A desire for a change in pace and a life-long love of her grandmother’s cooking led burnt-out Melbourne PR executive Greta Donaldson to a new life, and a new business, in Bendigo.
After 20 years in the corporate world working with high-profile clients across media, entertainment, hospitality and lifestyle brands, Greta returned to her regional Victorian hometown in 2015, to be closer to her family.
She was inspired to establish the business after whipping up a batch of peanut brittle for the family Christmas gathering, using a recipe created by her late grandmother, Norma Roulston, from Toolleen near Elmore, (Victoria). The brittle was a huge hit.
Greta tinkered with her grandmother’s recipe to create a finer, more brittle sweet and salty treat. As its popularity grew among friends and family, she began to consider options for sale.
I come from a long line of great cooks, but they would all be laughing in their graves at my success. I burn toast! I was never kitchen bound, although I do like cooking. I’m certainly not a creative cook like the rest of the women in my family.
Bendigo Brittle has now established a strong following as Greta and a small team of employees, offer her sweet treats from an uber cool confectionery cart at creative, artisan and farmers’ markets around Bendigo and across Victoria.
To meet growing demand, Greta recently relocated the business to a custom-designed commercial kitchen, but it remains a family enterprise with Greta cooking and packaging the brittle alongside her mother Shirley and niece Mikala McNeill.
From its initial offering of a 200g Peanut Brittle pack, Bendigo Brittle has also expanded its range. It now offers a 100g peanut brittle pack, a 400g peanut brittle pack, a 1000g (1KG) peanut brittle pack, as well as a 100g macadamia brittle pack, a 100g cashew brittle pack, a 100g almond brittle pack, a 100g pistachio brittle pack, a 100g chilli peanunt brittle (MILD) pack and a 100g chilli peanunt brittle (HOT) pack. We also make a 100g and a 200g vegan peanut brittle pack, as well as 200g matte black tins in macadamia and peanut.
Throughout the process, Greta has been determined to build and maintain a high-quality brand, sourcing the best local ingredients and supporting local business wherever possible.
“In a time of great global upheaval, I am delighted that Bendigo Brittle is one small thing that is and can become a constant – a small moment of pleasure in people’s daily lives. That in itself makes everything worthwhile.”
Handmade in Bendigo from quality ingredients, including Australian grown nuts - our hugely popular original peanut brittle has become synonymous with our famous gold rush town and now the nation.
2/35 Wills Street, BENDIGO, VIC 3550
51-67 Pall Mall, BENDIGO, VIC 3550
314 Lyttleton Terrace, BENDIGO, VIC 3550
76 Violet Street, BENDIGO, VIC 3550
5 Queen Street, BENDIGO, VIC 3550
52 Garsed Street, BENDIGO, VIC 3550
1/11 Bridge Street, BENDIGO, VIC 3550
Shop 26, Bendigo Bank Central, BENDIGO, VIC 3550
Shop 10A, The Bendigo Centre, Bath Lane, BENDIGO, VIC 3550
Shop 6, 113-133 Mollison Street, BENDIGO, VIC 3550
110 Hargreaves Street, BENDIGO, VIC 3550
Shop 4, Abbott Arcade, Lyttleton Terrace, BENDIGO, VIC 3550
363 Hargreaves Street, BENDIGO, VIC 3550
1A/46 Bridge Street, BENDIGO, VIC 3550
97A High Street, AXEDALE, VIC 3551
146 Midland Highway, EPSOM, VIC 3550
Shop 8, Strath Hill Shopping Centre, Corner of Edwards Road & Condon Street, BENDIGO, VIC 3550
27-29 High Street, EAGLEHAWK, VIC 3556
Town Hall, Peg Leg Road, EAGLEHAWK, VIC 3556
35 Victa Road, EAST BENDIGO, VIC 3550
Shop 48a Mayfair Park Estate McDowalls Road, EAST BENDIGO, VIC 3550
585 Napier Street, WHITE HILLS, VIC 3550
Shops 4 + 5, 619 Midland Highway, HUNTLY, VIC 3551
20 Station Street, KANGAROO FLAT, VIC 3555
