The Maui Ku‘ia Estate Chocolate Factory was built in Lahaina to create a business with a mission to serve the Maui nonprofit community. The business opened just before the COVID crisis and struggled to recover from the economic effects of that disaster. Just as things were looking up in 2023, the Lahaina fire devastated much of our Lahaina community. The chocolate factory was spared and we were grateful to continue to fulfill our mission, turning our efforts towards wildfire relief nonprofits. However, business conditions deteriorated rapidly and continue to remain depressed.

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Despite two disasters in the past four years and with your help, we have been able to fulfill our commitment to give back to the community. We have offered our public space for nonprofit events and regularly conducted tastings, Sunday Sunset Jazz events, and most recently, the Sunday Chocolate Factory Experience with all the proceeds from ticket sales being donated to Maui nonprofits. Please go to Explore/Nonprofit Fundraising to learn more about how we give back. We look forward to doing much more as business conditions improve.

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For those of you that are not coming to Maui, you can support our business and the community we support by buying our products online. With the holidays coming up, we encourage you to consider our products for your own enjoyment and to share with friends and family. If you are unsure of what chocolates are favored by friends and family, a gift card is the perfect solution. I thank you in advance for your generous support.
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Mahalo Nui Loa,
Gunars Valkirs
CEO