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This is the best accidental discovery that we made. This store is bigger than the one in the factory and has the same prices... sometimes even better, because whenever there are products that had some slight problem, such as a packaging problem, they put them here on mega discount. The other benefits are that this place is not as crowded AND even better, they have a huge range of Nestle products here (unlike the other store which only has chocolate). Along with Cailler chocolate, you can buy water, other Nestle candy products, frozen pizza, shampoo, baby products... and all at factory prices!!!
Written Oct 31, 2004
After you take your tour through the factoy, you can go to the store inside of the factory, and buy a variety of Cailler and other Nestle products for the lowest prices you will find in Switzerland. The downside is that the store inside of the factory is crowded and lines can be long. Instead of shoping at this store, you are better off going to the Nestle Factory Store down the street...
Written Oct 31, 2004
Address: inside of the fabrique
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So good that it deserves its own tip. Caution: you could seriously hurt yourself here! The whole room is filled with trays like this. So good that I went twice!!!
Written Oct 31, 2004
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Chocolate lovers couldn't possible get a better deal. For just a few francs at the door... it was 3 with a student ID... maybe 4 or 5 for adults (although we read that it would be free in a guide book... but I'm not complaining)... you get a tour. Well really, you watch a little movie in French that had headsets for German and English, among other languages, about how Cailler chocolate and how it affects the senses and brings out the passion. Then you watch a video (in french with german and english subtitles) about how chocolate is made. That turns out to be a pretty good thing, because you don't see much chocolate making during the tour, seems like they were trying to keep their chocolate making secrets to themselves. During the tour, you learn that Cailler was bought by Nestle many years ago, that Cailler chocolate is only made in Broc, and uses fresh Gruyère milk, unlike other Nestle products that use milk powder. You also learn that the Swiss keep the good chocolate for themselves and export the remainders to the outside word, and that they consume an amazing 12 kg/year. But the BEST part of the tour is the tasting room, in which you get to taste as much Cailler chocolate as you can handle - so good, I went twice!
Written Oct 31, 2004
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The second time I went to Broc, I went via car. We traveled to Bulle because my friend, Emanuel, knew how to get there. From Bulle to Broc, we guessed the directions. Combining street signs and directions from an elderly couple who was walking down the road, we got there. On the way, we had to stop for a procession of decorated cows. We couldn't figure out why, on a Friday afternoon, this was going on, but it was definately entertaining!
Written Oct 31, 2004
I went to Broc twice... once by bus + train, and once by car. The first time, we left Fribourg via Bus and went to Bulle. Bulle is one of the bus hubs in Fribourg Kanton. From Bulle, we took the regional train to Broc. This is heading in the opposite direction of the Gruyères cheese factory... you could possible catch both of them in one day. The ticket from Bulle to Broc was 3 francs with our Halbtax card. I'm pretty sure that the Broc Fabrique stop was at the end of the line.
Written Oct 31, 2004
Ok, I'll be honest... the only reason why I even noticed the city of Broc was because of the similarity of the name to that of my nephew, Brock. If you are in this region of Switzerland, you are...
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