February Deals

Gang - We have some hot deals for February. These are items that we think needed a boost or product that is still fresh, but did not meet our expectations and we are clearing it out. If you'd like to see the list and are a current customer, please email our Customer Service.

cs at red stone foods dot com - this is all one word. We have to type it this way so that we don't get spammed like crazy. If you don't understand how to type this, just call us at our regular number.

THANKS!

Chili in Chocolate ???

You bet! When Redstone launched the
Redstone Red Chili Chipotle bar (72%
Belgian chocolate with Chipotle pepper),
people thought we were crazy. Less
than 3 years later, it is a top selling
bar. We now have a line of bars - see
below. The Christian Science Monitor
has an interesting story about spices in
chocolate.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/
1205/p13s01-lifo.html

55101RED STONE'S MARGARITA CHOCOLATE BAR

55102RED STONE'S RED CHILI CHIPOTLE CHOCOLATE BAR

55103RED STONE'S RED CHILI AND CURRY CHOC BAR

55104RED STONE'S JALAPENO & SALTED PEANUT - MILK

55105RED STONE'S OLD NEW ORLEANS CHOC BAR

Something Exciting - Ghirardelli Pecan Pie

Pecan Pie - a southern favorite, is coming to a candy bar near you. This is insider news, don't tell anyone who told you (okay, you can link the blog if you insist). Ghirardelli is coming out with a milk chocolate bar that tastes like Pecan Pie. No kidding. It is truely amazing. If you LOVE Chocolate Pecan Pie, like your blogger here, you are gonna go ape for this bar. You get the flavor, pecan pieces, and a mouth feel of a crust, all in a chocolate bar. Coming soon to a candy distributor near you. More details to follow, but probably not until summer time.

In other news, we will soon have the Ghirardelli 3 oz. stand up bars (with display) available very soon. These are not new items. The packaging has been updated and the bars now stand upright.



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Theo Gets Fantastic Press - HOT HOT HOT!!!

We wanted to drop you a quick note to tell you about Theo -- and some of the great press they are getting. Theo is an all Fair Trade cocoa bean company. They are an artisanal, domestic chocolate maker with great products, a catchy look, and some really neat add-ins. Two bar lines are available (see below). The larger bars are made from all Fair Traded, single origin cocoa beans. The smaller bars are made from all Fair Traded cocoa beans and are also certified organic.

They are really gaining steam and are now getting some fantastic press, including an Oprah favorite (left). We have the full bar line in stock. ORDER NOW, now when your customers are looking for something new, fun, trendy, and feel good!


Theo - Fair Traded, Single Origin Chocolate (12 / 3 oz. bars)

31213	THEO ORIGIN BAR- 91% VENEZUELA
31211	THEO ORIGIN BAR-65% MADAGASCAR
31210	THEO ORIGIN BAR-74% IVORY COAST
31212	THEO ORIGIN BAR-75% ECU/GHA/PAN
31209	THEO ORIGIN BAR-84% GHANA

3400 Phinney Organic Bars (12 / 2 oz. bars)

44407 3400 PHINNEY ORGANIC BAR-BREAD CHOC 44406 3400 PHINNEY ORGANIC BAR-COFFEE DARK 44408 3400 PHINNEY ORGANIC BAR-NIB BRITTLE 44403 3400 PHINNEY ORGANIC BAR-VANILLA MILK

Fun Items for New Year

We have some neat items for the New Year, we wanted you to know about. They all come in point-of-purchase displays. The first group is licorice in various drink flavors. This is a fantastic counter item that is going to be big in 2008.

001245 COCKTAIL CANDY TWIST – DAIQUIRI 12ct.
001269 COCKTAIL CANDY TWIST – MARGARITA 12ct.
001283 COCKTAIL CANDY TWIST - PINA COLADA 12ct.

For kids, and kids at heart, we have the Sour Dipper Licker. This is similar to the lick’em with the stick that you put into the powder. It is inexpensive and a ton of fun!

009035 SOUR DIPPER LICKER – BLUEBERRY 36ct.
009034 SOUR DIPPER LICKER – CHERRY 36ct.
009044 SOUR DIPPER LICKER - GREEN APPLE 36ct.
009040 SOUR DIPPER LICKER – STRAWBERRY 36ct.

Fair Traded Chocolate from Divine

Fair traded chocolate is chocolate where the manufacturer makes an agreement with a farmer or a farm cooperative to buy the cocoa beans at a price above the lowest available price. In exchange, the farmers agree to pay their workers above market wages and treat them better than is the norm. The agreement may also include other provisions, but the core is about treating the workers better.

We just started carrying a new line - Divine Chocolates. Divine's product offering is below. They have a very strong and loyal fan base and are getting some very nice trade press.

http://www.confectionerynews.com/news/ng.asp?n=81922-divine-icco-ghana

Read a brief statement about the company here. The unique thing about Divine is that they are "beyond" fair trade in that they not only buy the cocoa beans for a fair price, but the growers themselves own a piece of the company.

Divine Chocolate, the world's first farmer-owned Fair Trade chocolate brand, is based on the idea that cocoa farmers deserve more of the value of their product than they get by being suppliers of raw materials. Founded in the UK in the 1997, smallholder cocoa farmers benefit from ownership in the brand itself.

Divine Chocolate is owned in part by Kuapa Kokoo, a cocoa farmers' cooperative in Ghana. As owners of the company, they have two Board seats, a share of the profits, a say in the company, and a voice in the global marketplace.

1009	DIVINE CHOC SNACK BAR- 70% DARK	30/1.5oz	8-98596-00100-2
1016	DIVINE CHOC SNACK BAR- MILK	30/1.5oz	8-98596-00101-9
1085	DIVINE CHOCOLATE BAR- 65% DARK W/FRUIT &NUTS	10/3.5oz	8-98596-00108-8
1023	DIVINE CHOCOLATE BAR- 70% DARK	10/3.5oz	8-98596-00102-6
1030	DIVINE CHOCOLATE BAR- 70% DARK W/MINT	10/3.5oz	8-98596-00103-3
1047	DIVINE CHOCOLATE BAR- MILK	10/3.5oz	8-98596-00104-0
1054D	DIVINE CHOCOLATE BAR- MILK W/HAZELNUTS	10/3.5oz	8-98596-00105-7
1061	DIVINE CHOCOLATE BAR- WHITE	10/3.5oz	8-98596-00106-4

Great Ideas for 2008

Howdy folks! Sorry it has been so long since we posted last. Our New Year’s resolution is do post more. We hope this blog can be a valuable resource to you. What follows in the next few weeks will be some new and hot ideas for 2008. We have previously posted about some neat gummy and mallow items. We just got some additional items in recently that were too fun to miss out on for the blog. They are bulk items. Details are below. If you want to see a picture, click on the item number.

1013487 Gummi Chickenfeet / 5lb.
1015494 Gummi Filled Strawberries /2.2lb.
1019045 Gummi Filled Turtles /2.2lb.
1006608 Gummi Watermelon Slices /5lb.

Of coruse, we cannot forget to mention the chocolate covered gummi bears, always a best seller.

K164 Kopper’s Choc Covered Gummi Bears /8lb.
K457 Kopper’s Choc Covered Gummi Polar Bears White /8lbs.

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