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Advent Calendars Tick The Box For Christmas

Rob — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:00:55 +0000

Promotional Chocolate Advent Calendars are all the rage again this Christmas. Each year this product continues to attract interest at Redbows and we are fortunate to be able to offer clients two types. Our part-personalised promotional chocolate advent calendars have a small area within a standard template design, into which we can overprint a 1-4 colour logo. The rest of the design is chosen from one of our standard templates. Our fully personalised promotional advent calendars are printed to a client’s complete design. The real point with advent calendars is that they provide a great brand reminder for an organisation and something that the recipient will turn to each day in the run up to Christmas; from the beginning of December. We have a number of options as well including Fairtrade, UK and Belgian chocolates and postal cartons. Promotional chocolate advent calendars continue to be a great Christmas treat and marketing hit with clients.

Promotional Christmas Chocolates

Rob — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:00:27 +0000

Promotional Chocolates are a great way to say thank you to clients, employees, teams and suppliers at Christmas. There is still time to place orders this week so that you can get your chocolates before Christmas. You can use any of the promotional chocolates on our Promotional Gifts Store website for promotions but favorites at this time of year are off course the Christmas themed ones. These can be viewed on our Promotional Sweets Store at (http://bit.ly/gP3JaK). So what is available? Christmas Crackers filled with fudge or chocolates, chocolate nets and chocolate boxes. We can also supply small mini chocolate boxes, chocolate bars and nuts. Just contact our Promotional Gifts Consultants for more information.

Sweets and Rewards For Loyal Clients

Rob — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:03:30 +0000

The other day I received a special mailer from my mobile phone network provider. The mail shot device was based around a six chocolate box and was a reward for my loyal custom over the last two years. Nicely printed, with Fairtrade promotional chocolates inside and a printed ‘thank you’ card.

So how nice is it to get a freebie like this? Well not bad actually and the nice thing about this one is that it reminds me that I need to go out and check on their latest upgrade details. Having an iPhone 3 I thought I would wait till someone eventually had stock of the iPhone 4. So refreshed by my Fairtrade chocolates I am now going to head over to their nearest retail outlet. It just shows how effective promotional chocolates can be.

Promotional Advent Calendars

Rob — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:00:57 +0000

With Christmas approaching the promotional gifts industry typically sees a surge in activity – almost all of it related to Christmas. For promotional chocolates suppliers the rush is on the fill their promotional advent calendar product lines before around mid October. This is for the mass runs but other suppliers can produce smaller quantities and run even into November. Mass production runs typically produce several artwork versions in one go – the print technology allows this and achieves a very reasonable bulk print price. The thing about promotional advent calendars is off course that you really want to be distributing them around mid-November at the latest in order to be on people’s desks just before December 1st. So ‘get your skates on’ as they say if you want to get an order in now for your promotional advent calendars. At Redbows we supply several versions including both part and fully personalised. The part personalised use standard templates with space for your imprint but with a fully personalised advent calendar you can go for a completely bespoke image. Another important aspect to consider is whether you want British or European chocolates inside your advent calendar. Both are of a very high quality – its just leadtimes and transportation charges that vary in reality. For other types of seasonal offers, see our Christmas chocolates collection.

Chocolate Easter Eggs and Promotions

Rob — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:56:57 +0000

We have just updated our Chocolate Easter Eggs collection. This is always one of my favourite times of year because I am a ‘chocaholic’. I just love getting the chocolate samples and then taking as much time as is absolutely necessary to put together the perfect Easter Chocolate confectionery collection. We have quite a range of chocolate items for this Easter including traditional boxed chocolate Easter eggs which can be fully personalised with a foil block or 1-4 colour imprint, as well as more novel finger boxes, small Easter gift bags and novelty bunnies. After such a cold winter we think that Spring is a great time – sunshine just puts everyone in the right mood and our personalised chocolates will simply help to promote your brand to even higher levels. We find that a lot of our clients are using chocolate Easter Eggs simply to say ‘thank you’ to their clients and employees. Whatever your use for them, we know that you simply enjoy and savor our mix of UK-made and Belgian chocolate Easter Eggs. For a wider selection of chocolates and sweets visit our new Confectionery website – the Promotional Sweets Store.

