Webinar: Easy meal planning, Christmas treats, and tips for upselling

We just concluded another fabulous week of webinars, and these were especially fun because they not only offered great recipe and menu ideas, but also practical tips to increase your holiday sales.   Enjoy!

 

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Products leaving after #12

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It’s hard to believe we’re already making plans for Christmas, but it’s true!  After Catalog #12, the following products will be leaving our catalogs. Please let your customers know about these changes so they can stock up on any favorites before they’re gone.  Please note that we’re discontinuing some of our spices as well.

11-7848              Daily’s Hickory Smoked Boneless Mini Pit Ham 7-9lbs EACH–seasonal item; will return #10 or #11, 2017

11-4054              Norbest Sweetheart Boneless Turkey Breast 8-10 lb, Cook in Bag–seasonal item; we will assess success of this product line after Catalog #12. The soonest it will return will be #11, 2017.

11-4124              Norbest Ground Turkey Family Pack 5 / 1 lb.–seasonal item; we will assess success of this product line after Catalog #12. The soonest it will return will be #11, 2017.

11-3428              Norbest Traditional Ground Turkey Sausage 4 / 1 lb.–seasonal item; we will assess success of this product line after Catalog #12. The soonest it will return will be #11, 2017.

11-2511              Norbest Sweetheart Boneless Turkey Breast 6-8 lb., Netted–seasonal item; we will assess success of this product line after Catalog #12. The soonest it will return will be #11, 2017.

11-1747              Stouffer’s Classic Green Bean Mushroom Casserole 70oz Tray–seasonal item; will return #10 or #11, 2017

11-6918              Best Maid Mini Gingersnap Cookies Baked 320/.40 Oz. Case–product won’t likely be offered again. It is a Special Order item and delivery is challenging.

01-7975              San Saba Pecan Pie In A Jar 22Oz Each–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

01-9037              San Saba Pecan Praline Syrup/Topping 12 oz bottle–seasonal item; may not return.

02-4449              Lehi Roller Mills Cranberry Orange Scone Mix 1 lb bag–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

02-9010              Lehi Roller Mills Mint Truffle Brownie Mix–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

02-9011              Lehi Roller Mills Raspberry Pancake Mix–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

02-9012              Lehi Roller Mills Blueberry Pancake Mix–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

02-5211              Lehi Pride Buttermilk Pancake Mix & Marionberry Syrup–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

02-5010              Lehi Blueberry Pancake Mix & Blueberry Syrup–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

02-5011              Lehi Raspberry Pancake Mix & Raspberry Syrup–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

03-6400              AP Delectable Blueberry Muffin Mix 25 Lb. Bag–seasonal item; bulk mixes will be offered periodically throughout the year.

03-6401              AP Scrumptious Raspberry Muffin Mix 25 Lb. Bag

04-2070              Norpro Oven Gloves–haven’t yet determined whether this item will return; considering a different model.

04-2165              Norpro Stainless Steel Turkey Baster–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

04-2169              Norpro Nonstick Mini Pie Pans, Set of 4–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

04-2176              Norpro Mini Bread Pan–rotates periodically in the catalog

04-2187              Norpro Spoon-ita Taco Spoon–may return later in 2017

04-2520              Norpro Red Grip EZ Chopper Scraper–will return later in 2017

04-3017              Norpro Stuffed Treat Maker–product won’t be returning due to disappointing sales

04-7220              Norpro Silicone Pie Crust Shield Each–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

04-8438              Norpro Pastry Mat W/ Measures 19.5in X15.5in  Each–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

01-5892              Plentiful Pantry Pumpkin Cobbler 1/Order Each–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

01-1140              The Souperb Collection Soup Mix Gift Set–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

01-8054              AP Tortilla Soup & Cornbread Pack–seasonal item; will return #10 or #11, 2017

01-8055              AP Potato Soup & Beer Bread Pack–seasonal item; will return 10 or #11, 2017

01-8488              Plentiful Pantry HOLIDAY SHAPE Pasta Duo 2/12oz Bags–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

01-6309              Plentiful Pantry Teddy Bear Pasta 12 Oz. Bag–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

02-1167              Scrumptious Pumpkin Pie Almonds 16 oz tub–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

02-1190              Scrumptious Sweet & Salty Premium Holiday Nut Tray–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

02-2618              Scrumptious Chocolate Lovers Premium Nut & Candy Gift Box–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

02-2915              Scrumptious Cookies & Cream Caramels 14oz bag–will return later in 2017; removed so other candy options can rotate in.

