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GOURMET NEWS www.gourmetnews.com n JUNE 2014 n GOURMET NEWS 7 4 Invite Holiday Spirit with Monaco Baking Company Winter is a time when families and friends gather together to share the warmth and joy and stave off the cold of the outdoors. Even in parts of the country where the temperature doesn't usually drop low enough for snow, the idea that the winter season is for togeth- erness, food and sharing is a major theme in American culture. As a retailer, you need to make sure that your store appeals to this holiday spirit during this crucial season of the year for your busi- ness. Gingerbread houses and decorated cook- ies are a quintessential symbol of the holiday season. At Monaco Baking Company, you can find beautiful hand-decorated gingerbread houses and cookies crafted lovingly by a team of skilled artisans, right here in the beautiful United States of America. Christmas is not the only holiday for which Monaco Baking Com- pany products make an ideal addition to the festivities. The company also has delicious baked goods for Hanukkah and every other holiday. Do not miss out on sales by not hav- ing those available in your store. There are certain flavors and scents asso- ciated with each season, and winter is no ex- ception. Warm spices like ginger and cinnamon are the iconic tastes and smells of winter baking. Monaco Baking Company gingerbread cookie dough is made with real honey and fresh spices, after the German tra- dition of gingerbread baking. Displaying a few of these delicious gingerbread products in your store will immediately bring in the spirit and smell of the holidays. As enjoyable as the holiday season is, it's also a major source of stress for many of your customers. With all the bustle of the holiday preparation, most of them have little time, opportunity or energy left over for yet another baking project. It's much easier for them to grab a professionally decorated gin- gerbread house or a few hand-decorated cookies than to try to bake them. For those customers who still want to enjoy the fun of holiday baking, Monaco Baking Company also offers an extensive line of gingerbread kits with pre-baked pieces and even pre-as- sembled houses. Monaco Baking Company also offers a full line of cookie bouquets and hand-deco- rated cookies for all occasions and in a vari- ety of flavors (gingerbread, vanilla sugar, lemon, cinnamon). You can select products from the company's impressive catalog or it can design exclusive baked goods for your company. Monaco Baking Company special- izes in custom design and private labeling. It also offers a very affordable drop-shipping program for e-commerce and direct-to-con- sumers clients. With a low minimum and huge production capability, no order is too small and no order is too large. From smaller independently owned stores to major retail chains, Monaco Baking Company can ac- commodate every retailer's needs. Visit Monaco Baking Company at booth #4432. For more information, call 800-569- 4640 or visit www.monacobaking.com. Rabbit Creek Celebrates 30 Years By David Cook, Vice President, Rabbit Creek This year marks the 30th anniversary of Rabbit Creek Products, and 'by leaps and bounds' would be the only way to describe the company's progression, from a single 12- bean soup mix peddled through Jack Daniels Distillery's country store in 1984 to the current lineup of over 250 different mixes! Stationed throughout its rise in bu- colic Louisburg, Kan., south of Kansas City and still family owned and operated, Rabbit Creek now hosts two generations of that family. For this summer's Fancy Food Show, Rab- bit Creek is bringing its ready-to-eat snack bar that is gluten-free, made with all-natural ingredients (there are only five) and consist- ing of three variations: all seeds, with blue- berries and with quinoa. These seed snacks are a great way to curb the hunger pangs that sprout up late morning. Rabbit Creek is also introducing deviled egg seasoning mixes – amazingly delicious mixes that are astronomically easy to pre- pare, allowing plenty of time to impress your guests. Bundled in three different fla- vors per package, each flavor is enough for a dozen eggs, allowing the preparer to tai- lor their event further. The company will also be introducing a ready-to-eat granola topping perfect for yogurt, ice cream or anything that strikes an eater's fancy. Rab- bit Creek will be at this year's Summer Fancy Food show in booth #4939 in the Kansas pavilion. As usual, the company will be introducing new products for every- one to come by and sample! The fine folks at Rabbit Creek Products can be reached at 800-837-3073, rcreek@mokancomm.net, and its wares pe- rused at www.rabbitcreekgourmet.com. Rabbit Creek prides itself on great cus- tomer service and fantastic products. Using only the freshest ingredients, everything is made to order and the company continually strives to provide its customers with the best possible experience. Rabbit Creek looks forward to seeing visitors at the Fancy Food show. For more information, call 800-837-3073, visit www.rabbitcreekgourmet.com or stop by booth #4939. Olivelle Launches Innovative Solution to Perfectly Salted Pasta Bland, boring pasta is now a thing of the past! After an overwhelmingly positive re- sponse