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(Our Franchisees are saying "THIS" about owning
a Candy Bouquet Franchise!)
Well I don’t know where to begin, but I guess I need to start by giving a great big thank you once again to all of you who sent in donations and prayed for us after Hurricane Katrina. It has almost been a year, and wow what a year it has been. Life has definitely changed. I have some really good news. After a whole year of thinking that we would not be able to reopen and meeting one obstacle after another, WE ARE REOPENING!!!
We signed a lease in a great location. We have been working day in and day out doing all the work ourselves to cut costs. Our store is beautiful. It has turned out better than we every expected. Every day when I get there I just have to stand back and look at it for a few minutes. I never thought this day would come. The enormous support that we received from Candy Bouquet was what got me through the hardest time in my life. I wanted to give up at one point, but Margaret would not let me. Without her inspiration, we would not have made it to this point.
All I can say to that is thank you from the bottom of my heart. I have seen the lowest point in my life and one of the highest points in my life in this past year. It is amazing that your whole life can change in the blink of an eye, but it can, so always remember to live each day to the fullest. This is a dream come true for me. My store is in a better location, surrounded by restaurants, a shoe store, a doctor’s office, a dance studio, banks and lots of other businesses. Every day, people are stopping by and seem so excited. I just want to say thank you again to all of you. We are so blessed to be in The Candy Bouquet Family.
Julie Brown
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We opened on June 17th and everything is going great. We did all of the work on the store ourselves. I think it turned out wonderful. We had our grand opening on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of July. We also participated in the local 4th of July parade. The paper put a press release out the week of our grand opening and it was a huge success. We gave away a small popcorn box in a drawing each day. Everyone commented on how nice the store looked and we sold lots of bouquets.
We are also doing quite well with the fudge from Stone Brook Fudge Factory. Ernest, Mary Jane and Eric have been great. We also sell bulk candies by the pound, balloons, gift cards, fudge, and miscellaneous gift items.
I can’t thank you enough for all the help we have received from everyone at Candy Bouquet. Even though we have a very small town, I have been so busy I can hardly keep up. My 90 year-old mother comes in everyday and helps me, Amy works at the store approximately 3 days a week, my son Mark helps out with computer work and deliveries, and my husband, Ira, comes in every day at 6 pm when he gets done with work. It has been wonderful working together as a family. We really have a lot of fun.
Mary
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I just have to share this. This gentleman ordered a “Garden Delight” bouquet for his wife’s birthday. I delivered it yesterday and he sent me this follow-up e-mail from her. This is why I love my Candy Bouquet!!!!!
"OH MY GOODNESS!!!! You are the greatest husband ever. The office clerk called me to the office. When I got there, everyone was around staring at my bouquet! I started crying! The girls were jealous, and my boss says you’re making him look bad :) It just made my day! I love you, Jess"
Monica
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