Soup's On!!!

Thank you loyal readers for your patience! There is a reason I've been slow to update the blog lately. Myself and our entire staff have been working feverishly over the past two months preparing an entirely new website dedicated to soups!

We've just launched http://www.soupsonline.com/. It is the largest collection of gourmet soup mixes that you can find anywhere (online or otherwise). For starts, we have over 200 soup mixes from over 30 vendors but we anticipate that growing to over 350 soup mixes from over 40 vendors by the Fall.

The product listings on the site are incredibly informative with great descriptions, complete ingredients lists, directions, alternate uses, nutrition facts and product reviews. Here is one of my favorite soups: Chicago French Bistro French Onion Soup.

It is also easy to shop with a very detailed categorization that allows you to search by type (chili mixes, broths, chowders, etc.), ingredients (asparagus, corn, mushroom, potato, etc.), ethnicity (Italian Soups, Southwestern Soups, Cajun Soups, etc.), season or dietary need. We even have sections for "just add water" soups, crock pot friendly soups and single serving soups.

I know, soup in the dead of summer? We launched at this time so we could get any bugs worked out and really tweak the site in time for the Fall.

Here is the best part - for the readers of my blog, you can get 10% off through the end of August by entering the coupon code "gfrblog" at checkout. There is also free shipping available on larger orders. So take a look and tell all your friends that "Soup's on!"

Forest Floor Foods

Some of the more unique companies we work with are in the categories of pickles, olive, pickled veggies and blody mary mixes. One company that we have worked with for several years that fits all of these categories is Forest Floor Foods.

Forest Floor Foods originated 30 years ago as a fresh mushroom farm in central Wisconsin. Their success at mushroom growing and a demand for a great tasting pickled mushroom led them directly to the establishment of “Forest Floor Foods” Pickled Products. They are so committed to pickled products that they have the domain name http://www.pickledveggies.com/.

We have featured their pickled mushrooms for our Pickled Veggie of the Month Club, their Bloody Mary Pickle Spears for our Pickle of the Month Club, their Garlic Stuffed Olives for our Olive of the Month Club and their Premium Bloody Mary Mix for our Bloody Mary of the Month Club.