02-2929              Scrumptious Cheesecake Caramels 14oz bag–will return later in 2017; removed so other candy options can rotate in.

02-3512              Scrumptious Large Holiday Candy & Nut Gift Tin–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

02-8547              Scrumptious Gold Coins Approx 80 Coins/14Oz Tub Each–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

04-3905              Victorio Nut Roaster–seasonal item; will return next fall

04-3906              Victorio Cinnamon Nut Glaze–seasonal item; will return next fall

04-3907              Victorio Toffee Nut Glaze–seasonal item; will return next fall

04-3908              Victorio Nut Roaster Bags–seasonal item; will return next fall

04-5265              Lindy’s Stainless Steel 9 in Pie Pan Heavy Duty Each–seasonal item; will return next fall

04-1004              AP Cinnamon Sticks 2 3/4″ 1Lb Heat Seal Bag–removed due to low sales.

04-1012              AP Pumpkin Pie Spice  1 Pound–seasonal item; will return next fall

04-1535              AP Mom’s Meatloaf Seasoning 1 Lb. Bag–removed due to low sales.

04-1752              AP Ground Sage  1 Pound Bag–removed due to low sales.

04-1820              AP Pronto Potato Salad Seasoning 1 Lb. Each–will only be offered during the summer.

04-1844              AP Cinnamon Ground Fancy 1 Lb. Container–removed due to low sales; available by the bag.

04-1848              AP Onions Minced 14 Oz. Container–removed due to low sales; we recommend 1847 which is a more popular onion product with customers (available by the container or bag).

04-1851              AP Garlic Salt Classic Blend 2.25 Lb. Container–removed due to low sales; available by the bag.

04-1896              AP Teriyaki Marinade & Rub 1 Lb. Bag–removed due to low sales.

04-2683              AP Green Bell Peppers 3/8″ 1/2 Lb. Bag–removed due to low sales.

04-2816              AP Mucho! Mexican Seasoning Mix 1 Lb. Bag–removed due to low sales.

04-3904              AP Italian ‘N Pizza Seasoning 10 Oz. Container–removed due to low sales.

04-5571              AP Ground Rosemary  1 Lb  Each–removed due to low sales.

04-5989              AP Chipotle Garlic Blend 1 Lb Each–removed due to low sales.

04-6110              AP Garlic Powder 1.25 Lb. Container–removed due to low sales; available by the bag.

04-8170              AP Roasted Garlic Granules 1Lb Bag–removed due to low sales.

04-8204              AP Toasted Onion Powder 1Lb Container–removed due to low sales.

04-8235              AP Roasted Garlic & Herb Blend 1Lb Container Each–removed due to low sales.

04-8550              AP Ground Nutmeg 1/2 Pound Bag–removed due to low sales; may be offered again for the holidays.

04-8247              AP Hamburger Seasoning–will only be offered during the summer

04-7225              ALL WRAPPED UP Gift Wrapping Tulle WHITE  6″x 25 yards  EACH–the All Wrapped Up gift wrap, tulle, and baker’s twine is available each year. Some colors of tulle return, and we choose new gift wrap prints to offer each year.

04-7910              ALL WRAPPED UP Gift Wrapping Tulle RED  6″x 25 yards  EACH

04-7993              All Wrapped Up Bakers Twine RED & WHITE 109 Yards Each

04-7994              All Wrapped Up Bakers Twine BLACK & WHITE 109 Yards Each

04-7980              All Wrapped Up Red & White Striped Tulle

04-8303              All Wrapped Up Clear Cello Wrap

04-7932              All Wrapped Up Gold Deer Head Premium Gift Wrap

04-7934              All Wrapped Up Gold and White Stripe Premium Gift Wrap

04-7936              All Wrapped Up Buffalo Check Premium Gift Wrap

04-7937              All Wrapped Up Merry & Bright Chalkboard Christmas Gift Wrap

04-7967              All Wrapped Up Vintage Truck Premium Gift Wrap

04-7973              All Wrapped Up Blue and White Snowflake Premium Gift Wrap

01-3006              Pioneer Valley Premium Hot Riotous Raspberry Jam 8 oz Jar

01-7894              UNCLE DENNY’S Gourmet Caramel Topping 17 oz JAR–will return in 2017

02-8013              Pioneer Valley Caramels Variety Pack 3/8 Oz Bag–will return in 2017

02-1702              J Morgan Heavenly Caramels Old Fashioned Butter Caramel 7oz–seasonal item; we will assess the sales on J Morgan treats after #12 and determine whether they will return next year.

