Tim Tams have been sold in Israel for several years now after being discovered by Israeli backpackers a decade ago. A new attempt at the start of 2016 has however been very successful and grabbed media attention.Ĭampbell Soup Company now appears to be is taking advantage of its spreading fame and it is confident that a potential placement in Walmart will take the brand nation-wide.Īrnott’s has had enormous success in Indonesia with a cheese-flavoured variety made exclusively for Indonesia. In 2014 the brand enlisted celebrity chef Adriano Zumbo in order to release flavours such as Red Velvet, Coconut Cream, Salted Caramel and Choc Brownie.Ĭampbell Soup Company previously launched Tim Tam’s in the US but did not find initial success. Starting with variations like dark chocolate, mint and white chocolate, Arnott’s has since gone on to become even more adventurous in its flavouring. In recent years, the appetite for new Tim Tam varieties has boomed.
The actual on-going product development for Tim tams is still Australian-based. The biscuit is currently owned by the US’s Campbell Soup Company which brought out Arnott’s in 2011. The biscuits were named after a horse by the same name which had won the 1958 Kentucky Derby. Inspired by the Penguin Biscuit, Norris wanted to make “a better one” and by, 1964 Tim Tams were being manufactured by Arnott’s in Australia and quickly gained popularity. Whilst in Britain in the 1950’s he came across the ‘Penguin Biscuit’ which is a chocolate-covered biscuit with chocolate cream manufactured by United Biscuits. The Tim Tam was invented by an Australian man named Ian Norris. Ranked the world’s most popular biscuit per capita, there is no denying the success of Arnott’s Tim Tam biscuit.įrom a highly popular cheese flavour in Indonesia to recently breaking into the US market, what is the story behind the success of the humble chocolate biscuit?
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