CHARLESWORTH NUTS

AUSTRALIA hallmark of our business .”

Brett Charlesworth and his brother Mark were brought into the business in the 1970s , and with this third generation the company opened its Marion factory headquarters and began expansion from one shop to a dozen throughout South Australia . Today the fourth generation , consisting of Brett Charlesworth ’ s three sons , has now already entered the business and is bringing with it the passion and drive to push the growth of Charlesworth Nuts even further through methods like interstate development .

“ We ’ re looking at that very seriously in the years ahead , and just continuing to expose my three sons to the business — what it takes to

– Brett Charlesworth , Managing Director grow and be successful , all the while maintaining our values as the heart and soul of the business ,” says Charlesworth . “ It ’ s just a matter of getting the processes right , working on systems and making them more entrenched — as the business gets bigger and bigger , it ’ s important that the right structure ’ s there . Now we ’ re just going through a bit of a generational shift .”

Charlesworth is also proud to discuss the recent addition of a new member of the Charlesworth Nuts legacy , and the beginning of its fifth generation : Jayde , born 18 months ago to middle son Kain and his wife Kat . “ She ’ s already become a bit of a face to the business ,” the proud grandfather boasts , noting that she was featured on the front cover of the company ’ s Christmas catalog last year . “ Really it ’ s to reinforce the fact that we are all about family — we are a business , but the family side of that is very important to us , and we think it ’ s very important to the people we ’ re selling to . Everyone ’ s part of a family , everyone relates to family , and really we ’ re just one family selling

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