Osseo Chocolate Shop Owner Looking Forward to Small Business Saturday
There’s a lot of places to buy presents from malls, to big box stores, to online.
With the holidays fast approaching, small businesses are hoping you’re also turn to them for your gift-giving needs.
That includes the Painted Turtle Chocolatier on Central Ave in Osseo.
The chocolate shop offers specialty candies and store-made confections.
“We make caramel-pecan turtles, different types of bonbons, and then all the yummy kind of chocolate covered snacks like chocolate covered Oreos, graham crackers, candy orange peals, pretzels, that sort of thing,” said Store Owner Jackie Van Norden.
They also offer customizable goodies for customers.
“It’s so fun helping them find the perfect gift from someone that’s really meaningful and I know that I had a hand in it,” said Van Norden.
The shop sells its mouthwatering confections year round, but Van Norden says they do their most sales in December.
“It is a third of my annual sales,” says Van Norden.
That’s why Small Business Saturday is so important for business owners like Van Norden.
“It’s a great opportunity for people who may not have ever been in my shop to hear about the event and then come in,”says Van Norden.
The Painted Turtle Chocolatier along with more than two dozen businesses will be participating. The event on the Saturday after Thanksgiving will include food trucks, activities for the kids, and of course lot of deals, all drawing people to downtown Osseo.
“I love having a business in downtown Osseo,” said Van Norden. “It is such a cute little downtown and once people come and discover it and they might be coming to me, they might going to the well-known coffee shop across the street, but once they find one spot, they kind of wander through and check out the whole area.”
Van Norden says she’ll be ready for shoppers to check her out on Small Business Saturday and hopes they return often to see what’s she’s whipped up in the kitchen.
“It’s very much like when you make meals or something for your family, like food is love. I get to share that same joy with people,” said Van Norden.
Osseo’s Small Business Saturday is Saturday, November 29 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
