I was just talking to our friends that live in the Chicago area earlier today. They were the first recipients of a Golden Edge Sweets shipment. Man, has it been a rollercoaster ride!
From not knowing much about the mailing system, like how to ship anything really. Like, what do you... who do you...this was totally an unknown thing for us. Like, I had saved a bunch of packaging material from random amazon packages and threw everything in this box like totally random stuff like filled air, bubble wrap, old newspapers, heck, I even threw in different colored tissue paper trying to experiment to see if this box could possibly not get stolen. I didn't have very high hopes, truth be told. I had watched a few YouTube videos of shipping baked goods, so I was starting to grasp the concept. So at the time, all I knew was a flat rate box, that made sense, that was the first and at the time only option I knew to do. Man, we learned so much that week. We had no idea that we chose the hottest week of the year to ship super buttery & gooey sweets that the summer heat did things to, especially over the course of 4 days outside of air conditioning. As you can see above, this box experienced some possible aggression and maybe was forced into some smaller spaces, but maybe I might just be assuming too much. As far as the contents of the box, much to my surprise, there were no broken cookies, although there were some very melted and "shifted" experiments... Oh, what we have learned!!
Through all of it, y'all have been amazing in continuing to support our passion. From small celebrations to some really big celebrations too, like weddings, birthday parties and even to the simple gatherings, you've even shown us that you yourself crave a stack of our unique cookies all to yourself and we are proud to be there for you. We are so honored to be your choice for these celebrations and those that are still yet to come!
Here's a recap from our first year by the numbers. We've scooped by hand more than 800 salted chocolate chip cookies, shipped to 27 states, measured out 300 teaspoons of vanilla extract & we've shipped nearly 2 football fields long of bubble wrap, that's pretty snappy. Thank you is just not sufficient, we are so grateful to each one of you that have supported us and continue to share our products and it continues to drive us to be so passionate in everything that we do.
Next month, we will be One year old! Be looking for our big reveal for our Anniversary!
There are lots of Sweet Points, if you haven't heard, check it out on our website. Now is your opportunity to start racking up the loyalty points for some pretty cool deals, you can save them up and get free shipping or better yet, free cookies! Plus, if you refer a friend, you'll earn 10 sweet points each time! The more you share, the more you earn!
There are some seasonal cookies that will not be here for too much longer...we've got some awesome stuff planned for our Fall menu, y'all are going to love love love!
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Our Best,
Jeff & Kim
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