Thursday, February 23, 2017

What's A Candy Girl To Do

Remember my post about the James Harden candy beards which were coming to the nearest candy store in your neighborhood?

I was so excited last week when one of our distributors sales rep brought a sample of the package of The Beard candy, so I ordered it as fast as I could.

Boo hoo!  the order came this week minus The Beard candy!!   

I was consoled by the arrival of the Gummi Sushi and the Gummi Pizza boxes.  And finally, the new manufacturer of Strawberry Licorice Wheels came through, as well as the Black Licorice Wheels and one of our favorites:  the Violet Crumble bar from Australia.

What's a Candy Girl to do when The Beard disappoints me?  I split a Violet Crumble bar with Jeff and it really did make up for that disappointment.

Now I am already searching for the new Halloween candies...believe it.....that season is already upon us. I am intrigued with the Crazy Teeth with Slime Candy in the center and the spooky lantern with lights and sounds and of course, a candy bracelet.

However on the gift side we received the Flint remover (a totally cool looking lint remover which opens like a lipstick and can be tucked away in your purse or brief case) and the new PUR Tumbler with the extra layer of copper to outdo the Yeti Tumbler.  In a test to see which would keep the ice cubes longer, the PUR Tumbler outdid the Yeti by 4 hours and the cost is less for the PUR.

What a world ....Candy & Gifts....always something new around the corner.

Friday, February 3, 2017

Dash Away, Dash Away Robotic Cart

I couldn't wait to tell you about a new robotic shopping cart which is supposed to be coming out in 2017.

It is called the Dash Robotic Shopping Cart, designed, they say, with the frustrated shopper in mind.

Here's what you do and what it does.

Take your shopping list on your phone to the grocery store.  Walk up to one of the Dash Robotic Carts and transfer your list to the Cart.  The Cart will then sort your list based on the design of the store and will give you the most effective route to do your shopping.

The Dash is equipped with a scanner and you can even pay for your groceries through the Cart.

The Cart will follow you out to your car, while you unload your groceries and then turn around, go back to the store and set itself in the docking station.  That fact alone ought to make grocery store employees jubilant.  No more running out in the rain or the snow to pick up the carts and take them back to the store!!

The Cart shows the shopper what item is coming up next, by highlighting that item on the screen.

This Dash Robotic Cart is pretty cool .  It doesn't appear to take away any human jobs and it makes grocery shopping a lot of fun.

Let's hope one of our Tulsa groceries gets the Dash.