Summer is right around the corner! It’s a great time to remind customers to stock the freezer with easy-to-prepare meals and snacks for the kids, as well as meats for the grill. Our images will help you to market these ideas this month. Just right click to download and save the images to your own computer.
We’ll also be spotlighting some of RSM Stacee’s great Main St. Meats Week of Meats recipes and webinar handout in an upcoming Constant Contact email.
Introducing the professional chef Alex, who is Stacee’s son! This webinar he covers two dishes using our great Alison’s Pantry products. There is a bonus video of the third dish below that we couldn’t add to the webinar because of time constraints. So if you want to view that, please click below. The 2nd part […]
This month’s webinars are some great ones by our wonderful RSMs once again. This month Stacee Izatt teaches us meal planning with “Week of meats”.
Becky Price shows us some great summer time drinks using Davinci and Monin flavored syrups. She also shows us some J&J snack foods that will be in the summer catalogs.
Julie Hawkes shares some ideas on how to get your kids to help you make some treats during the summer.
Below are the handouts from the webinar. I hope you enjoyed them!
DaVinci & Monin Gourmet Syrup Recipes
As an Alison’s Pantry representative, each time you reach a new tier of commission you will receive a social media graphic ribbon from your RSM. This ribbon is for you to display on the signature line of your email or on your Facebook pages and groups. These ribbons are a small tribute to the work, dedication and time that you put forth in your business. AP is proud of you and all your accomplishments, we want to honor you in a visual way, besides all the tasty food, great relationships and the increased commission level that you earn, it’s our way of patting you on the back for a job well done.
Each time you move up from one tier to the next you will receive the corresponding ribbon. Your customers will be impressed with your achievements and you should feel good about displaying it.
The other ribbon available is the top ten ribbon. This top ten includes all the reps in the company and is determined following the close of orders for each catalog. This ribbon is a great accomplishment, if you earned it, then display it proudly.
Haven’t received your ribbon, or reached a new level lately? With the renewal of Spring comes the ability to make changes and set new goals. Share your goal with your RSM, she is there to help you achieve, offer ideas and direction and be your cheerleader when you succeed. We love to see you shine.
So, let’s display those ribbons, be a team, set some goals and go to work! As Mary Kay Ash used to say, “Nothing happens until somebody sells something.”
Stacee Izatt
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Margaret Hafen and Madison Julien
Several years ago Victoria was at one of her children’s games when one of her friends gave her an Alison’s Pantry Catalog. Just to be nice and supportive she placed an order and also gave a catalog to her brother, Nephi. Needless to say, Victoria and Nephi became faithful customers.
Victoria’s children would get excited when she brought a catalog home and they would take turns looking through it and circling and initialing the items they wanted. Victoria then would have to limit them to one or two items each because sometimes it seemed everything was circled! Some of her family favorites are the Bosco Pizza Sticks, Popcorn chicken, Turkey Burgers and the wonderful seasonings Alison’s Pantry has to offer.
Nephi placed orders for his family and loved to try new things. He enjoys fixing himself hash brown patties and sausage patties in the morning. His children love the maple, sausage tornados.
One day Victoria received a call from Nephi saying that the Alison’s Pantry rep was no longer going to do it. He was thinking about doing it so that he could continue to get Alison’s Pantry and give the children an opportunity to work. Victoria didn’t want to be left out so they decided to do it together. Nephi and Victoria’s spouses have been very supportive. Their teenage high school daughters are very involved in the business. They pass out catalogs, place orders and call or text customers every month to remind them when orders are due. Their middle school sons are always available to help unload the semi-truck, deliver orders that are nearby and help with the inventory. All of the earnings go to the four teenagers for them to put away for college and missions. This has been a wonderful family business!
