

What Brought Us to Double B Sweets?
Last year, a group of family and friends started an adventure. To experiment with freeze-drying food. We don’t have insight as to what sparked the notion, but it was centered around not wasting food. That adventure has now evolved into a business – not one that only sells what they produce, but also donates proceeds to charities. Introducing our Market Member, Double B Sweets!
As Larry said, “We were curious about the science behind freeze drying food… how could we ensure less food waste? You know, beef jerky is dried meat, and dried fruit has been around for a long time. But what about freeze-dried, you know, like coffee? So, we got a machine and started our adventure!" While testing out fruits and veggies for personal use we decided to try candy. Oh, my goodness! The result was awesome, and we thought that such a sweet deal couldn't be passed up, so we have continued to grow our product offerings in the candy & treats category.” One of the owners, Jessica, continued to tell us “Our first venture was at a local show during the summer. We were pleased with how well our products were received. A lot of customers had no concept of freeze-dried candy and when they tasted ours, well that opened up a whole new concept for them and before long, they were asking us to try different things." We took those suggestions and started working over the next several months to add different items to sell.
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Behind every entrepreneur’s spirit is the dreaded other side of the business, you know, the necessary tasks that demand time away from the creative process. In the case of Double B Sweets, well, that was just a non-issue for them. “Our team has years of retail and marketing experience, providing us with selling skills and market research analytics. Combined, we have over 50 years of retail and 25 years of marketing experience, which enables us to adjust quickly as needed. That gives us more freedom to focus on the fun stuff – interacting with people!” said Jeremy.
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There is a charitable aspect of Double B Sweets and Tasha shared “Working in the non-profit world gives one a perspective of how much non-profits must make tradeoff decisions just to stay operational. So many aspirations they can’t do because of funding and how much just operating eats away at the money they do have. Right from the start, we wanted to be able to give back to our community some of what we can create in sales. Sometimes it is in product donation that they can use. Sometimes it is in money, but we love to support our local communities and the work being done around us. We also select the charity recipients based on which event we are working from that community.”
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Double B Sweets in a nutshell - It's a family effort - everyone plays a part. Our business partners are great friends who are like family. Each of us have a role we serve normally, and all of us pitch in during time crunches. But no matter what, all of us are focused on providing excellent products and services for our customers. “Double B” represents the business partner families of Blasingame and Bowles.
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We can’t help but add Double B’s Sweets mantra that Tasha shared… “We are Double B Sweets: A Taste Sensation That Will Make Your Taste Buds Sing! Be warned: These candies are so delicious (and out of this world!), you may never want to eat anything else again and you're also helping to make a difference in the world.”
