Business View Caribbean | November 2020

75 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN NOVEMBER 2020 CHOCOLATE DREAMS had to change the direction of the company.” Smith turned to the Internet to see how she could maintain Chocolate Dreams’ profile and further expand her business to compensate for the losses related to COVID-19. “What’s happened since COVID is we have a lot of people who are away from the island, yet have their family here,” says Smith. “So we found that strengthening our social media presence has actually given us more overseas orders for family over here. We’ve been doing a lot of those orders with the hope that we are going to increase our export factor.” Some of Chocolate Dreams’ most popular items are being kept at the top of the menu to see if they will entice additional export orders within the Caribbean region. Hopes are that exporting will also expand to Europe and the United States. “It’s a long-term plan but we have to bring it forward,” adds Smith. The shrewd businesswoman realizes the vastness of product