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Dear ,
Welcome to our very ‘second’ newsletter. These newswires should be winding their way to your inbox every 6 weeks or so, not to bombard you with added spam, but to keep you better informed on what we think is hot in the area of hamper, deli, and drinks packaging. Look out for key product focuses and seasonal gift ideas. We think you’ll find them useful. We’re really pleased that our first outing into the news world was received so well. Thank you for your positive feedback.
With the days diminishing rapidly, soon it will be the busiest retail season of the year. In fact, it won’t be long now until the hold music changes and we’re subjected to endless renditions of Shakin Stevens, screaming at us from our ear piece. But have no fear, this issue will point you towards our Christmas top tips, which I can’t promise will ease that particular pain, but can assure
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you, will inspire even the most disorganised retailer to cash in on some much needed profit this season. To get you
started, we’re giving away a FREE ‘Arona suggests’ DVD
which is basically all you need to know to make hampers
and gift baskets work for you. Simply add the promo
code CA1208 to your shopping basket and it’s yours!
Call it a sort of pre-xmas gift from us.
Christmas cheers and Christmas jingles!
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Getting ready for Christmas
They say procrastination is the thief of time, but the truth is Christmas need not be the headache we expect, it just takes some thought and forward planning. We suggest you start now by planning your hamper and gift ideas around what you realistically can cope with. Consider our top tips, brush up on your bow tying skills, or practice your heat shrinking. And if you’re not feeling particularly creative, do it the easy way with our pull bows or cello lids. The most important thing is not to leave it all to the last minute. Place your orders well in advance! Here is a page full of useful Christmas information: our opening times and last order dates, as well as important changes regarding sample requests....and of course our selection of Christmas packaging.
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Arona headed to York this month for some food group training
It’s important to us that we work alongside regional food groups across the country, encouraging local producers and helping them maximise their gifting opportunities. One of the ways we do this is by facilitating and subsidising training workshops and hands on master-classes with the experts. Last month...
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Sending hampers and bottles safely through the courier network
With WBC, sending hampers & jars as a gift couldn’t be easier. Sending bottles of wine and champagne as a gift couldn’t be either. We’ve come up with a number of options for ensuring your hampers and bottles not only make it through the courier network in one piece, but arrive looking as fresh as when you sent them.
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Rigid gift boxes - leaving you time to think inside the box
When your budget doesn’t quite stretch to wood, but you still want that added sense of luxury, our range of rigid boxes could be just the answer.
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Where we can, we like to do our bit for charity. This month ‘the boys’ will be joining other boys up and down the country in growing the ultimate moustache throughout the month of Movember, specifically to raise money and awareness in the fight against prostate cancer. Check the rules, join in, or simply send us your dosh to encourage them in their efforts.
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Perhaps when your jute shopping bags make it to
the silver screen, you know you’ve arrived. This month our JS40 was spotted on channel 4 show ‘3 in a bed’. That’s series 2 Episode 23, approximately 23 minutes
in. But whatever you do don’t blink, because you’ll
miss it. For a round up other WBC sightings in the
press this month...
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Meet Nick Harvey. Nick is WBC’s Sales Manager and heads up a team of three sales assistants who are responsible for keeping you happy on a daily basis. We’ve given him a list of random questions to answer that will hopefully give you a strategic insight into the mind of a sales manager…but that will probably just make you giggle. |
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We ran a competition at the recent Speciality & Fine Food Fair 2010. All you had to do was swing by our stand and drop off your business card – don’t you love competitions that require so little? The winning companies are being sent bottles of English sparking wine in one of our VAL1 set and a Wine/Set, as we speak. So, for a round-up of the top ten best products at the show, and of course to check if you’re a winner.
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| Share tips and ideas with other WBC-ers. Tell us what you think of our products; tell us what you’re looking for and how we can help. Most importantly get up to the minute special offers that won’t appear anywhere else. |
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