Took about a week and a half for this chocolate to get from Greece to New York which was much faster than I had anticipated. My Greek family and I recently attended a Greek fest where they were selling this chocolate and it's better than any chocolate I've ever had. This is a great deal for 5 100gram bars and I'm so glad I found this. Would highly highly recommend! My new favorite chocolate. My mom left the packages it came in in her car for about 5 hours after she picked it up from the mailbox unknowing it was our chocolate so I was a bit worried about it melting but it was just a little soft so into the refridgerator it went. The package it came in said "soap" so maybe it said this so it was transported in some sort of refridgerated unit? I wouldn't worry about this melting if you're considering the purchase. Again, highly recommend!