Page 23 - BCHNews-122023-Web

CHRISTMAS 2023  WC DAIRY NEWS 23
The retail store at Twin Peaks Creamery, Warman, SK, not only offers customers ice cream/gelato cones and one pint ice cream containers for take-out made from fresh milk from Plumblossom Farms, but also the opportunity to purchase pork and beef products from the Pruim family’s own farm raised pigs and Speckle Park beef cattle.
in 2024 because he blew through all his 2023 projections from revenue to volume of product sold. During July and August, John never got to the retail side of the store because he was too busy in the processing plant making product from 8 a.m. to midnight. Elaine stepped in and ran the retail side, plus we had one other girl help out on Friday and Saturday afternoons. That’s the problem,” Art adds, “when you are entrepreneurial and build a new business. You never know where it is going to go. We already know we need to hire a full-time person next summer.”
The Creamery was open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday to Saturday during the summer. “Because of the quality of our product, and the service we have offered to consumers, we have had many people ask us to stay open the remainder of the year, so we are
planning to be open reduced hours outside of the summer months,” Art notes. This fall and winter, John plans to go to a retail packaging trade show in Ontario and take another ice cream course at the University of Guelph to enhance his knowledge even further. Because of requests, John is looking at selling cream, and potentially butter and bottled milk, in the store in the future.
What have the Pruims learned from their latest diversification venture? “We’ve learned that the consumer is always king and what they want is what you have to try to provide,” replies Art. “We are first and foremost producers and now we are trying to wear a different hat. You can have big dreams. You just have to be bold and aggressive. If you provide a high quality product with excellent service, and have a great story, people will buy into the product.”
Greetings e t i n g s
o
n
’ s
Gr e
SEASONS
s
S
e
a
Melanie Lantz Michele Anderson Grace Browne Lauren Klade Parm Kooner Quincy North Steve Saccomano Teresa McKinley Alecia Karapita
V.P. – BC Agriculture Lower Mainland Lower Mainland Lower Mainland Lower Mainland Lower Mainland Lower Mainland Vancouver Island BC Interior
604-217-2572 778-986-2109 604-799-2437 604-217-3950 604-360-1740 604-621-6795 604-703-5161 250-618-4316 250-318-8142
Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for the New Year from our family to yours.