This week’s Vendor Spotlight is Mighty Snacks Peanut Puffs, one of our newest additions to our snack selection! These puffs are vegan, gluten free, non-gmo, no artificial flavors, cholesterol free, and no sugar added. Plus, these snacks are baked not fried! These puffs pack a peanut buttery punch AND they have peanut protein in them, 5g […]
How You Can Improve Company Culture and Keep Your Employees Happy At the Same Time
Are your employees happy? The way you choose to promote your employees can make or break your company culture. You need to keep your employees happy. That is the only way to keep them from going to work for a competitor. A happy employee has a reason to stay and do their best work. An employee how […]
Do You Even Popsicle?
Summertime calls for a sweet, cold, treat. Especially with the heat that has been sweeping the nation. A sweet treat doesn’t have to be unhealthy though. There are just as delicious alternatives that still feel like you’re treating yourself. One of our favorites–homemade popsicles! For a creamier pop, use Greek yogurt, it also adds protein! […]
Snack Spotlight: Field Trip Jerky
Field Trip Jerky, another member of our jerky selection! “Field Trip Jerky is a fast growing brand formed by 3 friends who saw a need to transform meat snacks alternatives in a broken marketplace after tasting their first craft jerky on the ski slopes in Vermont.” Founded by Tom, Matt, and Scott, Field Trip Jerky […]
Snack Spotlight: Wonderful Almonds
Wonderful Almonds, is a new addition to our nut selection! Founded over 50 years ago by a husband and wife duo, the Wonderful Company has been a force to be reckoned with. “Together, as a husband-and-wife team, they combined marketing savvy with financial and management acumen to pursue their shared passion for producing healthy products. […]
Snack Spotlight: Shelton’s
“At Shelton’s, our Chickens and Turkeys Don’t do Drugs”. Delivering healthy and minimally processed foods to our clients is very important, which is why we love partnering with Shelton’s. “Also that we manufacture value added products using our Shelton’s Chickens and Turkeys that are grown without Antibiotics or Artificial Growth Stimulants. Our products ingredients must […]
Snack Spotlight: JOJO’s
Who doesn’t love a good chocolate bar? Typically when you think healthy, chocolate isn’t the first thing to come to mind but JoJo wanted to change that. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer she needed to get her health back. “She started by trying to control her sugar cravings. This is when JOJO’s Chocolate […]
Snack Spotlight: TeaSquares
TeaSquares is one of our local partners. They’re a great solution to the midday slump, with natural caffeine in them. In 2016 the beginning of TeaSquares idea started. One of the founders, Jordan Buckner was inspired while working like crazy. “I found that between all these hours my focus would inevitably drop to zero. What […]
Snack Spotlight: Halfpops
“It all started with an idea, a slightly obsessed founder, some uncooked popcorn and lots and lots of testing. Mike Fitzgerald (Fitz) was on a mission to perfect the process on how to create a crunchier version of popcorn…you know, the best part.” Halfpops first hit stores in April of 2011 and since then they’ve […]
Snack Spotlight: NATTi Bars
This week’s snack spotlight is NATTi Bars and we love having them in addition to our bar selection! They have a max of 2 ingredients, bananas and dark chocolate. We carry two of their three flavors, the Original Banana and Banana and Dark Chocolate bars. NATTi bar started on a surfing trip when the […]
Is Your Company Actually Keeping You Engaged at Work?
A primary focus of the workplace today is to be engaged. There’s a common misconception that work engagement is the same thing as productivity, but please don’t be mistaken. Engagement typically relates to the commitment and loyalty workers have for their company, whereas productivity is ultimately when a company produces as much as it can […]
Vendor Partner Spotlight: Skout Backcountry
This week’s Vendor Partner Spotlight features Skout Backcountry! The founder, Jason, had his inspiration on top of a mountain–it was there where his wheels started to turn. “In 2008, while on Mt. Hood, I stopped to refuel and pulled out a so called “healthy” snack. While reading the ingredient list, I quickly realized I needed […]