Gelato Messina launches in grocery stores – a match made in dessert heaven
-Exclusive new range of pints and ice cream cakes to hit freezer aisles across Australia
AUSTRALIA, 14 October, 2024: In a game-changing move for dessert lovers, Australia’s homegrown gelato maker, Gelato Messina, is bringing its signature flavours and artisanal craftsmanship to all Woolworths grocery stores nationwide.
With a brand-new range of pints and frozen ice cream cakes, Gelato Messina’s much-loved creations are now available for Australians to conveniently enjoy at home—anytime, anywhere.
The range features six delicious new pints inspired by the best-selling in-store flavours and specials menu, packed with Gelato Messina’s renowned house-made toppings and chunky mix-ins, including:
-
Super Vanilla – Vanilla Gelato with Vanilla Fudge – made using Messina’s own vanilla fudge with Heilala vanilla
-
Dulce de Leche – Dulce De Leche Gelato – made using Messina’s own house-made dulce de leche
-
Pistachio Praline – Fior Di Latte Gelato with Messina’s own house-made Pistachio Fudge & Pistachio Praline
-
Hazelnut Praline – Light chocolate Gelato with Messina’s own house-made Hazelnut praline and fudge made with hazelnuts from the Messina farm
-
Robert Brownie Jr. – Chocolate Gelato with Milk Choc Fudge & Choc Brownie
-
Tiramisu – Tiramisu Gelato with Coffee Syrup
Meanwhile a set of new ice cream cakes will shake up the frozen cake sector, with three delectable flavours bringing more joy to the Woolworth’s freezer aisle:
-
Tiramisu – A tiramisu bavarian cake with layers of coffee soaked sponge dusted in cocoa powder
-
Iced Coco – A coconut & raspberry bavarian cake with raspberry gel and desiccated coconut on a coconut biscuit base
-
Choc Malt – A chocolate malt bavarian cake with malt fudge, malt chantilly and shaved dark chocolate on chocolate biscuit base
Gelato Messina Founder, Nick Palumbo said:
“At Gelato Messina we’ve always been pushing boundaries to create products that surprise and delight, and after years of bringing unique flavours to our stores, we’re excited to finally make that experience more accessible to even more Australians through our first, exclusive supermarket range.”
“After expanding from our first Darlinghurst store in 2002 to now having 31 stores across Australia and internationally – the next step for us was to find a way to make our products accessible to everyone across the country, without compromising on quality.”
“By working closely with Woolworths, we’ve developed a range that still has the honest quality, the delicious Messina magic, but can now be enjoyed from the comfort of your own freezer—no matter where you are. We’re proud of what we’ve created and can’t wait for people to start trying our pints and cakes from their local stores.”
Gelato Messina’s new pints and ice cream cakes will be available exclusively in Woolworths stores across Australia* from today, for RRP AUD $14.50 each and RRP AUD $30.00 respectively.
All Woolworths stores nationwide will offer the Super Vanilla and Pistachio Praline pints, with other flavours and cakes selectively stocked depending on the size of store. Cakes will not be available in WA and NT due to distribution restrictions.
Pricing:
Range of 6 pints – RRP $14.50 each
Range of 3 ice cream cakes RRP $30.00 each (cake not avail in WA and NT)
About Gelato Messina
Gelato Messina is Australia’s most loved gelateria, growing from a single store which opened in Darlinghurst in 2002, to now 30 stores across Australia, all privately owned and operated. As their number of stores grows, so does their obsession with making everything themselves. They never, ever use pre-made bases or mass-produced flavour pastes and instead create a unique recipe for every single Messina flavour from scratch. Any toppings or chunky additions you see in their gelato are made by Messina chefs at their in-house bakery. At each Messina store, you’ll find 40 freshly churned flavours, with 35 traditional flavours and 5 rotating weekly specials each week.
Equally obsessed with the quality of the gelato as they are with the origin of the ingredients, Messina even have their own dairy farm that supplies them with super creamy jersey milk, their own hazelnut farm, plus make all their own chocolate and dulce de leche in-house.