02-1703              J Morgan Heavenly Caramels Vanilla Sea Salt Carmel 7oz

02-1704              J Morgan Heavenly Caramels Pecan Caramel 7oz

02-1705              J Morgan Heavenly Caramels Coconut Caramel 7oz

02-9014              J. Morgan Truffle Variety Pack 50t.

02-9016              J. Morgan Chocolate Covered Pecan Caramels 4.2 oz bag

02-9017              J. Morgan Chocolate Covered Sea salt Caramels 4.2 oz bag

02-9018              J. Morgan Chocolate Drizzle Popcorn Tubs 16oz

02-9019              J. Morgan Cashew Nut Brittle Popcorn Tubs  16oz.

02-9068              J Morgan Caramel Block 5lb–will return Fall 2017.

02-3008              Gilbert Pecan Company Aunt Janie’s Pecan Brittle 10 oz bag–we will assess the sales on this line after #12 and determine whether to offer it again next year for the holidays.  Due to sales so far, it sadly may not be back.  Be sure to orders some Toffee, Turtles, and especially some Sugar Pecans for yourselves!!

02-3009              Gilbert Pecan Company Sugar Pecans 1 lb bag

02-3014              Gilbert Pecan Aunt Lessie’s Nut Crunch Toffee 20oz bag

02-3015              Gilbert Pecan Chocolate Pecan Turtles 1 lb bag

02-7838              Gilbert Chopped Pecan Pieces 3 lb bag

02-1324              Sweet’s Rich Dark Chocolate RASPBERRY Sticks 10.5 oz. EACH–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

02-2173              Sweet’s Rich Milk Chocolate Orange Sticks 10.5 Oz. Each–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

02-2174              Sweet’s Rich DARK Chocolate Orange Sticks 10.5 oz. EACH–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

02-2175              Sweet’s MILK Chocolate RASPBERRY Sticks 10.5 oz. EACH–seasonal item; will return #11, 2017

02-7209              Krusteaz Pie Crust Mix 5 Lb. Bag–seasonal item; will return in 2017

11-1891              Good Old Days PECAN Cobbler 5lb tray–will assess the success of the Good Old Days sales after #12, and determine whether we can bring any of these items back. The Apple Caramel Crisp has been a great seller and will return.

11-1892              Good Old Days BLACKBERRY Cobbler 5lb tray

11-1893              Good Old Days PEACH Cobbler 5lb tray

11-1894              Good Old Days Old Fashioned CORNBREAD Dressing 6lb tray

11-3388              Good Old Days Apple Caramel Crisp 5.5lb Tray

01-6265              French’s French Fried Onions  24 Oz. Bag–seasonal item

05-1491              Minor’s Roasted Garlic Flavor Concentrate 1 lb. tub–will return later in 2017

03-2773              Industrial Gamma Lid-Yellow [Fits 5 & 6 Gal.] Each–these colors of gamma lids were very low sellers and will not be back.

03-3922              Industrial Gamma Lid Orange [Fits 5 & 6 Gal] Each

03-3923              Industrial Gamma Lid Black [Fits 5 & 6 Gal] Each

03-5128              Industrial Clear Plastic Jars W/Shaker Flap 12/16 Oz Case–removed due to low sales

Meet Vicki with Rep Support

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We would like you to meet Vicki from Rep support, one of the important reasons that our company moves along smoothly from day to day.  Vicki has been with Alison’s Pantry for two years, she began as a Rep in SLC and when the job opening came up at the warehouse, she decided to give it a try.  One of the reasons she is so good at what she does is because she understands how it all works from the perspective of the  AP Rep.  The thing she loves about her job is getting to know and work with all the Reps. She also is the person responsible for the majority of the social media posts.

The hardest thing about her job is keeping track of almost 400 reps. she makes a lot of notes and reminders.

Vicki is married to her husband of 5 years; they have a combined family of 4 boys from Vicki’s previous marriage and 1 daughter from her husband’s previous marriage. The two older boys and the daughter are married and together they have 3 grandchildren.  The third son is currently serving an LDS mission in Texas and the youngest son, just graduated from high school.

Vicki loves to travel in her spare time and she writes a personal weekly travel and food blog at www.lovetravelwilleat.com.She loves to cook and try new recipes.

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Vicki loves many of our AP products, but her favorites are #9134 Janey Lou’s cinnamon rolls, #8925 Beehive Rolls and #3298 Daily’s Center cut Bacon.  Her family’s favorite family meal is the Soup Supreme or Blount soups served in the Janey Lou’s soup bowls.  Thank you Vicki for all your hard work!

