Founded in 1852 in San Francisco, the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company is a well-known San Francisco institution and is also known worldwide, in the company of other prominent local names like Gap, Williams-Sonoma, Lucasfilms, and Alcatraz.
Yeah, it's available everywhere. And that's one of the problems with Ghirardelli -- the quality of the overall product suffers. I would stress that this is mostly due to third-party vendors keeping the merchandise in less-than-optimal storage conditions and the like, but also the vast amount of products that Ghirardelli manufactures doesn't help.
