provide immediate feedback. Here are some visitor comments. "Knocks the other chocolate factories we've been to out of the park! Very inspiring." " ...
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