from customers in its own retail store, Olivelle is thrilled to be nationally launching Pasta Rocks™, an all-natural, innovative so- lution to perfectly salted pasta. This revolu- tionary product will join Olivelle's complete "Art of Flavor" line of oils, vinegars, dip- pers, rubs and sea salts. Olivelle's Pasta Rocks are hand-harvested pieces of Jurassic Himalayan Pink sea salt that make salting pasta water a breeze. "Be- cause of their dense composition and natural origins, our Pasta Rocks pack in more flavor that a standard 'pinch of salt' while being convenient, reusable and full of healthy min- erals," said Brie Thompson, company Co- founder. To use, simply bring a pot of water to boil, drop in a Pasta Rock for two minutes and remove for future use. The water is now perfectly flavored for cooking pasta, steam- ing vegetables or rice, or brining meats and seafood. Each 186g jar of Pasta Rocks has a sug- gested retail price of $6.99 to $8.99 and is currently available in cases of 6 or 12 di- rectly distributed through Olivelle. More in- formation is available by calling 406-587-4246, emailing sales@olivelle.com or visiting online at www.Olivelle.com. About Olivelle Olivelle is the creator of all-natural infused olive oils, balsamic vinegars, dippers, rubs, and salt and herb blends. Its products are most famously available for on tap retail dispensing as well as shelf ready retail and foodservice. Started in 2006 as a successful boutique retail store in Bozeman, Mont., by the mother and daughter team of Michelle Schaeffer and Brie Thompson, Olivelle has grown its successful concept and delicious products so other spe- cialty food retailers can easily take advantage of its successes. Olivelle's products are avail- able nationally through a number of independ- ent specialty food retailers as well as online at www.Olivelle.com. More information is available by calling 406-587-4246, or connecting via www .Olivelle.com, www.Facebook.com/Olivelle, https://Twitter.com/Olivelle and www .Pinterest.com/Olivelle1/. Be sure to stop by booth #5390. Swiss Colony Retail Brands Brings Handcrafted Heritage to Retail Quietly nestled in the rolling hills of southern Wisconsin is a company with a nationwide core of loyal fans who have enjoyed its premium-quality food gifts for generations. The Swiss Colony ® is the country's largest maker of hand-decorated confec- tions. For more than 50 years, as "Amer- ica's Christmas Bakery," its one-of-a-kind craftsmanship and incredible variety of scrumptious treats have appealed to gener- ations of families, generating millions in repeat sales. Now, Swiss Colony Retail Brands ® brings its line of top-selling clas- sics to the specialty retail market. Delectable Petits Fours, award-winning Wisconsin Butter Toffee, dreamy chocolates, specialty candy barks and countless other confections of unsurpassed quality are attrac- tively packaged in eye-catching boxes or charming acetates. They're ideal for a range of display options from gourmet shelves to bakery cases, and every season brings freshly inspired novelties, new flavors and charming ways to celebrate with old and young alike. The company has recently teamed up with two iconic brands, Jelly Belly ® and ICEE ® , to reinvent its Petits Fours for retail shelves as licensed cake bites with intense flavors and nostalgic beginnings. It has even cap- tured the essence of some of Swiss Colony's own best-selling treats in single-serve cof- fees. For savory snack lovers, it offers In- credible Spreadables ® : smooth, creamy cheese spreads made with real Wisconsin cheese. It was cheese that put The Swiss Colony on the map in 1926 – not surprising, given its location in the heart of Wisconsin's cheese country – when it sold fine cheeses nation- wide in what would be- come America's oldest food gifts catalog. In 1959, it brought over a team of certified Master Pastry Chefs from Aus- tria, where dessert making has long been regarded as a national art, to craft Old World-style treats like Dobosh Tortes and Petits Fours in their own bakery. These chefs brought with them their many years of rigorous training and the highest standards in pastry, candy and dessert making. Under their guidance, the bakery's reputation for delectable in- gredients, exquisite flavors and captivat- ing holiday treats grew quickly – and to this day, that standard for meticulous de- tail and craftsmanship has always been upheld. Generations of families continue to work shoulder-to-shoulder in the bak- ery, creating nearly every item by hand. All are crafted in Wiscon- sin, often with superb local butter and milk from this internationally renowned dairy region. The company has even patented its own proprietary blend of choco- late for use in its premium confections and pastries. With the nation's largest hand-decorating bakery, the company has the economy of scale to partner with national brands or create exquisite private-label treats for re- tail chains, and the small-town personal attention to cater to smaller specialty stores. It is this kind of quality that has created a great small-town Wisconsin success story. To find out how your brand can be part of it, contact Clyde Mercer at 888-411-4051 or contact@scretailbrands.com. For more information, visit www.swiss colony.com or stop by booth #2360.