Chocolate Easter Eggs

Rob — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:10:37 +0000

Sorry guys but with Christmas now a distant memory, we are turning our attention to Easter. Yes its time to start thinking about your budgets for Easter gifts. We do a ‘cracking’ line in chocolate Easter Eggs, personalised and ready to promte your business. That’s all for now but you need to crack on (sorry again) because Easter is just around the corner.

Christmas Chocolates

Rob — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:06:36 +0000

Wow its almost the end of October, the clocks have gone back and we are on the run down to Christmas. Now this time of year is one of the busiest for confectionery websites like the Redbows Promotional Sweets Store and especially collections like our Christmas Chocolates. As well as offering our famous advent calendars we also include some seasonal favourites, including our promotional Christmas Crackers packed with fudge or any other confectionery, sweets, chocolates and novelties you want, mini chocolate boxes and sweet bags. So there is almost everything you could want to give your clients and colleagues for Christmas. If you want to spend a little more why not consider our promotional hampers and gift baskets. These can be made up to any budget and we made contact with a new supplier this year based in the UK who makes them up by nationality. The world as they say is your ‘Oyster’ or should I say chocolate in this case.

Christmas Goody Bags Stuffed With Gifts

Rob — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:09:42 +0000

At a local networking event the other night, we came across a great idea for Christmas – Good Bags. So why not think about collating several promotional gifts together and supply them to clients in a branded promotional bag such as a organic cotton shopper? You see we supply a wide range of shopping bags and this means that they can be designed to suite any budget. In addition they offer great advertising space. Stuffed with promotional chocolates, sweets, mints and cakes, they are a superb alternative to Christmas hampers – and long after your Christmas goodies have been eaten, the promotional shopping bags remain behind to be used again and again, providing ongoing advertising for your brand. Now is the time to really think about Christmas presents for your corporate clients and our Christmas goody bags are guaranteed winners. You could even include promotional teddies and other similarly related types of toys and presents. Everyone loves chocolates, sweets and presents, so why not reward your clients this Christmas?

Promotional Chocolate Advent Calendars

Rob — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:00:18 +0000

As we get ready for the festive Christmas season it is no surprise that promotional advent calendar enquiries are shooting through the roof. This year we have provided a fairly unique range of chocolate calendars in both desktop and wall formats. There are also small and large versions and we can offer a range of print options including a part or full printed, postal cartons and even printing behind the doors. There is a twelve-days promotional advent calendar this year but alas no working day one due to the way the seasonal holidays fall this year. If you want to go the ‘whole hog’ we can also supply sweet-filled Christmas Crackers and chocolate baubles to decorate client Christmas trees. All great fun and a superb way to promote your organisation and generate goodwill. See the Christmas Collection on our new Promotional Sweets Store.

Chocolate and Sweet Ingredients

Rob — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:16:08 +0000

When it comes to promotional sweets and personalised chocolates does price matter? Well the answer is simple – ‘yes’ and ‘no’. Let me explain. To be environmentally friendly (ECO if you like) costs money. The same applies when it comes to being healthy. Take chocolates as an example. Nowadays you can opt for a Fairtrade and/or organic version of most chocolate products but you expect to pay a little bit more for them. Somewhere along the line extra costs are incurred and as we know promotional products, like any mass manufactured merchandise, are priced to volume. Now take sweets, how can these be healthier? Well like chocolates we can opt for Fairtrade or organic sweets but also sugar-free options. Now sugar-free you may think, is a healthier alternative. Wrong. Not always. Take sugar, nature’s natural sweetener and replace it with a man-made chemical. Point made? Also consider colourings. Food colourings are added to get a specific colour but what are they made from, how are they applied and are they everyday approved food colourings. So, how do you ensure you are getting ‘pukka’ products? Well check out where they are made, do they comply with all relevant European labeling legislation, do they use standard everyday food ingredients, and above all remember that quality is often reflected in the price. Finally look at the shelf life and ask for the date of manufacture. If you buy sweets and chocolates, remember they may have been made en-masse and then branded in smaller batches. If brought in from overseas (yes mints do come from China) they can be several days or weeks in transit, and often not in a suitable ambient temperature. If you buy sweets, confectionery, chocolates or any other snack items, you want to ensure that they are going to be fresh and editable for clients within your expected usage dates. Presentation is not everything with promotional sweets and chocolates – often the ‘proof is in the pudding’ and how it looks under the wrapping and eventually tastes.