Tall Plumes Add Value . . . and Detailing WOW!

Your eyes will be wowed! This beautiful new design is just one of the styles shown in GBR Online’s new article: “Coming Into Focus .” What a difference the plume makes, transforming a great basket into an extraordinary gift presentation. The basket, featuring Godiva chocolates and Gaviña coffee also illustrates one of the primary changes in theme development over the past few years: brand gift baskets. Themes often feature the well-known brand of a focal point gift. Instead of a “Giving Thanks” theme, a designer may name the basket after the brands in it, like, “Giving Thanks Godiva Chocolate Basket”, or “Giving Thanks Gaviña Coffee Basket”.

Gift box, cellophane, ribbons, fabric and cello bags, and ribbon were supplied by Nashville Wraps; Giving Thanks book by Red Wheel; coffee by Gaviña.

Coming into Focus . . .

What is coming into focus? Holidays! And Gift Basket Review Online has a beautiful article that brings a few fine points of design detail into sharp discovery. Details make the difference.Whether it is planning, buying, designing, marketing, or customer service, focusing on the miniscule details can transform the ordinary business into an extraodinary success. In the new article, you’ll find a delightful array of holiday ideas, money saving tips, repackaging tricks to heighten perceived vaue and camouflage mismatched inventory items, and more. Watch for the article to be posted in the next few days.

Six New Christmas Designs Added to the
“Sassy Bite” Family of Organic Chocolate Bars


Gig Harbor, WA – August 13, 2008: Olive Sandwiches is pleased to announce the addition of six
new Christmas-themed organic chocolate bar designs to our Sassy Bite product line.

The Sassy Bite family was first introduced in July 2008 at the Atlanta, Los Angeles and Chicago
gift shows, with a very positive response to the initial ten designs. By combining the well-known
Olive Sandwiches brand of retro-images and women-oriented humor with specially prepared
organic chocolate flavors, the Sassy Bite series has “taken edgy taste to a whole new level.”

Each Sassy Bite bar contains 1.25 ounces of fine organic chocolate with a variety of flavors that
match the humor on the wrapper, ranging from timeless favorites such as milk chocolate to
exciting new mixes such as “Hot Habanero Mandarin Espresso”. The new Christmas chocolates
offer flavors such as Peppermint Dark Chocolate, Dark Coconut Almond, Mint Milk Chocolate,
and Gingerbread Pecan Dark Chocolate.

According to Jim Hunt, Managing Partner for Olive Sandwiches, “We’ve been extremely pleased
with the market response to the Sassy Bite organic chocolate bar line, from both retailers and our
end customers. With a growing number of women (and men) already enjoying Olive Sandwiches’
brand of humor, there is a built-in appetite for new products – and the chocolates have been a big
hit by satisfying that hunger. In addition, these newest Sassy Bite Christmas designs will make
great stocking-stuffers and party favors for the holidays.”

All Olive Sandwiches products are the artistic creations of Nancy Rider Hunt and are available in
more than 2000 stores throughout North America, as well as online at www.olivesandwiches.com.