The Julien Children The Hafen Children
1988 BIG Beef Patties —low sales
2442 Stouffer’s Scalloped Potatoes —will bring back in #9
1889 Orange Bakery Turnovers Cherry 60/4 Oz. Case —be back in #9
1199 Orange Bakery Turnovers Apple 60/4 Oz Case —be back in #9
7151 Yeast Raised Donut Rings — will bring back in #9
8573 Proof & Bake Soup Bowl Dough —will bring back in #9.
3844 Onion Soup Bowls —will bring back in #9
1046 Rice Cracker Trail Mix —adding new trail mixes from Fisher
8583 Norpro Heart Pancake & Egg Mold —Rotating, will be back.
8898 Norpro Round Mold —Rotating, will be back
2156 Norpro Microwave Popcorn Popper –May return depending on sales.
1980 Heat Resistant Glove —May return depending on sales.
1001 Apple Pie Spice —will return in the fall
1009 Cozy Mulling Spice —will return in the fall
3716 Royal Mulling Spice —will return in the fall
5190 AP Crock Pot Beef Stew Seasoning 1 Lb Each —will return in the fall
5191 AP Crock Pot Pulled Pork Bbq Seasoning 1 Lb Each —will return in the fall
1670 AP Hearty Bean Seasoning 1 Lb. Bag —will return in the fall
1540 AP Savory Stew Seasoning 1 Lb. Bag —will return in the fall
4656 Dial Hand Soap —no longer available from supplier
1200 White Chocolate Coconut Almonds –will offer seasonally
1201 Dark Choc Coconut Almonds –will offer seasonally
8592 Nutristore Peaches —will bring back again later
8780 Freeze Dried Chicken —will bring back again later
4004 Nutristore Black Beans —will bring back again later
1246 Kirkland Detergent —low sales; replacing with AP cleaners
1340 Maintex Cleaner —low sales; AP cleaners are returning
Have you recently thought about WHY you are an Alison’s Pantry Sales Rep? I was recently asked this question which sparked a long contemplation on my part because my WHY has changed a little over the 17 years that I have been a sales rep.
I first became a sales rep in January 2000 when my sales rep decided to quit when she went back to work full-time. I wanted to continue buying from Alison’s Pantry because I loved their high-quality products and I was working at building my food storage and basics at the time. My WHY was to be able to continue getting the great products we sold.
I loved selling our great products and was making enough to pay for our groceries with my commission but my children were growing and our needs were too. When my youngest of 5 children was 2 years old, I decided that if I was going to continue being a sales rep for Alison’s Pantry, it was time to grow my sales. I needed to sell more product to more people and, therefore, make more in commission. My WHY was to continue making enough commission to pay for the food I bought from Alison’s Pantry plus have some extra income for other expenditures. **A perk to all of this was that I had built a relationship with my customers so I now had a lot of adult interaction even though I was a stay-at-home mom so my social needs were also being met.
To grow my business, I started doing fairs, customer referral incentives, contests and anything else I could think of to grow my customer base and my sales. Then in 2006, I was asked to be an Area Coordinator over a group of sales reps. Not only did I sell to my own customers but now I was helping other sales reps sell to their customers and I was recruiting and training new sales reps. My WHY was now not only all the other things I’ve stated but also to help other sales reps sell our great products and grow their own Alison’s Pantry businesses!
I was the only sales rep in Rock Springs, Green River and Farson at the time I was asked to be an Area Coordinator (now Regional Sales Manager) and my first “job” was to recruit more sales reps in my area. **I had not helped the previous AC grow my area because it was “my area” and I didn’t want competition. I was doing everything I could think of to build my business but I was only doing about $3,000 sales in an area of about 40,000 in population. Now it was my job to find new sales reps in my area, so I put out the word to all my customers and anyone else I knew. To make a long story short, over the last 8 years, we now have a sales rep in Farson, 3 sales reps in Green River and 4 sales reps in Rock Springs and my sales are currently averaging $5,000 a month (double what it was when I was the only sales rep). It didn’t hurt me as a sales rep to have more sales reps in my area. It actually helped me!! Why?? Because there are more of us sharing the good news of Alison’s Pantry!! My WHY is now to keep getting the great products we offer through Alison’s Pantry, keep getting my groceries for FREE and have extra income, keep growing the company so we can keep getting these great products, and help others to sell these great products!!
