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W. O. (Wojay) Jenkins
Kone-Tiki Gourmet Hawaiian Shave Ice

Well, after three direct hits by hurricanes over the last two years (Frances, Jeanne, Wilma) and $35,000 in repairs to our house, I finally got my concession launched here in Port St. Lucie, Florida. I�ve only worked small local events so far while I get up to speed. I�m sure learning a lot and making a little money too. I tote everything around in a 6� x 10� trailer. I�m towing it with my 1994 Toyota 4-cylinder pickup with 193,000 miles, so I�m sticking to local events until I get something a little bigger and more powerful.

Attached is a snap of the trailer packed and ready to roll and a couple of pix of the booth, one at a daytime event at a botanical garden and one at a nighttime street festival. So far, there hasn�t been any other concessionaire, whether working out of a popup tent or a concession trailer or RV that looks nearly so good, with the exception of a Maui Wowie franchisee whose RV is pretty slick.

I�m not getting any objections at a $3 price point. I don�t think I could go that high at these local events using paper cones instead of the drip trays. You are right about adding fruit not being worth the trouble, although some people will pay an extra dollar for a serving spoon�s worth of tropical fruit salad, which I can buy in bulk at BJ�s. However I do add a maraschino cherry. It takes just a few extra seconds, and customers act as though I�ve handed them a gold coin. I also found a source for plastic leis at about a dime a pop, which I give to the little kids. Between the drip tray and the lei, once a few of the little ones have been to the booth all the others who see them are compelled to come and get theirs, parents in tow.

Anyway, I know I could get more business from seniors with Splenda syrups, bt I haven�t tried the quarts of Splenda cherry and raspberry I bought from you yet because I don�t know how to use it. Do you just add water or do you make up simple syrup using Splenda instead of sugar? If the latter, how much Splenda does it take to make a gallon of syrup?

Once I hear from you, I�ll be ordering some gallon containers and more pour bottles.

Eventually, I guess I�ll have to get a cube shaver when I�m ready to tackle major events. I will say, though, that the block shaver is a crowd pleaser, especially when it spits out the block and I catch it in the solar plexus. Actually that only happened a few times early on, but it was pretty exciting when it did.

Regards,

W. O. (Wojay) Jenkins
Kone-Tiki Gourmet Hawaiian Shave Ice

This is George Corbett's trailer. George is located in Smyrna TN. He did his first show Feb 16 in 40+ degree weather. Said it was unbelievable the amount of sales in that temperature. Said he might get out of the cinnamon nuts business! Note, the signage was done by www.bargainsigns.com

This is Shawn Hooper of Paul Mcghee's Sweet Shop in Cincinnati.

This is Jodie Dukas new trailer. She bought in October and already has events lined up!