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Sweets and Snacks EXPO

McCormick Place, Chicago, IL
Booth #1876
May 25-27, 2010

New York Fancy Food Show

56th Summer Fancy Food Show (2010)
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
New York, NY
Booth #5635
June 27-29, 2010

Atlanta Gift Show

Americas Mart
240 Peachtree St. NW
Building 2 West Wing
Gourmet - 2nd Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303
Booth #704
July 16-20 2010

New York Gift Show

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
New York, NY
Booth #7162
August 14-19, 2010

GBR

April 2005 Issue

Door Prize Centerpiece - Footloose and Fancy Free:

For special "girl" events, create a centerpiece that doubles as a door prize, or delivers a certificate to a spa. This design is sure to tickle her fancy with bath and footcare indulgencies.
Footsie Cookies in Door Prize Article in GBR April 2005

Footsie Cookies in Door Prize Article in GBR April 2005

Step 1: Fill a basket with loosely crumpled packing paper, leaving room for a cardboard box or foam block that can be securely glued to the base of the basket. Secure the shoe of bath salts to the block with heavy duty double-sided "red tape" (for cardboard) or Picky Sticks (for foam). Cover the block/box with shred.

Step 2: Pack a tall decorative vase with spa products, such as loofah slippers, a massage roller, footbrushes, etc. Put the packed vase in one side of the basket, wedging packing paper around the vase to keep it securely in place. Pack the Lucky Chick footcare product in the front of the basket, and tuck in a couple of floral sprigs. Add a bow and two or more decorative "footsie" cookies.

Step 3: To wrap this basket, pull cello up and over the tallest sturdy product in the vase. Tie it off there and add a bow of your choice.

Product Credits: Basket - Blossom Bucket; Foot Cookies - Monaco Baking Co.; Brushes, Slippers, Spa Accessories - Sponges Direct Inc.; Massage Roll - Pendergrass Inc.; Glass Slipper filled with Bath Salts - Wild Thing; Foot & Leg Cream - Lucky Chick; Shred - Nashville Wraps; Purple-Pink Sheer Stripe Ribbon - Lion Ribbon; Polka Dot Cello - Specialty Wraps; Vase purchased locally.

Specially Coffee Retailer

October 2001 Issue

Extract from "Baked Goods for Kids" by Howard Riell:

[....] Other companies, like Monaco Baking Company in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., market gourmet, hand-decorated cookies and gingerbread houses, as well as cookie kits and gingerbread house kits. Monaco supplies such big names as Starbucks, Neiman Marcus, L.L. Bean, Disney Theme Parks and Williams-Sonoma with its beautifully decorated sugar cookies, which are cello-wrapped and merchandised at the checkout counters – the best spot for parents to grab them for waiting kids.

According to Philip Moreau, executive director of Monaco Baking Company, the main buyers of his products are women and children. Not surprising, as many of the designs are feminine in nature or directly targeted toward children. No matter the season or the occasion, Monaco has a cookie design for it. Cookie themes range from fruits, animals, beach, back-to-school, ocean fish and celestial to all the major holidays and seasons. There are more than 3,000 stock designs in all. If by chance one of those designs doesn't work for you, Monaco Baking Company also custom designs cookies (500-piece minimum order). For instance, a coffee cup with a company logo can be hand-decorated on cookies.

Moreau has also been busy coming up with new products this year, like cookie tins filled with 30 bite-sized cookies, all fully decorated. For instance, the Halloween tin contains pumpkin, skeleton, ghost, tomb and spider cookies. For the winter holiday season, Monaco offers retailers mini edible gingerbread house ornaments that ship fully assembled and in stackable tubes for point of purchase. Each ornament has a suggested retail price of $5. Monaco also offers several styles of fully-assembled and do-it-yourself gingerbread houses, gingerbread trains and carousels. [....]

Monaco Baking Co. article in Specially Coffee Retailer