Well, we're down to the last few days before we open which means I've got a bit more time to blog. They've taken down the wooden partition in front of our space (Yay!) and they're just finishing up the last few details in our space, which means we should be in by the start of next week. (We're hoping!)
In the meantime, most of our boxes, promotional material and decorations are at my place. There's barely any room to walk around and every day I'm reminded of the choices we've made for our little shop.
At The Cupcake Conspiracy we believe very strongly in being as earth friendly as possible. All of our packaging is 100% recyclable and our boxes are made from natural paperboard that typically uses 25-30% less fibre than other box materials. Our box manufacturer recycles all scrap materials, doesn’t coat the boxes with harmful chemicals or use bleaches to process the pulp. Additionally, the fibre comes from SFI (Sustainable Forestry Initiative) lumber. That’s lumber that has been collected and reforested utilizing environmentally friendly practices.
In our shop we've used as many environmentally friendly materials as we could and all the stickers, napkins and packaging materials are also reusable or recyclable. You’ll see recycle bins in our shop and we compost as much as possible. We only use environmentally friendly cleaning products in the shop and use energy star rated bakery equipment.
Outside of the shop, we're trying to be as responsible as possible too! We take the bus, ride our bike or walk to work nearly every day and most of our downtown deliveries are done on foot.
At The Cupcake Conspiracy, we source as many of our ingredients locally as possible. This means we will often have new cupcake flavours based on what is seasonally available at the market.
We’ve been very lucky to grow up in such a beautiful and abundant province and want to keep it this way for many generations to come.
We're so excited to open and hope to see you in the shop soon!
Happy Cupcakes,
Christin
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
Community, Cupcakes & Dreams!
As we get closer to opening our doors (which will be very soon!) we've decided to slow down in the kitchen a bit and focus on perfecting new recipes for our flavour of the week cupcakes. Which has got us thinking about Thursday nights. I know, kind of a strange jump to make, but let me tell you a little more about Thursday nights at The Cupcake Conspiracy.
Every Thursday night we'll be hosting Cupcakes & Dreams from 5-8pm. Our prices will drop to $2.25/cupcake and we'll have all of our icings available as icing shots for $1. We'll also have some interesting theme nights and you may find yourself in the middle of a flavor of the week taste testing, a Bizarro cupcake day or a seasonal fruit flavoured cupcake festival.
Thursday nights are also very special to us because we've decided to donate the proceeds from icing shot sales to local charities. We've got a few special ones in mind (CHEP, Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre, SWITCH, Station 20 West, etc.) but would like to hear from you. If you have a charity that you think would fit in with our philosophies, please give us a shout and we'll see what we can do to help them.
So, what are those philosophies exactly? We focus on donating to charities that help feed and house people in need.
The Cupcake Conspiracy is proud to be a locally owned and operated business. We both grew up in Saskatoon and are excited to own a business in our home town. We’ve talked a lot about the type of business we run and have made some important decisions about our commitment to the community.
This commitment extends beyond our weekly Cupcakes & Dreams to our everyday practices. We purchase most of our ingredients from local suppliers and farmers, ensuring we get the freshest and highest quality product available. We can also shrink our carbon footprint by reducing the distance the ingredients have to travel to reach our shop (more on our environmental philosophies later!). One of the other benefits of buying locally is the access to delicious seasonal fruit which gets turned into our yummy flavours of the week.
We bake fresh every day and we'd like to think we've figured out how many cupcakes to make every day but we know there are going to be days when we make too many. We're going to be taking them over to the Food Bank, the Crisis Nursery and a few other places around town to give everyone a special treat.
We're hoping to start spending a few of our afternoons volunteering every month and are really looking forward to giving back to the community that has treated us so well.
We are always interested in new ways of connecting with our community and would love to hear from you if you have an event or charity that you think would fit in with our philosophy. Please give us a call at 306.374.5401 or email us at cupcakes@thecupcakeconspiracy.ca.
Keep an eye out for more exciting news coming very soon!
Happy Cupcakes!
Christin
Every Thursday night we'll be hosting Cupcakes & Dreams from 5-8pm. Our prices will drop to $2.25/cupcake and we'll have all of our icings available as icing shots for $1. We'll also have some interesting theme nights and you may find yourself in the middle of a flavor of the week taste testing, a Bizarro cupcake day or a seasonal fruit flavoured cupcake festival.
Thursday nights are also very special to us because we've decided to donate the proceeds from icing shot sales to local charities. We've got a few special ones in mind (CHEP, Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre, SWITCH, Station 20 West, etc.) but would like to hear from you. If you have a charity that you think would fit in with our philosophies, please give us a shout and we'll see what we can do to help them.
So, what are those philosophies exactly? We focus on donating to charities that help feed and house people in need.
The Cupcake Conspiracy is proud to be a locally owned and operated business. We both grew up in Saskatoon and are excited to own a business in our home town. We’ve talked a lot about the type of business we run and have made some important decisions about our commitment to the community.
This commitment extends beyond our weekly Cupcakes & Dreams to our everyday practices. We purchase most of our ingredients from local suppliers and farmers, ensuring we get the freshest and highest quality product available. We can also shrink our carbon footprint by reducing the distance the ingredients have to travel to reach our shop (more on our environmental philosophies later!). One of the other benefits of buying locally is the access to delicious seasonal fruit which gets turned into our yummy flavours of the week.
We bake fresh every day and we'd like to think we've figured out how many cupcakes to make every day but we know there are going to be days when we make too many. We're going to be taking them over to the Food Bank, the Crisis Nursery and a few other places around town to give everyone a special treat.
We're hoping to start spending a few of our afternoons volunteering every month and are really looking forward to giving back to the community that has treated us so well.
We are always interested in new ways of connecting with our community and would love to hear from you if you have an event or charity that you think would fit in with our philosophy. Please give us a call at 306.374.5401 or email us at cupcakes@thecupcakeconspiracy.ca.
Keep an eye out for more exciting news coming very soon!
Happy Cupcakes!
Christin
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