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Significant Milestone

The last 8 weeks have had many long nights.  We sent our first order to Colombia.   We released our infused bars and Tuesday night, culminated with a special evening at 21c Hotel in Bentonville.   Wal-Mart?   what is that about?  The Bentonville Farmer's Market has provided a treasure trove of opportunities for Kyya.  Every Friday night since spring has been spent prepping for market and then the early Saturday wake-up call.  We have met so many people at Saturday market including but not to limited to Celebrate Magazine, Whole Foods, WalMart Open Call, Hershey, Fosters Pint and Plate, 21c and some great regular customers.  But a few weeks ago while we were on the road evangelizing Kyya in Kansas., WalMart...

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Learning and Listening.

This semester we are teaching a course called Entrepreneurship 101 at a local prep school.  It's fun seeing the next generation catch the vision.   We made the class interactive,  pouring over lots of case studies.   The process/class has helped us at Kyya as well. Last week, one of my customers had an issue with one of our products.  They had been using it for over a year, but some things had changed on their side and as they were mixing products, it was having "issues". After 20+ years in sales, the first thing I was taught to do was head over and see if I could understand the "issue".  Sitting down with their team, we initially couldn't see the issue, but then...

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Holiday Bar Design Contest

For months, Kyya has been working on our holiday chocolate bar lineup.  We sold out of the initial production run this weekend and will be replenishing those bars along with the second wave of bars for this weekend at the shop and Bentonville Farmer's Market. But we have a problem, one of our bars just doesn't feel right in regular package --- our Peppermint Bark Bar. What is Bark you might ask, for Kyya, it's a 2 layer bar, one layer of dark chocolate, with a layer of white chocolate with crushed peppermint canes laid in the back of the white chocolate.  We have been making this bar for years, but we simply can't just drop this work of art into a regular Kyya package....

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Kyya Chocolate Shop Opening

We are celebrating our first anniversary in Elm Springs.... Due to the summer heat at the Bentonville Farmer's Market (which we love) and lots of customer feedback, we have decided to formally open the Chocolate Shop to the public weekdays after Kamp Kyya. Starting Monday, Kyya Chocolate will begin our "Chocolate Shop" experience.  Kyya will be open from 2:00 PM through 6:30 PM Monday through Friday.   Feel free to stop by to sample amazing chocolate, meet the chocolatiers and staff. Our desire is to create an ever evolving chocolate experience "lab", which offers unique and exotic chocolates not found in our retail stores.  Some new products will be tested at the shop before entering our retail network.   We will...

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Kamp Kyya Continues....

Kamp Kyya will continue into August, but we will adjust the format so adults can participate.  Kamp Kyya will take place on Thursday evening and become a one night class.  Each session is limited to 12 people.  And of course there will be chocolate to sample and chocolate to take home to share.  Details can be found on our facebook page or on the purchase section of the website.  There is a different theme each Thursday in August, including the following: Family Kamp Kyya (where everyone can participate) Small group / team night Bon Bon Night Chocolate Tastings and Pairings (minimum age 21)

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