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5 Best Bets for Back-to-School Concessions

The Right Concession Equipment to Kickstart Back-to-School Fundraising It’s that time of year again! Whether you work/volunteer for a high school or university, a new school year is an ideal time to kick off concession food sales. It’s a great way to welcome your students back and generate a profit for what could be your first fundraiser of the semester. Go with the following fun foods and equipment for a successful (and satisfying) start. Make It Pop! An all-time best-seller, you can’t beat freshly popped popcorn! It’s a hot moneymaker too, with up to 80% profit margins. Plus, if you want to strengthen the appeal even more, try popping it in your team’s colors.Suggested Equipment: #2552 PopMaxx Value Priced Popper. Sweet Possibilities...

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What is a Naks Pak?

The Original POP Weaver NaksPak Pre-measured portion packs of kernels, oil, and seasoning make popping a consistently great batch of popcorn easy every time. Just cut the pack open and pour it in the kettle. It's that easy!   SIZES AVAILABLE (oz):  5.5oz NaksPak (Used in 4oz popper) 8oz NaksPak (Used in 6oz popper) 10.6oz NaksPak (Used in 8oz popper) 16oz NaksPak (Used in 12/14oz popper) 22oz NaksPak   Features: MOVIE THEATER QUALITY TASTE - Superior kernels, extra fine butter seasoned salt, and seasoned buttery flavored oil assure great taste HIGHER YIELD - Weaver's Naks Pak contains Weaver Gold, the biggest popping popcorn you can buy, and produces the best volume yield in the industry MORE CONVENIENT - you're just one...

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What is Flavacol?

 Sell more popcorn with this secret ingredient! Worldwide, more popcorn is popped with Flavacol® Seasoning Salt! The Original Flavacol® contains just the right blend of ingredients to give popcorn a far better buttery taste and bright, appealing yellow colour for maximum sales. FLAVACOL is a very fine seasoned salt that sticks to the popcorn, whereas a ground salt will tend to fall off. Adding it to the oil as you pop improves the coverage without any fear of burning. This is the tried - and - true original popcorn salt! FLAVACOL is the worlds most popular seasoning salt. This "secret ingredient" adds buttery flavor & bright yellow color for real theater style popcorn. Because this salt is a fine flake, not a crystal, you...

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Frightfully Fun Halloween Menu Ideas for Fall Attractions

When your guests are so hungry they seem like zombies, it’s time for menu selections that will satisfy their appetite. We’ve scared up some Halloween favorites that apply whether you have a farm, haunted house, fall attraction, or a fundraising event and you’re looking for ideas to maximize fall sales. Promote these specials in your advertising to give your location added appeal this fall season. Freaky Fudge: Take your favorite flavor and mix in gummy worms or gummy insects. Use food coloring to turn your vanilla flavor orange, then layer it on top of chocolate and top with a piece of candy corn. Creepy Cotton Candy: Kids will love cotton candy made to look like a spider’s web. Add in...

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The Smell of Success

What is the one item on concession stands that (almost) everyone buys when going to see a movie? What do movie theatres, in general, smell like? If you answered, “buttered popcorn,” you’re right. But, why is it that popcorn is the easiest item, and scent, to recall from any movie-going experience? That is no coincidence. That’s scent marketing. Scent marketing is the most provocative way to raise interest in merchandise because the olfactory system is uniquely and intimately connected to the limbic system, where our emotions and motivations are born. The feelings and associations elicited by scents are more immediate and intense than those brought on by anything else, and it takes a while for our brains to rationalize why...

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