What’s For Dinner?

If you are like me, there are days where the family is asking “What’s for dinner?” and I am clueless as to what I’m going to fix!  But have no fear!  Alison’s Pantry is here!!

We have such great products to meet the needs of every meal of the day and snacks in between but sometimes we need a little help to get that meal on the table and what better way than suggested meal plans!

Here is one with dinner meal ideas from the RSM’s, Rep Support, and our Marketing Director to get you started.

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week-of-meals (.pdf of the above week of meals you can share with your customers)

Sit down today, write down a week’s worth of meals (breakfast, lunch, and/or dinner), list the AP products you used to prepare the meal, and then share them with your customers. It’s that easy!!  Including pictures of what you fixed for dinner to go along with your meal plans (or a quick post on Facebook) will really sell those products!  Your customers will love seeing how you use the amazing products we sell and they will want to try them too!

Good luck!!

Becky Price, RSM

2017 Customer Order & Delivery Schedules

NEW: 1/4 Sheet size Printables (4 to a page)

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COMING SOON: Order Personalized Customer Schedule Magnets on Vistaprint!

 

The schedules have a space for your to put your Name and Contact info above the dates.

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You can do this by ‘signing’ the pdf file. If you need help doing that, check out this tutorial from the special offers flyer by Becky.

Feel free to print them, email them, or make them into postcards, magnets or whatever you wish. 🙂

Be sure you have the correct schedule for your group!

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#11, 2016 Marketing Images: ‘Black Friday’ Hot Deals, Holiday Favorites and the Free Offer Oven Mitt

Just right-click to download and save these beautiful images to market Alison’s Pantry “Black Friday” Hot Deals,  Holiday Favorites, and our great Catalog #11  FREE offer for an AP Oven Mitt!  Put these pretties to work for you on social media, newsletters, and in texts and emails.

Webinar: Thanksgiving Tips, AP Holiday Gift Preview, and Customer Appreciation Ideas

This month’s webinars were some of our best attended so far, and the reviews have been great on these fun ideas for the holidays.  If you weren’t able to attend, please treat yourself to watching the video, and downloading all of the helpful PDFs below. Be sure to share these wonderful resources with your customers as well!

Get to know our two new Norbest turkey breast products with this short video from our supplier.

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Webinar Instruction:

Show Appreciation to Your Customers

Thanksgiving Tips & Tricks

 

Printables:

Click to download and print adorable tags like the one below to use with your AP holiday gifts.

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2017 Order & Delivery Schedules

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Dear Alison’s Pantry Reps,
     Thank you so much for your hard work in 2016.  As this year draws to a close I’d like to make sure you receive and understand the schedule for 2017.
     Next year’s schedule will be very similar to this year with a couple of changes.  One change of note is that we will no longer be placing reps in red or blue groups.
     Instead, we’re assigning all reps to an order group (1,2,3 or 4).  By doing this we’re able to deliver to all reps one week after their order day!  So, just to be clear in 2017 there will no longer be a red or blue order group.
     As a company we feel like the faster delivery may not have increased sales like we thought it would, but the positive feedback has been amazing. So, we’re stepping it up next year to make sure all reps receive their orders the very next week after they order.
On your schedule, we’ve included four important dates you need to know for each month of ordering.
  • Update Addresses By this date, make sure all mailing addresses are up to date and you have turned in any requests for extra catalogs or mailings.
  • Portals Opens Date when you are able to start keying in orders for your customers in portals.
  • Order Day 5:00 pm deadline for entering in orders for that month.
  • Delivery This is the week you can expect delivery each month.  It’s always the week after ordering!
Please take note of the following deadlines for Catalogs #1 and #2:

October 24, 2016 – Have all customers updated for your #1 Catalogs

November 28, 2016 – Have all customers updated for your #2 Catalogs

Find your 2017 schedule below!

You will be receiving a magnet of your schedule with your #12 order.
These schedules are for reps only. We will be posting Customer Schedules soon!
Please make sure you are looking at the correct group before you download your schedule!
If you do not know what run you are on, check your last truck invoice!
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Get creative with our containers

There are oodles of fun ways to use our spice jars (#4435) and containers (pgs. 34 and 46) for the holidays!  On page 34 of Catalog #11, we mentioned using #4435 Spice Jars as placeholders for Thanksgiving guests. The Blessing Mix recipe, tags, and two more fun Thanksgiving ideas are printable from the links below.

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There will also be more fun ideas for using containers for the holidays in upcoming webinars.