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Chrissie Schubert’s gets major contract
Published Monday, October 12, 2009
This Christmas, stores throughout the nation will get a taste of Covington County as 17,000 of Chrissie Schubert’s Treats’ sugar cookies make their way into HomeGoods stores.
Schubert said Monday this was the largest contract to date for the homemade treats business centered in Andalusia. HomeGoods, a division of T.J. Maxx and Marshall’s, has 400 stores nationwide.
“This is kind of a test run for us,” Schubert said. “The good news is that if the products do well in the HomeGoods division in their market, (the company) could put us in their other markets. We’re under their umbrella now, which is so exciting.
“A friend referred the buyer to me, who said to send some samples and they would consider it,” she said. “Next thing, we had a giant purchase order.”
Schubert said the order must be completed for shipment by Oct. 21. The cookies will leave Andalusia on tractor-trailers and will be sent to four distribution centers in California, Connecticut, Indiana and North Carolina.
Schubert said the company recently filled another order on a “much smaller scale” for both Von Mauer, a higher end department store comparable to Dillard’s, and for Swoozie’s, a nationwide gift store.
“These contracts make all the difference in the world to a small company like ours,” she said. “The first order is great, but it’s the second order when you start to turn a profit.”
The newest contract is just the recent “slice” of good news for Schubert’s company.
It is currently in distribution contract negotiations with a gourmet food chain and will be featured in the December edition of Southern Living.
“It’s a section called ‘Made by Southern Hands’ and it highlights top holiday gift items made in the South, and we’re in it,” Schubert said.
The magazine will hit newsstands in November.
Comments
Posted by starnewsreader (anonymous) on October 13, 2009 at 7:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Congratulations Crissie, and to your employees!
Love to see Andalusia Businesses do well. Keep up the good work, and good luck!
Posted by Jama (anonymous) on October 13, 2009 at 8:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)
How exciting! Keep up the great work! Lol, my husband does some computer work for Chrissie sometimes, and he always jokes that he'd accept payment in dinner rolls!
Posted by swswilliam (anonymous) on October 13, 2009 at 8:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Posted by rutherfords_1 (anonymous) on October 13, 2009 at 10:18 a.m. (Suggest removal)
WONDERFUL NEWS!!! US "NOTHERNERS" LOVE TREATS FROM THE SOUTH. I THINK IT WILL BE A GREAT SUCCESS!!
Posted by rickyp236 (anonymous) on October 13, 2009 at 10:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)
congratulations chrissie!god has blessed you in so many ways,go get'em chrissie.good luck with your success.
Posted by pathenley (anonymous) on October 14, 2009 at 7:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Congratulations,Crissie I am proud of your hard work being recognized in such a grand scale. It was not by chance, it was the hard work , and your strive for perfection in taste of your products that got you to this point. I also know God is the first to get credit for your success.Because of small business owners like yourself, Andalusia will be known as a small southern town with much charm in baking. Again, congratulations, and thank you ,for your, and your staff's dedication.Have a blest day.
Posted by MsGRITS (anonymous) on October 14, 2009 at 8:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Congrats!!
Posted by linniepooh (anonymous) on October 14, 2009 at 7:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)
CONGRAD'S CHRISSIE!! i am so happy for you. You started out with big shoes to fill and thats just what you're doing.. from personal experience if you are looking for a job and Chrissie has any openings its a great and fun place to work. I enjoyed every minute of it. I am proud of you and your employees Chrissie, I hope the luck and fun continues for you !! Love you, Lynn!!
Posted by SouthernAttitude1 (anonymous) on October 14, 2009 at 9:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Well done! Chrissie is deserving of all the praise and good that comes her way. She is a very sweet and honest woman. I'm sure we will continue to read about her successes in the future.
Posted by alatransplant (anonymous) on October 14, 2009 at 11:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I work for TJMaxx/Homegoods and look forward to selling your cookies in NC. Congratulations and look for sellouts-the food business in this company is through the roof. They do alot of cookies/brownies the entire year with alot of success.
Posted by Luckie1942 (anonymous) on October 16, 2009 at 8:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Chrissie...Congratulations..I worked at Van Maur, in Wichita Ks...it is a fabulous store, they only have the best of the best...so consider yourself the best of the best...Well Done
Posted by dusty18 (anonymous) on October 17, 2009 at 5:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Just tell me where i can buy them
Posted by Ineedtobeheard (anonymous) on October 22, 2009 at 4:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Congratulations Crissie! I'm proud of you! I remember a few years ago you and your employees coming into a grocery store where I worked purchasing items for your business.....I always knew you'd make it big...now look at choo!
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