A Hampshire-based chocolate factory has confirmed it will move production to Germany with the loss of 84 jobs. Storck, makers of Bendicks mint chocolates, blamed the decision on a decline in the market and said it was the right move in order to protect the brand.

Who makes Bendicks?

Bendicks is a chocolate brand currently owned by August Storck KG, famed for its "quintessentially British" Bittermint dark mint chocolates, still made to the original recipe of 1931.

When were Bendicks invented?

The Bendicks story began in 1930 when founders Mr Oscar Benson and Colonel Bertie Dickson produced the first ever Bendicks after dinner mint chocolates, establishing an unrivalled reputation for perfection.