Black Dinah Chocolates has announced plans to change the name of the company.
I’ve just plain been thinking a lot, period, these past two and a half weeks. About racism, antiracism, racial justice, and the powerful movement that is in play in our country at this moment. About what it takes for change to happen: murder, outrage, collective grief. And my place in it all. My company’s place in it all. And how it relates to you.
The company was named for Black Dinah Mountain on Isle au Haut where the company got its start before moving to Westbrook.
Several years after we moved our company to the mainland and south to the Greater Portland area, we noticed, to our dismay, that not everyone had the same good associations with our company name. And as our customer base grew, so did our perspective. Last fall, we began, as a team, to make a plan to transition to a new name.
The new name will be announced in July.
For additional information see articles in the Bangor Daily News and MaineBiz.