Sell wholesale chocolate roses in mens’ hobby stores

The first kind of store you might imagine to be selling chocolate roses would probably be a gift store, cards or specialty items, but why not think about having a stand of chocolate roses if you run a store than men are most likely to visit?  Fishing, tools, hardware, golf, knives, DIY, all stores that men are more likely to go to than women.  What if you had a small stand of chocolate roses near the counter, to encourage men to think of the special lady in their life when they’re picking something up for the weekend fishing trip, etc, on the way home?

You are likely to sell more chocolate roses to men than to women; women are more likely to see them in shops that they frequent and muse, “How will my boyfriend/husband ever see these?  Mmmm, how nice if he got me one!” so you will probably find your store gets invisible brownie points from the women too (even though it’s about fishing, or golf, etc) because when the huz gets home from his trip to this store, he brings her a rose, too.  Bingo!  Put a smile on everyone’s face, and this is good for business if - wink wink - the missus is more likely to encourage her man to go and get himself something for his hobby, if she knows that he is thinking of her, too, and not just about the next trout.  Or hole-in-one.

Wholesale chocolate roses can be bought in several ways.  First, you may want to buy the ones that come with a cardboard fold-out stand that you can put together quickly so that you get them up and running fast on your store’s front counter.  These can look very nice and shiny en masse and it draws the eye to them in an effective and simple way, which is important when selling things like this to guys because they are less likely to notice stuff like roses when they are thinking about other things!

Make it really obvious where you sell them and that they are for sale.  This is especially true if you are presenting single long-stemmed roses in a large vase.  Chocolate roses can sometimes be so convincing that the casual observer may think that they are real roses.  So put a big sign next to them or sticking out of the vase saying something clear and easy to read such as, “Why not take one of these chocolate roses home to your honey? Only $5 each” or something like this.

I hope you have fun ordering and selling wholesale chocolate roses to the guys who shop at your store!

Thanks to Anyaka for the image.

25 occasions for giving chocolate roses

When someone has...
    1.    had a baby
    2.    become engaged
    3.    graduated
    4.    been accepted for a promotion
    5.    found their first job
    6.    celebrated an anniversary without their spouse
    7.    just helped their last child leave home
    8.    had a hard time lately and could use some inspirational gifts
    9.    finished their PhD
    10.    won a competition
    11.    got home from holiday in Spain
    12.    moved house
    13.    paid off their mortgage
    14.    got a new car
    15.    lost their long-loved pet
    16.    turned 21
    17.    found a girlfriend/boyfriend
    18.    to say Happy Easter
    19.    to say Merry Christmas
    20.    got a new hairstyle
    21.    sung at their first concert
    22.    finished renovating their house
    23.    just to say “I love you”
    24.    to put in a vase in their house before they get home from their honeymoon
    25.    to celebrate having sold their house

Why not even consider getting yourself a set of wholesale chocolate roses, I’m not joking.  They are cheaper to buy in bulk, they keep for a reasonably long time and they do make an ideal gift for all sorts of occasions.  Paired with a tasteful greeting card with a pre-written message or a hand-written message composed by yourself, a chocolate rose can really say “thinking of you” in a surprising and an unusual way.

See if you can come up with some more reasons for giving a chocolate rose.  You might want to include one in a small gift basket to make up for a friend who is in hospital, or for your grandmother to take home (she comes to visit only once a year).  Can you put a chocolate rose in a bunch of real flowers as a bit of a surprise?  (Maybe mention it to the recipient so that he/she doensn’t overlook it and leave the “bunch” in the sun!)

A nice idea to put forward if you work on the board of a school, to arrange for each graduate this year to receive a chocolate rose along with their graduation certificate.  Alternatively, if you are a student of an institution, could you arrange for the student counsel board to give a chocolate rose to each member of teaching staff at the end of year assembly?  They would surely not be expecting it, and it would be a sweet (literally) way to round off the year and have everyone leave on a good note.

A neighbour who has just moved in could appreciate a “Welcome to the neighbourhood” notecard along with a few groceries they may have overlooked in the house move such as milk, bread, butter and a bunch of lettuce or other fresh vegetable or fruit perhaps from your own garden.  A chocolate rose tied to the handle of the basket is sure to show your neighbours that you want to be on good terms and get the “consequential relationship” off to a good start.

Many ways to say many things with a simple chocolate rose.  I hope you try out one of these ideas, or one of your own, today!