150 Condon Street, KENNINGTON, VIC 3550
3 Wood Street, LONG GULLY, VIC 3550
737 Calder Highway, MAIDEN GULLY, VIC 3551
25 Sandhurst Town Road, MYERS FLAT, VIC 3556
951 Wellington Street, STRATHFIELDSAYE, VIC 3551
939 Wellington Street, STRATHFIELDSAYE, VIC 3551
606-612 Napier Street, WHITE HILLS, VIC 3551
2 Harrington Square, ALTONA, VIC 3018
181 Union Road, ASCOT VALE, VIC 3032
219 High Street, ASHBURTON, VIC 3147
156 Sydney Road, BRUNSWICK, VIC 3056
11 Nicholson Street, CARLTON, VIC 3053
120 Bolton Street, ELTHAM, VIC 3095
Shop 20A, 70 Warringa Crescent, HOPPERS CROSSING, VIC 3960
Terminal 1, Qantas Domestic Terminal, MELBOURNE AIRPORT, VIC 3045
575 Flinders Lane, MELBOURNE, VIC 3000
2 Mason Street, NEWPORT, VIC 3015
176-178 Victoria Street, SEDDON, VIC 3011
491 Malvern Road, SOUTH YARRA, VIC 3141
148 Barkly Street, ARARAT, VIC 3377
Corner of Grey and Gisborne Streets, BACCHUS MARSH, VIC 3340
85-91 Mair Street, BALLARAT, VIC 3350
728-738 Geelong Road CANADIAN, VIC 3350
16 Doveton Street North, BALLARAT, VIC 3350
702 Creswick Road, BALLARAT, VIC 3355
Bradshaw Street, BALLARAT, VIC 3350
121 Lydiard Street, BALLARAT, VIC 3350
2/50 Hitchcock Avenue, BARWON HEADS, VIC 3227
41 King Street, BOORT, VIC 3537
4 Main Street, BRIDGEWATER, VIC 3516
21 Henty StREET, CASTERTON, VIC 3311
44 Mostyn Street, CASTLEMAINE, VIC 3450
50 Mostyn Street, CASTLEMAINE, VIC 3450
87 King George Street, COHUNA, VIC 3568
258 Pakenham Street, ECHUCA, VIC 3564
39 Haverfield Street, ECHUCA, VIC 3564
203 Darling Street, ECHUCA, VIC 3564
72-76 Railway Road, ELMORE, VIC 3558
29 Tarcombe Road, EUROA, VIC 3666
29 Railway Place, Northern Highway, ELMORE, VIC 3558
40 Fellmongers Road, BREAKWATER, VIC 3219
74 Garden Street, EAST GEELONG, VIC 3219
Shop 15-17, Grovedale Square Shopping Centre, 79 Heyers Road, GROVEDALE, VIC 3216
1477 Western Hwy, GREAT WESTERN, VIC 3374
115 Harmony Way, HARCOURT, VIC 3453
66 Maroondah Highway, HEALESVILLE, VIC 3777
175 High Street, HEATHCOTE, VIC 3523
High Street, HEATHCOTE, VIC 3523
65 Brooke Street, INGLEWOOD, VIC 3517
45 Victoria Street, KERANG, VIC 3579
102 Sydney Street, KILMORE, VIC 3764
36 Sydney Road, KILMORE, VIC 3764
10 Allan Street, KYABRAM, VIC 3620
55 High Street, KYNETON, VIC 3444
138 Mollison Street, KYNETON, VIC 3444
42 High Street, LANCEFIELD, VIC 3435
2-8 Lockington Road, LOCKINGTON, VIC 3563
20 High Street, Maldon, VIC 3463
22 Main Street, Maldon, VIC 3463
145 Mt Buller Road, MANSFIELD, VIC 3722
192 High Street, MARYBOROUGH, VIC 3465
8 Murchison Street, MARYSVILLE, VIC 3779
Shop 4 209 Mornington Tyabb Road, MORNINGTON, VIC 3931
4 Scarborough Cres, MORWELL, VIC 3840
259 High Street, NAGAMBIE, VIC 3608
53 Victoria Street, NHILL, VIC 3418
71 The Terrace, OCEAN GROVE, VIC 3226
27 Sackville Street, PORT FAIRY, VIC 3284
10-20 Gillies Street, ROCHESTER, VIC 3561
206 Albert Street, SEBASTOPOL, VIC 3356
91 Benella Road, SHEPPARTON, VIC 3630
79 Main Street, STAWELL, VIC 3380
11-15 Beveridge Street, SWAN HILL, VIC 3585
2820 Lancefield-Tooborac Road, TOOBORAC, VIC 3522
80 High Street, WEDDERBURN, VIC 3518
2/16 Church Street, WHITTLESEA, VIC 3757
317 Broadway, WYCHEPROOF, VIC 3527
6585 Maroondah Hwy, YARCK, VIC 3719
Foy Lane, 47-53 Wentworth Avenue, SYDNEY, NSW 2000
22 Murray Street, BARHAM, NSW 2732
24 Fagan Drive, BOOKHAM, NSW
Corner Denison and Molong Streets, CONDOBOLIN, NSW 2877
137 Hardinge Street, DENILIQUIN, NSW 2710
100 Terralongong Street, KIAMA, NSW 2533
27 B Livingstone Street, MATHOURA, NSW 2710
49/51 Meninya Street, MOAMA, NSW 2731
87 Jenkins Street, NUNDLE, NSW 2340
196 Kelly Street, SCONE, NSW 2337
109 Dubbo Street, WARREN, NSW 2824
65 Adelaide Street, BIRDSVILLE, QLD 4482
2/229 Sheridan Street, CAIRNS NORTH, QLD 4870
59B George Street, MOONTA, SA 5558
41 Victoria Street, ROBE, SA 5276
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