Polly Waffle
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Polly Waffle is an Australian chocolate bar that is manufactured in Sydney, Australia by Nestlé. It is waffle wafer tube filled with spongey marshmallow and coated in chocolate.
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[edit] History
Abel Hoadley (born September 10, 1844, died May 12, 1918)[1] opened a jam factory in South Melbourne, Victoria, in 1889, trading as A. Hoadley & Company. By 1895, business had expanded rapidly and Hoadley built a five-storey premises, the Rising Sun Preserving Works. He produced jams, jellies, preserved fruits, candied peels, sauces, and confectionery and employed a workforce as large as 200. By 1901, there were four preserving factories and a large confectionery works. Hoadley had acquired the firm of Dillon, Burrows & Co. and extended his products to vinegar, cocoa, and chocolate.
In 1910, the jam business was sold to Henry Jones Co-operative Ltd. and in 1913, Hoadley's Chocolates Ltd was formed. The same year, Hoadley produced his first chocolate assortment.
[edit] Timeline
- Hoadley's Chocolates made the first Polly Waffle bar in Melbourne in 19xx.
- In 1972, Hoadley's Chocolates was acquired by Rowntree Company and became known as Rowntree Hoadley Ltd.
- In 1988, Nestlé acquired Rowntree Company. The Rowntree chocolate brands were initially branded as Nestlé-Rowntree, until Nestlé dropped the Rowntree altogther.
[edit] Trivia
- Polly Waffle has earned its place in Australian Slang as a piece of human excretement about 6 inches long. For example "I just dropped a big greasy polly waffle into the can."
- In the TV show Bargearse, Bargearse claims to have a re-occurring dream where he is driving and crashes "into a 20 foot Polly Waffle."
[edit] References
- Australian Dictionary of Biography - Abel Hoadley entry
- http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Polly+waffle
