Valentine's Day: Norman Love - Be my Valentine

For those of you craving Norman Love chocolates outside of Fort Myers, get ready for a special treat.

“We opened Naples a year and a half ago and Sarasota County is the next goal,” says Love, the celebrated chocolatier, tells the Business Observer in an interview.

Love doubled the size of his production facility near Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers to 11,000 square feet. He produces 6.5 million pieces of chocolate a year and 60,000 pieces a day for Valentine's Day, the second-busiest holiday after Christmas.

“Now I have the infrastructure necessary,” says Love. “We're on a path to open multiple stores around Florida.”