I hope that by sharing my Alison’s Pantry story with you today, you’ve thought about your WHY. Why did YOU become an Alison’s Pantry sales rep and WHY are you an Alison’s Pantry sales rep today?? Hopefully, the main reason is because we have such great products. Another reason may be because you can get them for FREE with the commission you earn selling them!! Maybe you love the relationships you have built with your customers. I hope each of you knows how much we appreciate you and all you do and how happy we are that you chose to be a sales rep!! YOU are the lifeblood of Alison’s Pantry!!
Becky Price, RSM
Our new marketing images for Catalog #4 offer some fun, easy recipes to share, as well as some impressive price comparisons to Schwan’s. Have a great month!
Introducing the professional chef Alex, who is Stacee’s son! This webinar he covers two dishes using our great Alison’s Pantry products. There is a bonus video of the third dish below that we couldn’t add to the webinar because of time constraints. So if you want to view that, please click below. The 2nd part […]
This month’s webinars are some great ones by our wonderful RSMs once again. This month Stacee Izatt teaches us how to meal plan using theme nights.
Julie Hawkes teaches us some great freezer meal plans and shows us a cookbook she used for some of these meal ideas.
Becky Price gives us some kitchen hacks using Alison’s Pantry products. These are some wonderful ideas for making life easier around the kitchen and great gift ideas.
Enjoy the video!
Below are the handouts from the webinar. I hope you enjoyed them!
Freezer meal tips from Jessica Fisher 1 of 2
Freezer meals recipes 2 of 2
Pork freezer meals recipes
Freezer Meal Labels
Cookie Sheet and Parchment paper uses
Spice Label for spice containers
Meet Cecily Lawson, she is the buyer for AP, without her hard work and dedication our orders would not be easily filled, sorted and delivered to our customers. She works hard at managing the ins and outs of over 800 products daily. Here’s a bit about her.
I have been with AP about 2 years – I started in the Fall of 2014, took a 6-month sabbatical last year, and returned in the Fall of 2016.
I love working with Kim and the Brokers. It’s always fun to research and assist with finding quality products that would fit Alison’s Pantry customer base. Some are huge wins and others not so much. I’m also a bit of a nerd, I love the computer program Excel and nothing is more engaging and challenging for me than assembling and compiling data for analysis. For most people that would be boring. The unpredictable nature of this job can be challenging and frustrating at times. There are so many variables we can’t control. For example, we have no control over Suppliers delivering late or shorting us product, customers ordering heavier than we expected, or when the weather delays our trucks. There is a lot of scrambling that goes on in the background to keep everything running smoothly.
I am married to a wonderful man named Rob who happens to be in this industry too. Our children are grown up and out of the house so right now it’s just the both of us living at home. We recently moved to Kansas City, Missouri for his job and we miss our four kids and five grand kids terribly. They have all been out to visit and we’re planning their next trip for this summer. We’re doing our best to entice them out to the Midwest.
I love a good read so I usually have my head in a good novel or I’m out in my yard working. I admit I also like a good Netflix binge watch. Since we are new to the Midwest, on the weekends we almost always go out for drives or try to find a local festival or event. When I have extra time, I volunteer with the Kansas City Pet Project helping rescue animals.
My favorite AP product is Daily’s Bacon of course! (my husband is a Regional Sales Manager for Daily’s). This changes from time to time but my current favorite item is the #1400 Lockhart Gourmet Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough 108ct – I’m a bit of a cookie snob and these are high quality, tasty, tasty cookies. Since it’s just the two of us, I love that I can cook up a couple cookies when we are craving something sweet or when I need a plate to take the neighbors without having to make a whole batch.
Thanks Cecily, we appreciate all you do for our great company!
