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Cream-Nut, Gourmet Magazine, & Bon Appetit

admin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:17:52 +0000

We were all sad to see Gourmet Magazine cease publication this year. They did a nice piece on Cream Nut Natural Peanut Butter for their web site. Their “sister” publication seems to have taken an interest in us — Cream Nut is one of the items in Bon Appetit’s January giveaway.

JHill Design Loves Cream-Nut

admin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:35:44 +0000

The Sacrebleu!! blog at JHill Design makes kind comments about Cream-Nut Peanut Butter Clusters and Cream-Nut Peanut Butter, which we appreciate. Check it out, and their cool design store while you’re there. The city posters are great.

Cream-Nut name declared “weird;” peanut butter declared “best.”

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:35:09 +0000

The blog “The Gastronomical Jess” has a post titled “The best peanut butter has the worst name.” The blogger, Jess, writes about Cream-Nut:

I cannot decide if the weird name is just sheer hippie oblivion or a genius marketing strategy because I will admit, the reason I picked this up to begin with was because of the weird name.

Although we’ve owned the Cream-Nut brand since the 1920′s (here is a picture from the ‘teens), I don’t know where the name came from. One clue that I’ve found is this post card, dated 1922:

On the left side of the postcard is a sign for “Cream-Nut Bread.” I’ve also seen ads from that era, including one from an old Grand Rapids paper, advertising Cream-Nut Bread made locally. I wonder if the name was licensed (or “borrowed”) from a bread brand?

As long as we taste the best, I’m OK with having the worst name.

Reading Your Peanut Butter Label

admin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:03:37 +0000

Jeff Koeze blogs on the growing consumer confusion over what their peanut butter labels mean.

Koeze Peanut Butter at the George Washington Carver show in Philly.

admin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:27:53 +0000

George Washington Carver was a remarkable person. I would love to get to Philadelphia to see the exhibit put on at the Academy of Natural Sciences. But I’ll be there in spirit. Their gift shop placed an order for our peanut butter to sell with the show.

Look for Cream-Nut Clusters on Oprah’s Gift Finder

admin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:21:08 +0000

Check it out here.

Koeze Packaging History at Jeff Koeze’s Blog

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:29:34 +0000

Jeff Koeze is posting (slowly, be patient) a series of photos of old packaging of Koeze products from our collection. Here is the first photo of a Cream Nut Peanut Butter tin made by the Bel Car Mo Nut Butter Company, which Albertus Koeze bought in the 1920′s.

Caramel Apples Over ’til Next Year

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:52:31 +0000

Every year we use the fresh Michigan apple crop — Jonathan apples, first, then Fuji’s — to make fantasic caramel apples for sale at our two local stores. The last of this year’s apples (slightly below our quality standards) just got moved to the lunch room for our employees to eat up. It is a lot of work to hand make and sell 14,000 apples in 4 weeks, but a lot of fun, too. I’m already looking forward to next year.

New Lights Live

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:46:17 +0000

Our new high efficiency flouescent warehouse lights — each with an individual motion sensor — are lighting up the warehouse as we head into our busy season. Although the upfront expense is substantial, we expect a quick (and risk-free) 12 to 24 month payback in reduced electrical consumption.

Why Self-Ground Peanut Butter Probably Isn’t Fresh

admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:04:33 +0000

Jeff Koeze blogs about why people who grind their own peanut butter aren’t getting “fresh” peanut butter. The freshness of peanut butter doesn’t depend on how recently the peanuts were ground, it depends on how soon they are ground after being roasted. Read more here.