Kickstarter

Hey guys,

We did it!!!!  Our 30 day campaign has come to a close and we not only hit our ultimate goal but we went over by $1,140.  Thanks to all of our super kind backers, we'll be able to purchase our horizontal flow wrapping machine.  100 cookies per minute, here we come.  

Heres what comes next:

We're currently in the process of raising outside money from angel investors for our daily operations.  Once this is complete, we're on target for launching our new product and packaging during the first week of March.  Yes, its true, we're a little behind in our schedule so if you could be patient with us while we get ready for this big day, that would be awesome!  We can't wait to start sending out our cookies to fulfill your pledges.  It will be well worth the short wait. 

We're very excited because on March 9th, we'll be displaying our products at the Natural Product Expo West 2012 in Anaheim, Ca.  Our products will be exposed to 50,000 grocery industry folks.  This will be great exposure for us and we anticipate getting tons of orders from grocery stores nationwide.  

I can't wait for all of you to see the new packaging.  We've worked day and night on this launch and I think you'll be very shocked to see how professional and hip our new presentation is.  Our products will be positioned on shelf space right next the big guys, Cliff Bar, Think Thin, Alternative Baking Company, GoRaw and many many more.  Our hope is that our products will be seen as an industry leader by 2013 and because our product is first to market, there is no doubt in our mind that this goal is accomplishable.  

For updates on our progress please follow us on Twitter @Cookiedept and on Facebook at The Cookie Department.  Also if you haven't already, please "Like" us.  You can join our newsletter which we plan to launch in March by going to www.thecookiedepartment.com and clicking in the top left hand corner.  

If you have any questions or you just wanna say hi please contact me directly at a Akiva@thecookiedepartment.com 

Have a wonderful rest of your weekend and again thank you so so so much for all of your kind pledges.  It feels so wonderful to know how many people out there want to see our company succeed.  

All the best,

Akiva (Founder, Director of Product Development)