Volume 8, Issue 7
February 11, 2008
In This Issue:
Valentine's Day is Thursday!
Recipe Section Debuts
National Cherry Month:
5 lbs. of Dried Cherries
Cold in the Republic, surprises on the way...
Valentine's Day is Thursday!
Twas' the days before Valentine's and all through the Republic, all the cupids were packing, with Santa's help too. Our quest to make Valentine's Day as popular as Christmas is quickly closing in. Just like at Christmas, we have decided to send you some last minute shipping reminders!
Take a look at our Valentine's Day shipping map to see when you must order your gifts in order to take advantage of our flat-rate ground shipping. Orders placed by 11 a.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, will be released that same day. Even better, if your gift recipient resides in Michigan, you'll have until Feb. 13 at 11 am to still be able to send the gift UPS Ground. UPS Next Day Air options available until Feb. 13 at 11 am (for all other states). Order and Share the Love! Need Valentine Gift ideas? Look here.
Recipe Section Debuts
The new Recipe section on the website is now active. Thanks to the contributions of both the Cherry Republic Café and our great citizens, we have been able to start off with 12 recipes. Thank you all for your contributions, we were surprised at how many recipes we received that called for fresh cherries. We will be adding these recipes soon along with instructions on how to reconstitute dried cherries to make these recipes work year round! We are always accepting new recipes for the site! Either email us, or use the send recipe link on the site.
National Cherry Month Continues:
Highlighted product 5 lbs. of Dried Cherries
National Cherry Month pushes on. We put one of our most popular items on special, the 5 lb. box of Dried Cherries. Our Dried Cherries are great for snacking as well as a wonderful addition to any recipe. Dried cherries keep for about a year if stored in a cool, dark place. 5 lbs. of Dried Cherries normally $55.00 on special for $47.00.
Cold in the Republic, surprises on the way...
It is 3 degrees out. Steph, Colebrook and I had an inside day filled with big time pillow wrestling, hide and seek, dancing to Jimmy Buffett around the fireplace, and bouncing Colebrook on the big red yoga ball. This past week Cherry Republic was in the Leelanau Enterprise. I showed our Whiting building project in TC to our State Senator, Jason Allen. And yesterday, my nephew Iskandar and I went kite skiing on Big Glen Lake. We tried to go ice fishing, but turned around after realizing we would have to walk 30 minutes into a 20 mph head wind to get out to the ice shanty. I am going to really surprise Steph on Valentine's-- I can't say what were doing-- she reads these too. But I will say that it will be a good Northern Michigan Valentine's. I hope that you all have a Happy Valentine's too!
Bob Sutherland
President, Cherry Republic