Volume 8, Issue 1
January 2, 2008
In This Issue:
2nd Best Product...
Top Ten
2nd Best Product...
Our second best product of 2007 was our Cherry Scone Mix! This fun mix for the baker at home will have them coming back for more! The delicious formula we have made for so many years in the café has been a big hit with all the bakers across the Republic. Normally $6.95 a bag, on special for $5.95
Top Ten of 2007
Here are Cherry Republic's top 10 from 2007:
10. Photo contest winner. 2007 Cherry Republic photo winner is W. Daniel. View the photo here.
9. Citizens profiled in catalog. This year we started to introduce some of our favorite citizens. Watch out, you may be chosen this year.
8. We were on the Today Show. And The Food Network, Midwest Living, etc. We're very fortunate to get such nice coverage. See the Today Show here.
7. Harvest, the movie is still our best. As we learn a new way to interact with our customers, we made some good videos and some bad ones. Here's our best.
6. Cherry Crop survives repeated bear attacks. The weather got a little dry during the summer, but it was hot so the berries were very red and ripe this year. And luckily, our problem bears didn't impact the 230 million pounds harvested.
5. Greatest Holiday season ever. We were busier than ever. We were more organized than ever. There was a sense of pride from the first hired to the last hired.
4. Seven-year-old wins talent show. Congrats to Lauren Jewell who sang "Calico Pie."
3. Confiscated Fruit Mix top new product. It is amazing to me that something with bananas in it could taste so good.
2. The Bear wins the presidency. Ugh. Who would have ever thought a bear would beat the president, dictator, queen and emperor? Go here to see me pass the torch.
1. Traverse City Store Opens. After 18 years, we finally expand to a second location and we make lots of new customers. See Record Eagle article here.
Bob Sutherland
President, Cherry Republic