EDITOR'S NOTE: We've added a few employees to our roster this summer and one of the things I've told each during training is, "get ready to hear some great stories!" Our customers are loyal, interesting and genuinely funny people who, more often than not, are great story-tellers. For this month's post I wanted to share an example. Jim Kellogg of Lake Barrington, IL recently stopped in our Barrington shop and related the following tale about how he tricked his dear Aunt Ester into becoming a fan of our chocolates. The following is written by Mr. Kellogg himself. I hope you enjoy his story as much as we did.
"My elderly Aunt Ester was very particular about what she purchased and where she purchased it from.
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| Jim Kellogg, customer since about 1980 |
She would rather have a pair of socks from Marshall Fields than a mink coat from Sears.
Ester came over from England when she was 12 years old and worked as a cook/housekeeper for a family in Detroit until she retired to Winter Park, Florida.
She loved chocolates but would only eat them if they were from Fannie May.
When she visited us one year, I drove up to Richmond and bought a box of chocolates from Anderson’s Candy Shop. Aunt Ester wouldn’t touch them. She wouldn’t even try a single one.
It irritated me.
So I waited until she had emptied her Fannie May box. I put the Anderson’s Chocolates in the Fannie May box and gave it to her the next morning.
She ate every one of them over the next several days.
She ate every one of them over the next several days.
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| Aunt Ester |
I dropped her at the door and parked the car. As I walked in, she was loudly complaining to the woman behind the counter, “Where are the good chocolates? Why don’t you have the good chocolates anymore?".
I had to confess to her that I had switched chocolates.
Afterward, as long as she lived, Ester would send me money to go to Richmond and buy 8 boxes of Anderson’s chocolates and ship them to her home in Florida so she could give her closest friends “the best chocolates” for Christmas.
I never asked how many boxes actually got to her friends."
Thank you again, Jim, for sharing this great story. And as a reminder to our other friends and fans, we love to hear and share what you have to say, so shoot us an email with your story and pictures at andersonscandyshop@gmail.com!
Thank you again, Jim, for sharing this great story. And as a reminder to our other friends and fans, we love to hear and share what you have to say, so shoot us an email with your story and pictures at andersonscandyshop@gmail.com!
