Volume 8, Issue 9
February 27, 2008
In This Issue:
National Cherry Month Almost Over!
Ways To Use Our Products!
Ice Adventures
National Cherry Month Almost Over!
This year, we actually get one more day of National Cherry Month than normal thanks to leap year. We have 15 great products on special and have also rolled out some new products this year, including our NEW! Balaton and Organic Dried Cherries (more on the Organics next week)! We hope you grab these savings in the twilight of this leap year as these specials end Friday at midnight. Also, we still have some of the popular Iced Imperial Pretzels, get them before they're gone! And don't forget the best deal of the season, 5 lbs. of Dried Cherries on special for $47.00, an $8 savings!
Ways To Use Our Products!
Thanks for all the recipe submissions! We have also received some fun "this is how we used your product" stories which you will be able to read in our next catalog. Do you have a fun story? Reply to this email with it. Need inspiration? Read the email below from Mary Jane Belter of Grand Haven, MI.
"I am not sending a written recipe - just photos that show the use of Cherry Republic Pepper Jelly. Don't they say 'a picture is worth a thousand words'? The setting: Wild Creek Lodge (a fly-in lodge owned by a friend) on Kodiak Island, Alaska. The date: mid-June 2007. The pictures: the guys were preparing fresh caught Rock Fish/Black Bass for dinner that night."
Ice Adventures:
Well Glen Arbor isn't quite Alaska, but Lake Michigan sure looked like the Bering Straights (Glen Artica) as Bob and I ventured out in canoes this past Friday. Bob is an experienced "ice canoer" and I'm, well, I've been canoeing before. It was intended to be a staff excursion, but luckily, no one would rent us canoes. It took us 20 minutes to get out on the water, navigating our single person canoes through the ice flows and breaking through skim ice. The sun was out and it was truly a beautiful sight. Local photographer Jeff Rabidoux captured us on film (the gallery is called "Lake Michigan's Ice Age") as we begin the approach back to the 6 foot wall of ice that was once the shore line. It took numerous attempts and 40 minutes of Bob leap-frogging on the giant ice flows to get us back to shore. Jason, Director of Retail Operations, ran down to locate not just us, but most importantly the Cherry Republic Constitution in the event that that it had to carry on without Bob. Looking back, the dangerous adventure was worth it, as we were able to see the beauty of our area in full winter. However, I'm pretty sure I'll be sticking to the river the next time I go winter canoeing...no icebergs there.
Jon Maue
Art & Web Director, Cherry Republic
P.S. Bob's on vacation, he and the family are enjoying the company of famous Florida mouse with big ears. He'll be back next week to tell us all about it.