My attempt to cook blissful bits!

I actually didn't know that when soy is cooked with mushroom, it will give less filling feeling!  I spent about 10 minutes in front of Whole Foods Market's vegetable section and thought hard what to cook with Blissful Bits! Well, I enjoyed it, and people enjoyed it, so that's good! 


- slice a whole organic onion, stir fry with some sesame oil, and take out to cool
- wash and cut in half of mushroom (half lbs), slightly heat, and take out to cool
- tear two bags of Blissful Bits and cut in half for each bits (or one bag in this case is enough), add water and heat for 1 minute, and add onion and mushroom and some pepper, stir fry together
- sprinkle some oregano or fresh greens on top, enjoy =D






By the way, did you see vegan.com's review for Blissful Bits? Here's a brief 


"In the mock meat category, I really enjoyed ecoVegan’s Blissful Bits and will certainly use them in a stir fry or on skewers next time I need to blow away an omnivorous friend. "

ecoVegan website update

It wasn't exactly a revamp for the website; but it did take me the whole morning and slightly afternoon to trouble-shoot some minor details. 

At least I am learning Dreamweaver too! 

One thing I do have to continuously emphasize for any occasion, is to communicate clear, concise, and consistent; whether you are a manager, a pm, a graphic designer, a janitor, a shipper, a financial analyst, a mother, a buyer, a consumer, etc, etc, etc.  I just cannot tell you how important it is to communicate direct, beforehand, and to the point; this will really make your life easier. 

By the way, ecoVegan products now also available at Whole  Foods Market in Santa Cruz! 

 

Did I mention Whole Foods?

Say yes to Whole Foods because we are coming!

Visit the following stores to get ecoVegan products!  And, do tell your local grocer that you want to see ecoVegan products available at their store with the ecoVegan product request form (we had first one happening yesterday) :)

Berkeley

Whole Foods Market

3000 Telegraph Ave.

Berkeley CA 94705

Cupertino (coming second week of Dec)

Whole Foods Market

20955 Stevens Creek Blvd.

Cupertino CA 95014

Los Altos (coming second week of Dec)

Whole Foods Market

4800 El Camino Real

Los Altos CA 94022

San Jose

Whole Foods Market

1146 Blossom Hill Rd.

San Jose CA 95118

San Mateo (coming second week of Dec)

Whole Foods Market

1010 Park Place

San Mateo CA 94403

San Rafael

Whole Foods Market

340 Third St.

San Rafael, CA 94901

Walnut Creek (coming second week of Dec)

Whole Foods Market

1333 Newell Ave.

Walnut Creek CA 94596

Is there something missing?? Yes, the San Francisco one!  We are located in San Francisco and we are not yet in any of the stores?  It will be coming soon! 

Reorders!

It is always pleasant to get reorders, especially for the first time!  This makes me feel our products are really good and worth it! 

The next couple days I will be out of town, on "business trips" to visit some island and to expand our market!! 

We sent out some new product samples to the customers, and the cookies/biscuits are a big hit!  We are out of stock already (if you don't see it online, check back again)! 

ecoVegan's products are slowly hitting the markets, I cannot wait to see many WFM carry them across California!  


To be resumed when I return next week!  Have some beautiful days!

Learning something new everyday- the "relationship" between Distributor and Retailer

If one is at the natural food business, one's gotta know UNFI- major natural food distributor across the country, besides many other similar size or rather smaller ones that one can find online.  I guess our goal is also to get in with UNFI so the products can be widely distributed.  

The article posted by Jane Hoback on Natural Food Merchandiser says so beautifully that the partnerships between the distributor and the retailer is really like a "relationship" that needs time and effort from both end to develop, on top of the pricing, marketing promotion, flexibility, and inventory availability, along with a large selection of products to choose from, and the service.  There are many things a retailer look for in a distributor that distributor look for in the vendor.  Learning this will help us to provide exceptional services and products to our end-customers while staying competitive and a valued vendor for others!  That's what ecoVegan strives for!