Shipment in today of flakes for our new packing. Labels are here & looking good - just waiting for the containers to get production going. These will be in the larger 200g size which we have been asked to produce. Also, we are making these available to retailers. If your shop would like to stock these please get in touch. Currently we will have Spirulina, Beef Heart, Earthworm, Brine Shrimp & a mix of flakes we call supreme as nothing else on the shelves looks this rich & dark. Hopefully containers will be here within a week. We are really looking forward to promoting this & will be putting an advert in Practical Fishkeeping. We haven't advertised in magazines for some years now.
Other flakes will be produced shortly including a plankton mix & a supreme veggie flake mix with Spirulina, Kelp & others we are working on. These are aimed at Livebearers & Rift Lake Cichlids.
This is the first stage in putting all our foods in shop display type packaging such as containers & stand up pouches for the granulated foods & Brine Shrimp products. It costs a lot of money to upgrade to this so it will be done as finances permit.
We also had the new F2 Algae Nutrient which is now in liquid form for faster dispersion in water. It is a little more expensive but we are going to keep the price unchanged for this shipment at least.
Monday, 8 March 2010
Thursday, 4 March 2010
New In & NLS Update
New shipment of flakes now in - Earthworm, Beef Heart, Artemia & Spirulina & Kelp.
NLS is now set to arrive in the UK beginning April. We have had so many delays & postponements in this import it's driving us crazy.
Spirulina flake arrived Friday 5th. All bucket orders are in transit by carrier for Monday delivery. All 90g containers will be posted First Class Saturday for (hopefully) Monday delivery.
NLS is now set to arrive in the UK beginning April. We have had so many delays & postponements in this import it's driving us crazy.
Spirulina flake arrived Friday 5th. All bucket orders are in transit by carrier for Monday delivery. All 90g containers will be posted First Class Saturday for (hopefully) Monday delivery.
Saturday, 27 February 2010
Spirulina Flake
Spirulina flake should have been in last week but we are still waiting. It was ordered 3 weeks ago. This is the 2nd time they have messed us up with delivery times which we are a little annoyed about.
One of our feed mills finally agreed to start up on this flake for us & we are going to be using this in a couple of months time.
Samples look very good & we can get it mixed with Chlorella which also looks good.
It's going to take a few months to get production going but I think supply problems will be history when we get it organised.
We apologise to customers waiting for this product. It will be fresh off the production line when it arrives.
One of our feed mills finally agreed to start up on this flake for us & we are going to be using this in a couple of months time.
Samples look very good & we can get it mixed with Chlorella which also looks good.
It's going to take a few months to get production going but I think supply problems will be history when we get it organised.
We apologise to customers waiting for this product. It will be fresh off the production line when it arrives.
Friday, 19 February 2010
Spirulina Flake
We had a big run on Spirulina flake in the 1.8kg buckets & ran out over a few days. The manufacturer is making up new product & will be shipping next week (22-26 Feb). We usually keep a good stock of this as it has a good customer following.
As always any back orders will be put on overnight carrier & customers will receive the day after we receive the shipment (UK).
As you know, this flake has 30% Spirulina content. We are having a new flake made up at the mill which contains 12%. This looks a really dark flake. We have had samples & they look really good. Also being made up are Chlorella flakes. Again, samples look really good. We are looking at blending Spirulina, Chlorella & Kelp as a special 'veggie' diet. Much darker & richer than other flakes of this type currently on the market.
As always any back orders will be put on overnight carrier & customers will receive the day after we receive the shipment (UK).
As you know, this flake has 30% Spirulina content. We are having a new flake made up at the mill which contains 12%. This looks a really dark flake. We have had samples & they look really good. Also being made up are Chlorella flakes. Again, samples look really good. We are looking at blending Spirulina, Chlorella & Kelp as a special 'veggie' diet. Much darker & richer than other flakes of this type currently on the market.
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Dainichi Now In !!
At long last the Dainichi shipment is now in. We have now sent out most back orders so UK customers should get the food Thursday.
Monday, 15 February 2010
Dainichi Update
The Dainichi shipment again ran into problems regarding a piece of paper which arrived as a copy instead of an original. This has been sorted out now thankfully & we expect to have delivery on Wednesday.
To say this shipment has had its problems is an understatement. It should have been here beginning January.
Our apologies to those waiting for this food. We hope to clear the backlog & have outstanding orders on the road Wednesday night/Thursday morning.
To say this shipment has had its problems is an understatement. It should have been here beginning January.
Our apologies to those waiting for this food. We hope to clear the backlog & have outstanding orders on the road Wednesday night/Thursday morning.
Monday, 8 February 2010
Dainichi
At long last the Dainichi shipment has landed & is currently going through customs. Hopefully the airline got the paperwork sorted this time. It should be here very soon all being well & I can clear the backlog of orders.
More buckets of Spirulina flake due in shortly. I'm down to just one following a mad week of sales.
Had some new samples in of a stronger Spirulina flake & another veggie blend which looks & smells really nice. Just waiting for prices. We will probably need to bring in 100kg minimum & pack this in our own buckets which are already in hand.
Currently looking at new packaging mainly to fill the growing interest from the trade. It's cost quite a bit to set up but things are starting to come together. Must admit the packaging looks good & will look great on retailers shelves.
Eventually all our products will be made available like this but it does take time & a lot of money to get the goods packed in this way.
More buckets of Spirulina flake due in shortly. I'm down to just one following a mad week of sales.
Had some new samples in of a stronger Spirulina flake & another veggie blend which looks & smells really nice. Just waiting for prices. We will probably need to bring in 100kg minimum & pack this in our own buckets which are already in hand.
Currently looking at new packaging mainly to fill the growing interest from the trade. It's cost quite a bit to set up but things are starting to come together. Must admit the packaging looks good & will look great on retailers shelves.
Eventually all our products will be made available like this but it does take time & a lot of money to get the goods packed in this way.
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