I still love Halloween 👻

 I still love Halloween! 

The inflatable moving black cats with fangs, boo-ghosts, goblins rising out of pumpkins 🎃 only to retreat again, and over-sized skeletons, lots and LOTS of skeletons taller than their houses! Awesome! 

I don’t know how the Halloween candy popcorn balls went yet, will stay posted here. They were huge, tho, couldn’t even wrap your hand around one, really big, and they took up quite a bit of space in the honor boxes so I couldn’t fit much other candy in them except I enjoy treating stores back, sort of like giving back for their time, energy, goods, and services that we get to enjoy! 

The weather is perfect, clear and cool skies, making it a pleasure to be on the road. 

And a shout-out to the lady taking a pic of the LittleLibrary at the park. I automatically assumed she was picking a book from the rather beaten up Little Library there or leaving clothes or food, and didn’t want to bother her. After she left, I went to see if there was any new damage that I might be able to tape up or repair and to my shock, the beautiful little red library was not only fully repaired, it was painted and protected with all new hardware, just lovely!  

I’m not able to upload pics here, and will try later…

Thanku..! 

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Candies during holidays

 M&M's are not suitable for a Halal diet. We use additives that come from animal products when we're making M&M's and traces of these can be found in the sweets. Jul 21, 2014

• https://www.quora.com 

Are M&M's halal? - Quora

 A: M&M'S® Milk Chocolate, Peanut, and Peanut Butter in the US are Halal Certified. 

      https://www.amazon.com 

Mostly, M&Ms are kosher. It depends on what facility they are made in. If they are kosher, then there will be a symbol on the label from the certifying agency

 (usually the Orthodox Union - their symbol is a U in a circle (aka 'circle U')  

M&Ms are okay at Christmas. Personalize your M&Ms chocolate or mix the colors of M&M Peanut for a delicious Christmas gift to remember!

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 All locations did awesome this month ! 

Thanku to my wonderful stores! 

A couple of them are occasionally very generous and the critters u get to help and I are grateful, thanku! 

  Since I’m servicing the machines or honor boxes on a regular basis as much as possible, all customers see are clean boxes and refilled machines. 

 I’m guessing stores occasionally visit the blog and get to see work done, updates, and availability for communication and questions. 

    Thanku!   

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For Halloween

Halloween 👻 

   It’s the only other time of year when we get tricks or treats and can laugh at our troubles and have fun. 

So I splurged on my honor boxes with big bags of popcorn balls. 

 I wanted to include a pic of them here but blogger is having a tough time with pics. 

   They’re simple popcorn balls with a sweet tasty glaze, that’s kinda it. Of course I taste-tested a few, and they’re fresh fresh fresh ✔️  

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It’s still hot!

 

  Okay, its not officially Autumn until October when leaves turn all those beautiful Fall colors during the balmy-cool season of harvest before ice storms start, yay  😕   Weather can be so difficult! 

A package of miniature Kit-Kat bars melted before I could even get them to their honor boxes. Once inside the nice cool stores, they will firm up again. The Hot Tamales are still vending okay, and am keeping an eye on them. 

That’s the latest! 

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Honor boxes for Halloween

 

 

 Late service went well. I try to service each location every 4-6 weeks. 

A busy, busy month gearing up for the holidays, Halloween candy to be found everywhere! 

  Do honor boxes and Halloween go together? I hope so..! 

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Sentient

   Ugh, I guess Googel doesn’t host years of pics anymore. 

    Sentient: having the ability to feel or perceive sensations, such as sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell. 

It can also mean to be consciously aware. The word sentient comes from the Latin verbs sentire, which means ‘to feel’ or ‘to perceive’ 

HSUS, PetFinder, American Humane, K9sForWarriors

Please also see the Rescues tab of this blog for more listings. 

Shelters are over-crowded, over-worked, and underfunded. Please adopt if u can   ☑️

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Happy Labor Day Weekend! 🇺🇸

 

Labor Day at the Lake is a must and a tradition. 

What an incredibly inspiring weekend  ❤️🇺🇸❤️  

Here’s hoping u get to have an awesome Labor Day Weekend your way.

 

 

 

More Sky Art… 

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No Bonz About It

 

I found a product that I used to fill my candy machines. 

They are essentially SweetTarts coated with an incredibly solid candy coating. 

Have been looking for these for years! These, and the uncoated baby sweet/tart pacifiers, kids loved them! 

I started my first route in college and always got my bulk candy from Javier’s warehouse. He was informal, reluctantly accepted credit cards, and knew all about vending bells and whistles. He carried every tiny thing, including stickers, tattoos, realistic looking jewelry, toys, and of course, gumballs. 

The coated sweettarts lasted forever, vended clean, and adults liked them, too. 

Was astonished to finally see just one style of SweetTarts finally become available in the form of Bonz, they would be perfect for a nearby pet store!

 

Except, customers may mistake them for dog treats! Even tho they are tiny, smaller than an average dog’s front teeth, and dogs certainly couldn’t choke on them, they might not be good for dogs.  

Not only that, there’s already a dog treat called Bonz specifically made for dogs, so the candy could be mistaken for meaty flavors instead of candy flavors. 

Well, phooey, I’ll keep looking… 

             

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Blogger blip

 I guess my blog manager has short-circuited again. 

    Not sure how long nor if permanent (?) 

 It seems I can continue to post but pics aren’t uploading correctly, so will keep u posted here. 

    (Some pics decided to upload and 1 came thru, yay! Included here from an awesome Towne Lake) 

           As such, no new news. Okay, a bit of candy news. I’ve changed out a canister of the delicious but overly-delicate jelly beans for the much sturdier Hot Tamales (cinnamon). Am anxious to see how they vend.  

    In the meantime, have an awesome weekend! 

            

     

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