Posted by Southwest Beverages on 6/29/2016
“Eric, any idea what I should get my Uncle Charlie for his
birthday this Thursday,” I asked my best friend as we were walking home from
the dog park with my dog, Ralph. “I want to get him something that he will appreciate
and that I can afford, after all he helped me a lot over the past winter fixing
my car.”
“What does your Uncle do for a living?” Eric asked.
“He’s retired, but has a part time job driving the Zamboni
machine at the Lake Grove Ice Rink.” No sooner than I told Eric about my Uncles
part time job then the thought of a gift occurred to me. “That’s it,” I called
out as I snapped my figures and stated, “I’ll get him a box of Sippity gourmet
hot chocolate mix. He drinks Sippity chocolate marshmallow flavored hot
chocolate all winter. He absolutely loves the stuff.”
Two hours later I was in my kitchen watching my Mom prepare
dinner. “You know it’s your Uncle Charlies 70th birthday this
Thursday, she stated. “I’m planning a little get together for dinner. Will you
be around?”
“Of course, Mom. I wouldn’t miss Uncle Charlies birthday for
the world,” I passionately stated. “I even got him a present.”
“What did you get him?”
“Well you know how much he loves Sippity gourmet chocolate
marshmallow hot chocolate. Well I thought seeing that he drives the Zamboni all
summer for five hours a day, that he could use something to warm him up when he
comes off the ice. So I got him a box of Sippity chocolate marshmallow gourmet
hot chocolate mix.”
“What a great, and thoughtful, idea,” my Mom stated as she
removed the pot of boiling water containing six ears of corn and carried it to
the sink. “That should get him in the zone”.
“What do you mean, the zone, Mom?”
“I thought in hockey, you have to get in the red zone to
score.”
“No, Mom. There is no red zone in hockey. Your confusing it
with the red zone in football, which is the 20 yards before the goal line.”
“Either way, your Uncle will very much appreciate your
gourmet hot chocolate mix gift.”
Written by Bob Jenkins, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of
Southwest Beverages Bob has had the privilege of working for some of America's largest
and well run public and private companies, including Philip Morris, Canada Dry, Dr
Pepper, Cadbury Schweppes, Snapple Beverage Corporation, Tasker Capital Corp. and
The Water Club and River Cafe - two of New York's finest fine dining restaurants. He
has worked in various capacities as Finance Manager, Controller, Director of Finance,
Vice President Finance & Administration, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, and
Treasurer.
Bob holds a Masters of Business
Administration degree in accounting from the University of Tennessee and a Bachelor of
Science degree in accounting from the University of Arizona.
Southwest Beverages is a manufacturer and marketer of two
brands of premium quality dry mix beverages: Sippity hot-cocoa mix and Kemosabe gourmet flavored coffee. All Southwest Beverages products are
uniquely blended flavors that contain all the ingredients necessary for you to enjoy the
ultimate hot beverage experience. Simply add water and stir-then sip, savor and
enjoy.
For more information, please visit www.southwestbeverages.com.
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