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Culinary Apple Tempts Shoppers to Stay a While

by Micah Cheek

Like many retailers, Mary and David Weldy have felt the pressure of competing with Amazon and other sales sites. But Mary and David aren’t worried about losing money to online markets, because they have made their store everything that Amazon isn’t ― an immersive, informative experience that’s worth traveling for.

Culinary_Apple_061Culinary Apple is located in Chelan, Washington, a tiny resort town in the heart of Apple country and on the edge of Lake Chelan. The store actually got its start from being a gift shop and hub for apple tourism. “We shopped for everything apple! Apple candles, apple teapots and apple aprons, to name a few. That’s how we became the ‘Apple Store,’” says David Weldy, Co-Owner. “We private labeled our apple jams, jelly and butters. We started selling beautiful apple gift baskets with these items including fresh harvested apples. And then we ultimately got into buying a fudge factory and putting it in the store.” After separately opening a kitchenware store as well, the Weldys decided to put their two businesses together. “We took the best of each store and developed that. Look at all that fresh fudge! Roasted glazed nuts! [You come in and] all of a sudden you see so many things that you wouldn’t expect in a kitchen store,” David adds. Dubbed Culinary Apple, the new store has been curated with items for each wave of customers that will come in throughout the year. During the summer, Chelan’s population swells from 7,000 to 25,000 with the influx of tourists and people who own second homes on the edge of the lake. “We’re kicking off our high season now. Our peak time frame is June, July and August,” says Mary, Co-Owner. “We have what’s called ‘Conference Season.’ We do conference gifts and attendee gifts. That’s March, April and May, and again in September, October and November, which is our harvest time for apples. Even though our visitors and tourists have gone back to the other side of the mountains, we still have our conference attendees.”

Lots of Culinary Apple’s kitchenware business comes from the seasonal residents who need to outfit their second home with new tools or something they forgot on the trip. “Obviously kitchen gadgets are a huge part of our business,” says David. For a time, the store was also outfitted with a wide variety of electric appliance options as well. But as time passed, the profits from small electrics began to shrink. “We don’t carry a lot of that product like we used to. We’ve already eliminated Vitamix, they’ve sold their soul to Amazon. We were doing Soda Stream, but all the big box stores got involved in it, so we moved away from Soda Stream,” says David. “We reduced our electric lines, and got a lot of shelf space for things that turn better with higher margins.”

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When the rewards bring them to the store, customers will meet a Culinary Apple team that the Weldys have seriously invested in educating. “We do a phenomenal business in knives, and it’s because our team knows a lot about knives,” says Mary. David adds, “A few weeks ago we had WÜSTHOF do training in store for the staff followed by a sales training trip to Seattle for knife skill training by Shun. Then we went to Progressive [International] and did about a six-hour training with them.” To make sure their staff is as knowledgeable as possible, Mary and David take their team to as many company training programs as they can. “We gave up about $2,500 in sales by closing our store, we spend about $800 to take our team over, but that was so inexpensive compared to the team building, training and brainstorming. Every time we get back to the store we see how enthusiastic everyone is to share what they have learned. It just pays off dividends.”

The experienced staff integrates into a store experience designed to appeal to all the senses. “When you come in you’ll smell nuts roasting, or someone in the back making fudge. We’re still getting lots of baby boomers, so we play that music that appeals to them. It makes them feel good,” says David. “Then they’re greeted with one of our team. ‘Hello, would you like to try a cinnamon-glazed pecan?’ And then they get a taste. It’s about appealing to all the senses.”

store photoCulinary Apple has leveraged its fruit-focus theme to leverage deals with manufacturers. “We just completed an agreement with Dexas. They have a beautiful apple cutting board that we sell in the store. We have a co-op that looks for apple products to give to their growers for their big annual fall harvest party,” says David. “We [also] did that with JK Adams with their apple cutting board. These are the kinds of things we’ve done to grow our business. You’ve got to think outside of the box, not just waiting for that next customer to walk into your store, but reaching out to corporate clients and asking for there business. Like our sign says on our front door, ‘Culinary Apple a store to experience.’”

Rogue Creamery Showcases Raw Milk, Organic Blue Cheese at Bra

Rogue Creamery is exhibiting its award winning raw milk, organic Rogue River Blue® and Smokey Blue® cheeses at the world’s largest cheese festival, Cheese, a biennial event held in the Northern Italy city of Bra.

This is the 20th Anniversary of Cheese; this Slow Food® event is expected to draw more than 270,000 visitors with its 300 plus exhibitors representing 23 nations. Rogue Creamery is exhibiting at Bra for the fifth time in a row; the creamery was the 1st American Cheesemaker to ship raw milk cheese to the European Union in 2007, leading the way for a select few other American cheesemakers.

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Rogue Creamery’s international award winning handmade cheese is produced from USDA Certified Organic milk from its own organic dairy and made using sustainable practices. Earlier this month, Rogue Creamery celebrated its 2017 Best for the World recognition by meeting the highest standards of verified, overall social and environmental performance, public transparency and accountability as judged by the nonprofit B Lab. The Creamery’s cheese is carried in Whole Foods Market, Neal’s Yard Dairy, London and Fromagerie Laurent Dubois, Paris.

Pyure Brands LLC Focuses on Rebuilding Southwest Florida

Due to Hurricane Irma and its direct hit on Naples and southwest Florida, Pyure Brands LLC headquartered in Naples, Florida, will not be attending Natural Products Expo East. Despite the storm, Pyure Brands remains operational and open for business. However, rather than attending the show, the team will remain in the area to help those in need and rebuild its community.

As a part of its efforts, Pyure will be donating $5000 to the Harry Chapin Food Bank. The Harry Chapin Food Bank, an affiliate of Feeding America and a United Way partner agency, is the leading hunger-relief organization in southwest Florida.

The organization has been setting up mobile pantry distributions throughout the devastated parts of the region. Just yesterday they fed over 700 families in Lehigh Acres, one of the hardest hit areas, and over 300 families in Immokalee, the poorest area of Collier County. These families stood on line for more than two hours in 100-degree heat to get food. Harry Chapin is trying to set up six mobile pantries a day over the next few weeks. However, much more supplies are needed.

“The food bank is in desperate need of protein bars, granola bars, water, ice, and any other non-perishable items,” said Benjamin Fleischer, Founder and CEO of Pyure Brands LLC. “Harry Chapin Food Bank needs supplies to help thousands of people.”

Pyure would appreciate any support the Natural Product Industry community would lend to provide for these families that have been without water, food, gas, and electricity for days.

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Brands looking for the best way to help those impacted by Hurricane Irma maycontact Melisa Tropeano, melisa@mtlcommunications.com.

The timing of the storm is unfortunate as Pyure is very excited to share new innovative products with the industry. Fleischer will be attending the NPEE and is available for meetings to discuss the brands’ new business developments. Call 347.573.2796 to set up a meeting.

Pyure Brands’ warehouses are safely located in California, Illinois, and New Jersey. Pyure Brands will continue to ship to all retail and commercial customers during the recovery period with no disruptions. Customer service and other business functions will be executed remotely.

Hurricane Irma was disastrous for the southwest Florida area. The recovery will be challenging, but not insurmountable. Pyure Brands is fortunate to have wonderful customers and amazing consumers and is very appreciative of all their support.